The present tense describes events are happening now, events that happen regularly, or a state that something is in. Verbs in the present tense changes forms based on the subject of the sentence. The general rule is if the subject is 'I', 'You', 'We', 'They', or a plural noun, then the verb is singular. If the subject is singular, then the verb is plural.
For normal verbs, add 's' for the plural form of the verb.
I play
You play
He, She, It, John, Jenny, The dog, etc. plays
We play
They play
The dogs, Children, Teachers, etc. play
For these verbs, add 'es' for the plural form.
I wish
You wish
He, She, It, John, Jenny, The dog, etc. wishes
We wish
They wish
The dogs, Children, Teachers, etc. wish
For these verbs, remove the 'y' and add 'ies'.
I study
You study
He, She, It, John, Jenny, The dog, etc. studies
We study
They study
The dogs, Children, Teachers, etc. study
To be has a different form, 'am', that is only used when the subject is I. The 'is' form is used with singular subjects and 'are' form is used with 'You', 'We', 'They', 'The cats', etc.
I am
You are
He, She, It, John, Jenny, The dog, etc. is
We are
They are
The dogs, Children, Teachers, etc. are
The past tense describes events that have already finished before now. To change verbs into the past tense, follow the rules depending on which group the verb is in. You just have to remember which group each verb is in from practice and experience.
To change verbs the normal group into the past tense, just add 'ed' to the end of the verb.
jump jumped
watch watched
clean cleaned
play played
help helped
To change verbs ending in 'e' into the past tense, just add 'd' to the end of the verb.
race raced
bake baked
trade traded
type typed
share shared
Certain verbs that end in a consonant-vowel-consonant, you should double the final consonant and add 'ed'. Don't double when the final consonant is 'y' or 'w'. When there is more than one syllable, double the final consonant when the final syllable is stressed.
stop stopped
plan planned
prefer preferred
wrap wrapped
slam slammed
visit visited
travel traveled
listen listened
cancel canceled
happen happened
Irregular verbs don't follow any rules to change them to the past tense form and should to be memorized.
go went
do did
think thought
ride rode
make made
The future tense describes events will happen later from now. The future tense is made from adding "will" before the verb, OR adding the correct subject matching present tense form of "to be" (EX: I am, He is, They are, etc.) with "going to" before the verb.
Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of a word.
big small
tall short
light heavy
fast slow
strong weak
expensive cheap
good bad
neat sloppy
clean dirty
hard soft
high low
Synonyms are words that have the same or similar meaning of a word.
big large
tall high
short low
fast quick
strong powerful
jump hop
pretty beautiful cute
messy sloppy unorganized
clean neat organized
The plural form of a noun is used when you have two or more or none of something. Normally, you add 's' or 'es' to the end.
For normal nouns, add 's' to get the plural form.
book books
name names
chair chairs
toy toys
dog dogs
For these nouns, add 'es' to get the plural form.
dish dishes
witch witches
tomato tomatoes
box boxes
kiss kisses
bus buses
For these nouns, remove the 'y' and add 'ies'.
berry berries
activity activities
library libraries
story stories
daisy daisies
For these nouns, remove the 'f' or 'fe' and add 'ves'.
wolf wolves
knife knives
life lives
shelf shelves
theif theives
For these nouns, there are no rules to follow and you just have to memorize how to change them to the plural form.
mouse mice
tooth teeth
man men
child children
person people
foot feet
die dice
fish fish
cactus cacti