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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Present Simple






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






3. Will be +ing






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






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






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






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






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






9. Before the N






10. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






11. Bare Infinitive V






12. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. To + base form V






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






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






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






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






23. Know - want - believe - like






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






25. What the subject does






26. I - me - my - mine






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






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






29. Er






30. you - your - yours






31. Will +bare inf






32. we - us - our - ours






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






34. Happens to the subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Most general - most specific






42. Determiner - a - an - the






43. They - them - their - theirs






44. Don't need an object - has died






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






46. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






50. V endings - indicate tense and person