For Beginners

Let's take the verb 'go' and construct some sentences.

I go to shop
We go to shop.
He goes to shop
They go to shop.

You may see that the tense is 'simple present' and in the first, second and fourth case, where the noun 'I' is in first person singular, 'we' and 'They' in plural (more than one), the accompanying verb is 'go'.

Whereas in the third case Pronoun 'He' the verb form is 'goes'. This is how verb forms are constructed. Accordingly the actions such as eat, sleep, read, run etc. take their forms depending upon person, singular/plural and the associated tense. You may substitute different verb forms as above and construct some simple sentences simple past tense. I'll talk about 'continuous' action in my next posting.

For middle/ advanced levels

I have come across during course of discussions people saying "from 14th onwards", which should in fact either be "from 14th" or "14th onwards". It's an unnecessary mix-up, which can be avoided. (The date given is just an example)

Another similar unnecessary groupings are 'future progress'.
It's enough to say "I'll intimate the progress"
"I'll intimate the future progress" (unnecessary)

Another example is grouping 'continue' and 'remain'.
"I continued to remain stubborn" (Unnecessary)
"I remained stubborn" or "I continued to be stubborn"(better)

The results of the previous jumble

POPPY, MOUTH, KETTLE, TIMELY

Solution: "HOT" TIME.

Technique to solve the jumble: The words 'frozen' and 'sale' can be connected to the word 'hot', as hot is opposite to frozen and a sale can be referred to a 'hot sale'. When you look at that angle, you can take out the word 'hot' and the remaining word is time.

And now try the jumble given at the top.