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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Perfect 'have' -ed form (reg)






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






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






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






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






6. you - your - yours






7. Determiner - a - an - the






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Present Simple






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






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






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






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






20. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






22. Will be +ing






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






24. we - us - our - ours






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






26. Er






27. you - your - yours






28. To + base form V






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






30. Self and -selves






31. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






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






35. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






38. 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






39. Happens to the subject






40. Don't need an object - has died






41. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






44. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






45. Each other - one another






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






47. Names person - place - thing - or concept






48. Will +bare inf






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






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