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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. He - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its






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






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






4. Will +bare inf






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






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






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






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






9. Present Simple






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






11. Next - last - previous - subsequent






12. Expresses action or state of being






13. Names person - place - thing - or concept






14. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






16. Self and -selves






17. you - your - yours






18. Happens to the subject






19. Est






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






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






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






23. To + base form V






24. Determiner - a - an - the






25. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






27. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






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






32. Er






33. Ing form - continuous tenses






34. Each other - one another






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






36. What the subject does






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






38. we - us - our - ours






39. Before the N






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






41. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






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






46. Know - want - believe - like






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






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






49. you - your - yours






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