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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






2. Happens to the subject






3. Ing form - continuous tenses






4. Er






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






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






7. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






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






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






11. Present Simple






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






13. Est






14. Bare Infinitive V






15. Before the N






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






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






18. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. To + base form V






26. we - us - our - ours






27. Will +bare inf






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






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






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






31. Will be +ing






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






33. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






36. Each other - one another






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






38. Know - want - believe - like






39. I - me - my - mine






40. They - them - their - theirs






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What the subject does






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






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






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