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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Self and -selves






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






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






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






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






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






7. Happens to the subject






8. Names person - place - thing - or concept






9. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






11. Will +bare inf






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






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






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






15. Ing form - continuous tenses






16. we - us - our - ours






17. you - your - yours






18. Er






19. Most general - most specific






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






21. Will be +ing






22. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






26. To + base form V






27. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






30. you - your - yours






31. Before the N






32. What the subject does






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






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






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






36. Bare Infinitive V






37. Present Simple






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






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






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






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






42. I - me - my - mine






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






44. Est






45. Determiner - a - an - the






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






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






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






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






50. Don't need an object - has died