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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. They - them - their - theirs






2. you - your - yours






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






4. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






6. I - me - my - mine






7. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






11. Present Simple






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






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






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






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






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






17. Will +bare inf






18. Determiner - a - an - the






19. Most general - most specific






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






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






22. Before the N






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






24. you - your - yours






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






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






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






28. Happens to the subject






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






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






31. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






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






36. Er






37. Expresses action or state of being






38. Will be +ing






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






40. Est






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






42. we - us - our - ours






43. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






45. What the subject does






46. 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






47. Names person - place - thing - or concept






48. Don't need an object - has died






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






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