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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Have/has +past participle (-ed reg.)






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






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






4. Most general - most specific






5. I - me - my - mine






6. Don't need an object - has died






7. What the subject does






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






9. Self and -selves






10. you - your - yours






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






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






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






14. Know - want - believe - like






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Will be +ing






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






21. Est






22. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






26. you - your - yours






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






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






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






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






31. Will +bare inf






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






33. we - us - our - ours






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






35. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






36. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






38. Each other - one another






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






40. Present Simple






41. Determiner - a - an - the






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






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






44. Happens to the subject






45. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






47. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






50. Er