GMH English Grammar

VERBS and their COMMON NOUNS

In my experience, I’ve found certain verbs can be used more often than others depending on the language used, so I’ve created a list to match verbs with the nouns and phrases I believe they most regularly appear alongside in English.

Here are the Word and PDF links to the list in alphabetical order – the examples should help to clarify the meaning of certain verbs you don’t fully understand, thus allowing you to have more confidence in writing and speaking. Most of the verbs appear here in the past sense.

You can purchase the AUDIOBOOK of this list HERE, where I read it aloud for you to hear the correct pronunciation. It will help improve and reinforce your vocabulary, and it will help your confidence when listening and speaking everyday English.

ENGLISH TENSES

Here is a brief look at the English tenses, followed by a video of me explaining future, present, and past tenses with common examples.

Present Simple

I work in a bank.

Past Perfect (continuous)

Present Continuous

I'm reading a book.

Present Continuous

Past Simple

I worked in London.

Past Continuous

I was waiting for him for almost two hours.

Present Perfect (simple)

I have worked every day this year.

Present Perfect (continuous)

It has been raining heavily all day.

Past Perfect (simple)

I hadn't been to London.

I had been working hard, so I felt very tired.

Future Simple

I will be there tomorrow.

Future Continuous

I will be waiting there at 5 o'clock.

'Going to' Future

I will be waiting there at 5 o'clock.

I'm going to take my holidays in August.

Present Tenses for the Future

(We use Present Simple when we talk about timetables. And we use Present Continuous when we talk about things we have already planned to do).

'Going to' Future

Future Perfect (simple)

The film will have started by the time we get there.

Future Perfect (simple)

Future Perfect (continuous)

I will have been working in the company for five years next month.

Passive Forms

This problem will be solved next month.

Past Tense Passive Forms

This problem was solved last week.