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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Present simple of 'to be' (am/is/are) - V - -ing (present participle) for behaviour - unfinished actions - temporary situations






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






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






4. you - your - yours






5. we - us - our - ours






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






7. Happens to the subject






8. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






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






12. What the subject does






13. you - your - yours






14. Each other - one another






15. Before the N






16. Est






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






18. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






20. Er






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






22. 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






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






24. Determiner - a - an - the






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






26. Will be +ing






27. Will +bare inf






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






29. Present Simple






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






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






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






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






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






35. Bare Infinitive V






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






37. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






41. To + base form V






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






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






44. Self and -selves






45. They - them - their - theirs






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






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






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






49. I - me - my - mine






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