English Grammar Cheatsheet

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Category Concept Example
Parts of Speech Noun Person, place, or thing (e.g., dog, school)
Parts of Speech Verb Action or state (e.g., run, is)
Parts of Speech Adjective Describes a noun (e.g., blue, tall)
Parts of Speech Adverb Describes a verb (e.g., quickly, very)
Parts of Speech Pronoun Replaces a noun (e.g., he, they)
Parts of Speech Preposition Shows position/relation (e.g., in, on, at)
Parts of Speech Conjunction Connects clauses (e.g., and, but)
Parts of Speech Interjection Expresses emotion (e.g., wow!, oh!)
Tenses Present Simple I walk to school.
Tenses Past Simple She ate an apple.
Tenses Future Simple We will call you.
Tenses Present Continuous He is reading a book.
Tenses Past Perfect They had left before I arrived.
Sentence Structure Subject + Verb Birds fly.
Sentence Structure Subject + Verb + Object She plays guitar.
Sentence Structure Compound Sentence I came, and she left.
Sentence Structure Complex Sentence Because it rained, we stayed in.
Punctuation Comma (,) Used to separate items or clauses (e.g., I bought apples, bananas, and grapes.)
Punctuation Period (.) Ends a sentence.
Punctuation Question Mark (?) Used at the end of a question.
Punctuation Exclamation Mark (!) Used for strong feelings.
Articles Definite Article The sun is bright.
Articles Indefinite Article An apple, a car
Modals Can I can swim.
Modals Should You should eat healthy food.
Modals Must You must wear a helmet.

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English Tenses Cheatsheet

Tense Structure Example
Present Simple Subject + base verb (s/es) He walks to school.
Present Continuous Subject + is/am/are + verb-ing I am studying English.
Present Perfect Subject + has/have + past participle She has finished her work.
Present Perfect Continuous Subject + has/have been + verb-ing They have been working all day.
Past Simple Subject + verb-ed / irregular form We visited the museum.
Past Continuous Subject + was/were + verb-ing He was playing football.
Past Perfect Subject + had + past participle She had left before I came.
Past Perfect Continuous Subject + had been + verb-ing He had been waiting for hours.
Future Simple Subject + will + base verb I will call you later.
Future Continuous Subject + will be + verb-ing She will be traveling tomorrow.
Future Perfect Subject + will have + past participle We will have arrived by 5 PM.
Future Perfect Continuous Subject + will have been + verb-ing They will have been studying for hours.
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