ada beberapa variasi terkait sejarah, sosial, budaya dan daerah bahasa inggris.
divergensi dari tata bahasa yang dijelaskan di sini terjadi di beberapa dialek dalam bahasa inggris.
artikel ini menjelaskan secara umum tentang bahasa inggris standar, seperti ucapan yang ada di wacana publik, seperti: siaran televisi, pendidikan, hiburan, pemerintahan, dan laporan berita, termasuk juga di sini: pidato baik formal maupun informal.
ada perbedaan tertentu dalam tata bahasa antara bentuk standar british english, american english dan australian english, meskipun ini tidak mencolok dibandingkan dengan perbedaan leksikal dan pengucapan.
determiner adalah kata, frasa, atau imbuhan yang muncul bersamaan dengan noun atau noun phrase, dan berfungsi sebagai rujukan atas noun/noun phrase tersebut sesuai konteksnya.
the girl is a student.
i've lost my keys.
some folks get all the luck.
which book is that?
i only had thirty-seven drinks.
i'll take this one.
both windows were open.
kata yang dicetak tebal merupakan yang merupakan penjelas atas noun (dicetak miring) sesuai konteksnya.
auxiliary verb adalah kata kerja yang berfungsi untuk membantuk kata kerja utama.
i will help you.
she can read the code well.
kata yang dicetak miring adalah auxiliary verb yang bertugas menjelaskan kata kerja utama yang jatuh setelahnya.
a- : for abide, arise, awake, lihat bide, rise, wake
be (am, is, are)  was, were  been
be- : for befall, beset, etc. see fall, set, etc.
bear  bore  borne
beat  beat  beaten
become  became  become
beget  begot  begot(ten)
begin  began  begun
bend  bent  bent
bet  bet  bet [past tense dan participle kadangkala betted]
bid  bid  bid [as in an auction]
bid  bade/bid  bidden/bid [meaning "request"]
bide  bided/bode  bided/bidden [but abide mostly uses the regular forms only]
bind  bound  bound
bite  bit  bitten
bleed  bled  bled
blow  blew  blown
break  broke  broken
breed  bred  bred
bring  brought  brought
build  built  built
burn  burnt/burned  burnt/burned
burst  burst  burst
buy  bought  bought
can  could [defective; see anomalous cases above]
cast  cast  cast [prefixed forms broadcast, forecast, etc. sometimes take -edfor example, forecasted is acceptable as the past participle and past simple of the verb forecast, especially in some technical meanings.
catch  caught  caught
choose  chose  chosen
clad  clad/cladded  clad/cladded [clad is also sometimes used as past form of clothe]
cleave  clove/cleft  cloven/cleft [but regular when meaning "adhere"]
cling  clung  clung
come  came  come
cost  cost  cost [but regular when meaning "calculate the cost of"]
creep  crept/creeped  crept/creeped
crow  crowed/crew  crowed [crew normally used only of a cock's crowing]
cut  cut  cut
dare  regular except for possible third person singular present dare (see anomalous cases above)
deal  dealt  dealt
dig  dug  dug
dive  dived/dove  dived [the form dove is chiefly american]
do (does drag  dragged/drug  dragged/drug [the form drug is chiefly dialectal]
draw  drew  drawn
dream  dreamed/dreamt  dreamed/dreamt
drink  drank  drunk
drive  drove  driven
dwell  dwelt/dwelled  dwelt/dwelled
eat  ate  eaten
fall  fell  fallen
feed  fed  fed
feel  felt  felt
fight  fought  fought
find  found  found
fit  fit/fitted  fit/fitted
flee  fled  fled
fling  flung  flung
fly  flew  flown
for(e)- : for forgo, foresee, etc. see go, see, etc.
forbid  forbade/forbid  forbidden
forget  forgot  forgotten
forsake  forsook  forsaken
freeze  froze  frozen
get  got  gotten/got [past participle got in british english, gotten in american, but see have got]
gild  gilded/gilt  gilded/gilt
give  gave  given
go  went  gone [see also have been]
grind  ground  ground
grow  grew  grown
hang  hung/hanged  hung/hanged [the form hanged is more common in the sense of execution by hanging]
have (has)  had  had
hear  heard  heard
hew  hewed  hewn/hewed
hide  hid  hidden
hit  hit  hit
hoist  hoist/hoisted  hoist/hoisted
hold  held  held
hurt  hurt  hurt
in- : for inlay, input, etc. see lay, put, etc.
inter- : for interlay, interweave, etc. see lay, weave, etc.
keep  kept  kept
kneel  knelt/kneeled  knelt/kneeled
knit  knit/knitted  knit/knitted
know  knew  known
lay  laid  laid
lead  led  led
lean  leaned/leant  leaned/leant
leap  leaped/leapt  leaped/leapt
learn  learned/learnt  learned/learnt
leave  left  left
lend  lent  lent
let  let  let
lie  lay  lain [but regular when meaning "tell an untruth"]
light  lit/lighted  lit/lighted
lose  lost  lost
make  made  made
may  might [defective; see anomalous cases above]
mean  meant  meant
meet  met  met
mis- : for misspeak, mistake, etc. see speak, take, etc.
mow  mowed  mowed/mown
must  defective [see anomalous cases above]
need  regular except for possible third person singular present need (see anomalous cases above)
off- : for offset see set, etc.
ought  defective [see anomalous cases above]
out- : for outbid, output, etc. see bid, put, etc.
over- : for overbid, overdo, etc. see bid, do, etc.
pay  paid  paid [but sometimes spelt regularly when meaning "let out" (rope etc.)]
plead  pleaded/pled  pleaded/pled
pre- : for prepay, preset, etc. see pay, set, etc.
prove  proved  proved/proven
put  put  put
quit  quit  quit
re- : for redo, remake, etc. see do, make, etc.
read rend  rent  rent
rid  rid/ridded  rid/ridded/ridden
ride  rode  ridden
ring  rang  rung
rise  rose  risen
run  ran  run
saw  sawed  sawn/sawed
say (says see  saw  seen
seek  sought  sought
sell  sold  sold
send  sent  sent
set  set  set
sew  sewed  sewn/sewed
shake  shook  shaken
shall  should [defective; see anomalous cases above]
shear  sheared/shore  shorn/sheared
shed  shed  shed
shine  shone/shined  shone/shined
shit  shat/shit/shitted  shat/shit/shitted
shoe  shoed/shod  shoed/shod
shoot  shot  shot
show  showed  shown/showed
shrink  shrank/shrunk  shrunk
shut  shut  shut
sing  sang  sung
sink  sank  sunk
sit  sat  sat
slay  slew/slayed  slain/slayed
sleep  slept  slept
slide  slid  slid
sling  slung  slung
slink  slunk  slunk
slit  slit  slit
smell  smelled/smelt  smelled/smelt
smite  smote  smitten
sneak  sneaked/snuck  sneaked/snuck [snuck is chiefly american, and it is regarded as informal]
sow  sowed  sown/sowed
speak  spoke  spoken
speed  sped/speeded  sped/speeded
spell  spelled/spelt  spelled/spelt
spend  spent  spent
spill  spilled/spilt  spilled/spilt
spin  spun  spun
spit  spat/spit  spat/spit [the form spit rather than spat is common in america]
split  split  split
spoil  spoiled/spoilt  spoiled/spoilt
spread  spread  spread
spring  sprang/sprung  sprung
stand  stood  stood
stave  staved/stove  staved/stove
steal  stole  stolen
stick  stuck  stuck
sting  stung  stung
stink  stank  stunk
strew  strewed  strewn/strewed
stride  strode  stridden/strode
strike  struck  struck
string  strung  strung
strive  strove/strived  striven/strived
swear  swore  sworn
sweat  sweated/sweat  sweated/sweat
sweep  swept  swept
swell  swelled  swollen/swelled
swim  swam  swum
swing  swung  swung
take  took  taken
teach  taught  taught
tear  tore  torn
tell  told  told
think  thought  thought
throw  threw  thrown
thrust  thrust/thrusted  thrust/thrusted
tread  trod  trodden/trod
un- : for unbend, unweave, etc. see bend, weave, etc.
under- : for underlie, undergo, understand, etc. see lie, go, stand, etc.
up- : for upset see set, etc.
wake  woke  woken
wear  wore  worn
weave  wove  woven
wed  wed/wedded  wed/wedded
weep  wept  wept
wet  wet/wetted  wet/wetted
will  would [defective; see anomalous cases above]
win  won  won
wind  wound  wound [but regular in the meanings connected with air and breath]
with- : for withdraw, withhold, withstand, see draw, hold, stand
wring  wrang/wrung  wrung
write  wrote  written
adverb of manner
adverb of place
adverb of time
other functions of adverb
article adalah sebuah kata (baik awalan ataupun akhiran) yang digunakan bersama noun untuk menunjukkan jenis noun tersebut.
article dalam bahasa inggris yaitu: the dan a/an.
contoh:the children know the fastest way home.kalimat di atas merujuk ke "anak-anak" yang "tertentu" (yaitu: anak-anak itu) dan "cara" yang "tertentu" (yaitu: cara tercepat):children know the fastest way home.kalimat di atas merujuk ke "anak-anak" yang "umum"give me the book.
past future tense