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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Expresses action or state of being






2. you - your - yours






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






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






5. Determiner - a - an - the






6. Don't need an object - has died






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






8. Bare Infinitive V






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






10. I - me - my - mine






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. V endings - indicate tense and person






18. Each other - one another






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






20. Know - want - believe - like






21. Est






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






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






24. To + base form V






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






26. you - your - yours






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






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






29. Before the N






30. Next - last - previous - subsequent






31. Er






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






33. we - us - our - ours






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






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






36. Names person - place - thing - or concept






37. Will +bare inf






38. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






42. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






44. Present Simple






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






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






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






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






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






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