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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Bare Infinitive V






2. Know - want - believe - like






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






4. Est






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






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






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






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






9. Self and -selves






10. you - your - yours






11. you - your - yours






12. Will +bare inf






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






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






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






16. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






19. I - me - my - mine






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






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






22. Determiner - a - an - the






23. Er






24. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






27. Don't need an object - has died






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






29. Will be +ing






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






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






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






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






34. Most general - most specific






35. They - them - their - theirs






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






37. we - us - our - ours






38. 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






39. Names person - place - thing - or concept






40. Each other - one another






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






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






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






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






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






46. What the subject does






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






48. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






50. Expresses action or state of being