The word 'tense' comes from 'tempus', the Latin word for time. Some languages like Mandarin Chinese don’t have verb tenses but express time in different ways. When writing, it’s important to ...

Look again at the four spelling rules above and try the activity below. Change each of the verbs in the table below into the past tense by adding -ed and then the present tense by adding -ing.

These basic rules cover important aspects like sentence structure, parts of speech, tenses, and punctuation, which are ...