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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. First - second - third (Determiners when they appear before a N)






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






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






4. you - your - yours






5. Est






6. Was/were +present participle (-ing) connection to past






7. 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






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






9. Tiny - fantastic - can't be used with 'very'






10. Will be +ing






11. Present simple of 'to be' (am/is/are) - V - -ing (present participle) for behaviour - unfinished actions - temporary situations






12. Self and -selves






13. Help a main V - do - have - be






14. Names person - place - thing - or concept






15. V endings - indicate tense and person






16. Expresses action or state of being






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






18. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






20. They - them - their - theirs






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






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






23. Don't need an object - has died






24. Before the N






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






26. Have/has +past participle (-ed reg.)






27. Have/has been +present participle (-ing)






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






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






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






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






32. Present Simple






33. we - us - our - ours






34. Modifies V - Adj - or Adv - often end in -ly






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






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






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






38. Bare Infinitive V






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






40. This - that - these - those (that is a fast car)






41. I - me - my - mine






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






43. Most general - most specific






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






45. you - your - yours






46. Will +bare inf






47. Happens to the subject






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






49. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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