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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Names person - place - thing - or concept






2. Refer to people (including 'it'). can be 1st - 2nd - 3rd person - singular or plural






3. Defines object of the clause - me him her us them you it






4. Present Simple






5. Often -s form - for permanent states or general - repeated - for frequency - spoken actions (I promise)






6. Substitute N - do not take the/a/an - generally cannot follow Adj.s






7. Happens to the subject






8. Introduce a dependant clause - that - which - who - whose - whom - when - where (the car that passed us)






9. Answer 'how much' - very - extremely - pretty - fairly






10. Can be counted - take an article 'a' - singular and plural forms






11. Answer where/when - upstairs - somewhere - a year later






12. What the subject does






13. Will have been +present participle (-ing)






14. Will +bare inf






15. you - your - yours






16. Will be +ing






17. Est






18. Describes N or PN - fits into 'a - N'






19. Anything - anybody - anyone - something - somebody - someone - nothing - nobody - none - no one






20. The determiner 'the' - used for sing or plural Ns






21. Self and -selves






22. Ing form - continuous tenses






23. I - me - my - mine






24. Had +past participle (-ed reg.)






25. Can't be counted - no article - singular






26. Most general - most specific






27. First - second - third (Determiners when they appear before a N)






28. Before the N






29. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






30. Answer how was it done - beautifully - quickly etc. Often end in -ly - but also hard - fast






31. The determiner a/an - used where the N is singular






32. Defines subject of the clause - I he she we they you it






33. Answer 'how often'. taught on a cline - always - usually -






34. you - your - yours






35. Who - what - why - where - when - whatever






36. Bare Infinitive V






37. Preceeds and limits N or N phrase - the - a/an - any - cannot be replaced by N- quantity - all - both - no - numerals when they appear before the N






38. Know - want - believe - like






39. Each other - one another






40. Will have +past participle (-ed reg.)






41. He - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its






42. Perfect 'have' -ed form (reg)






43. we - us - our - ours






44. Ed form (reg). completed in the past. Did +inf - was/were +inf.






45. Help the main V - always followed by a bare infinitive - can - could - must - should






46. Mine - yours - his - hers - ours - theirs






47. Next - last - previous - subsequent






48. Must preceed an object - dyed (your hair)






49. V endings - indicate tense and person






50. They - them - their - theirs