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English Exposed: Common Mistakes Made by Chinese Speakers

Steve Hart

Print publication date: 2017

Print ISBN-13: 9789888390755

Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: January 2018

DOI: 10.5790/hongkong/9789888390755.001.0001

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Verbs and Tenses

Verbs and Tenses

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(p.42) 5 Verbs and Tenses
Source:
English Exposed
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Steve Hart

Publisher:
Hong Kong University Press
DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789888390755.003.0005

The chapter begins with an examination of the forms of the verb ‘to be’. Verbals are introduced and categorized by their various forms and uses. The relationship between participles and irregular verbs is then assessed. When to employ the different tenses precedes a discussion about the active and the passive voices.

Keywords:   being, been, verbals, irregular, infinitive, past participle, tense, passive, active, voice

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