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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Defines subject of the clause - I he she we they you it






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






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






4. you - your - yours






5. Most general - most specific






6. Determiner - a - an - the






7. Don't need an object - has died






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






9. They - them - their - theirs






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Happens to the subject






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






18. Before the N






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






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






21. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






24. Each other - one another






25. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






29. we - us - our - ours






30. Will +bare inf






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






32. What the subject does






33. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






35. Er






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






37. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






40. Will be +ing






41. Know - want - believe - like






42. I - me - my - mine






43. Bare Infinitive V






44. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






45. Est






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






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






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






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






50. Present Simple