Use vivid verbs the reader can "see." [7:34]

A video [2:01] explaining how to use present tense verbs when writing about events that are happening right now.

A video [2:50] explaining how to use future tense verbs when writing about future events.

If verb tense allows you to control the past, the present, and the future, then aspect gives you even finer control over time. David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains.

In a previous video, we established that one thing verbs can do is show actions, like 'the bear runs.' Verbs can also link ideas to one another, like 'the bear looks cheerful.'

How do we talk about things that are happening right now?

An understanding of verb tense will make you into a TIME WIZARD, with the ability to control the past, the present, and the future - with your words, anyway.

Let's explore what verbs are, and what they do! David, KA's Grammar Fellow, explains.

There's a class of helper verbs known as modals that we use to express a bunch of conditions: we can use them to give advice, make guesses at how necessary or likely something is, make requests of people, and so on. They're super useful.

In this lesson, you will learn how to form past tense verbs by adding -ed. [4:13]

Writers make their writing clear by using modal auxiliaries correctly to show different times, moods or conditions. Let's practice using the modal auxiliaries can, may, and must to describe situations. [10:49]

Links to three different songs about tenses, one present, one past, and one future.

A video [2:02] about the verb be and its many forms.

A slideshow on how to use strong verbs in writing. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Strong vs. Weak Verbs."

A lesson with audio over how to use strong verbs in writing. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Strong vs. Weak Verbs." [2:24]

A video lesson explaining the difference between active and passive voice. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "The Passive Voice vs. the Active Voice." [5:16]

This lesson introduces the future perfect tense and how it is used. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Future Perfect." [5:02]

This lesson goes over the formation of conditional in cases where the event is hypothetical.

This lesson discusses how to determine which future tense verb to use in a given situation. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Choosing a Future Tense."

This is a video tutorial discussing modal verbs and their meanings [6:19]

Rock into action with this grammar song about verbs. The song teaches that a verb is "what's happening." There are multiple examples of action words. The song also teaches about a verb as a state of being. This song makes you want to move!

This is a YouTube video lesson concerning what a verb really is in a sentence. He defines it as a word with a subject.

This is a YouTube video lesson about modal and auxiliary verbs. Modals are verbs such as could, would, or might which cannot stand alone, and auxiliary verbs are verbs such as do, be, and have which can be helping verbs or can stand alone.

This lesson introduces the future perfect tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [3:38] and review questions over the lesson's content.