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Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






2. Est






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






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






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






6. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






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






10. Before the N






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






12. I - me - my - mine






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






14. Determiner - a - an - the






15. Self and -selves






16. Present Simple






17. you - your - yours






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






19. Don't need an object - has died






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






21. Names person - place - thing - or concept






22. Know - want - believe - like






23. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






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






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






29. Ing form - continuous tenses






30. Each other - one another






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






32. To + base form V






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






34. Er






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






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






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






38. you - your - yours






39. Happens to the subject






40. we - us - our - ours






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






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






43. They - them - their - theirs






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






45. 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






46. Will +bare inf






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






48. Expresses action or state of being






49. What the subject does






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