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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Will have been +present participle (-ing)






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






3. V endings - indicate tense and person






4. Happens to the subject






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






6. Determiner - a - an - the






7. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Bare Infinitive V






15. To + base form V






16. Present Simple






17. Er






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






19. 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






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






21. Expresses action or state of being






22. Don't need an object - has died






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






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






25. I - me - my - mine






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






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






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






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






30. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






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






35. you - your - yours






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






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






38. Will be +ing






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






40. we - us - our - ours






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






42. you - your - yours






43. Before the N






44. Will +bare inf






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






46. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






50. Each other - one another