(You will get bring brang brung as your output.) Look carefully at the verb forms that come out. Do they appear odd to you or are they something that you could imagine hearing yourself say?

Foundation students should be able to recognize the present participle but do not need to be able to use it. Higher students should be able to both understand it and put it into practice.

The infinitive is usually translated in English as ‘to + verb’, but it can also be a verb without ‘to’, or a verb ending with ‘-ing’.

We can use singular or plural verbs with many collective nouns, Pamela, and government is one of these. Singular and plural forms are often mixed as are the pronouns that refer back to the nouns in ...