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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. you - your - yours






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






3. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






16. Most general - most specific






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






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






19. you - your - yours






20. Will +bare inf






21. Before the N






22. Er






23. Determiner - a - an - the






24. we - us - our - ours






25. Next - last - previous - subsequent






26. Names person - place - thing - or concept






27. Expresses action or state of being






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






29. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






32. Will be +ing






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






34. Don't need an object - has died






35. They - them - their - theirs






36. Self and -selves






37. I - me - my - mine






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






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






40. To + base form V






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






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






43. Present Simple






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






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






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






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






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






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






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