English grammar

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Prepositions

Verbs

Verb forms

Form Tag UNL Example
Simple present PRS @present He speaks = speak.@present
Present progressive PRS&PGS @present.@progressive He is speaking = speak.@present.@progressive)
Simple past PAS @past He spoke = speak.@past
Past progressive PAS&PGS @past.@progressive He was speaking = speak.@past.@progressive
Present Perfect Simple PRS&PFC @past (finished action that has an influence on the present) He has spoken many times about that = speak.@past
@present.@perfect (action that is still going on) He has spoken since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect
@past.@recent (action that stopped recently) He has just spoken = speak.@past.@recent
Present Perfect Progressive PRS&PFC&PGS @past.@progressive (finished action that has an influence on the present) He has been speaking many times about that = speak.@past.@progressive
@present.@perfect.@progressive (action that is still going on) He has been speaking since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect.@progressive
@past.@recent.@progressive (action that stopped recently) He has just been speaking = speak.@past.@recent.@progressive
Past Perfect Simple PAS&RPT @past.@anterior He had not spoken = speak.@past.@anterior)
Past Perfect Progressive PAS&RPT&PGS @past.@anterior.@progressive He had been speaking. = speak.@past.@anterior.@progressive
Future Simple FUT @future He will speak = speak.@future
Near future FUN @future.@recent He is going to speak = speak.@future.@recent
Future Progressive FUT&PGS @future.@progressive He will be speaking = speak.@future.@progressive.
Future Perfect FUT&RPT @future.@anterior He will have spoken = speak.@future.@anterior
Future Perfect Progressive FUT&RPT&PGS @future.@anterior.@progressive He will have been speaking = speak.@future.@anterior.@progressive
Conditional CON @past.@posterior He would speak = speak.@past.@posterior
Conditional Progressive CON&PGS @past.@posterior.@progressive He would be speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@progressive
Conditional Perfect CON&PFC @past.@posterior.@perfective He would have spoken = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective
Conditional Perfect Progressive CON&RPT&PGS @past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive He would have been speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive)
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