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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Bare Infinitive V






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






3. Will +bare inf






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






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






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






7. Est






8. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






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






12. Expresses action or state of being






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






14. Don't need an object - has died






15. Know - want - believe - like






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






17. we - us - our - ours






18. Most general - most specific






19. To + base form V






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






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






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






23. Er






24. Before the N






25. Names person - place - thing - or concept






26. Determiner - a - an - the






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. They - them - their - theirs






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






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






36. What the subject does






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






38. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






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






43. Self and -selves






44. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






46. 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






47. Will be +ing






48. I - me - my - mine






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






50. Happens to the subject