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Grammar Parts Of Speech
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1. Modifies V - Adj - or Adv - often end in -ly
Transitive Verbs
The Indefinite Article
Adverb
Reflexive Pronouns
2. Can be counted - take an article 'a' - singular and plural forms
Reflexive Pronouns
Past Continuous
Count Nouns
Future Continuous
3. Describes N or PN - fits into 'a - N'
Present Simple
Pronoun
Comparative Adjective
Adjective
4. Help the main V - always followed by a bare infinitive - can - could - must - should
Adverbs of place and time
Past Perfect
Modal Verbs / Modal Auxiliary
Indefinite Pronouns
5. we - us - our - ours
Indefinite Pronouns
Adverb
First Person Plural
Passive Verb
6. Substitute N - do not take the/a/an - generally cannot follow Adj.s
Third Person Singular
Pronoun
Past Continuous
The Definite Article
7. Introduce a dependant clause - that - which - who - whose - whom - when - where (the car that passed us)
Third Person Singular
Adjective
Relative Pronouns
Determiner
8. He - him - his - she - her - hers - it - its
Second Person Plural
Third Person Singular
Active Verb
Present Simple
9. The determiner 'the' - used for sing or plural Ns
The Definite Article
Present Participle
Adjective
Adverbs of degree
10. This - that - these - those (that is a fast car)
Future Continuous
Demonstrative Pronouns
Adjective
Present Perfect Continuous
11. First - second - third (Determiners when they appear before a N)
Past Continuous past form of
Comparative Adjective
Ordinal Numerals
Posessive Pronouns
12. Ing form - continuous tenses
Object Pronoun
Third Person Singular
Present Participle
Future Simple
13. Had +past participle (-ed reg.)
Past Perfect
Absolute Adjective
Intransitive Verbs
Adjective
14. Next - last - previous - subsequent
General Ordinals
Subject Pronoun
Posessive Pronouns
Base form
15. Present simple of 'to be' (am/is/are) - V - -ing (present participle) for behaviour - unfinished actions - temporary situations
Relative Pronouns
All sentences (apart from imperatives) contain
Ordinal Numerals
Present Continuous
16. Refer to people (including 'it'). can be 1st - 2nd - 3rd person - singular or plural
Reciprocal Pronouns
Subject Pronoun
Count Nouns
Personal Pronouns
17. They - them - their - theirs
Passive Verb
Past Participle
Third Person Plural
First Person Plural
18. Know - want - believe - like
Second Person Plural
General Ordinals
Future Perfect Continuous
Verbs not used in continuous tenses
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
Transitive Verbs
Determiner
Base form
Past Continuous
20. Before the N
Posessive Pronouns
Adj. position
Adverbs of manner
Active Verb
21. Who - what - why - where - when - whatever
First Person Singular
Interrogative Pronouns
Present Participle
Modal Verbs / Modal Auxiliary
22. Names person - place - thing - or concept
Adverbs of frequency
Past Continuous
Noun
Intransitive Verbs
23. Est
Superlative Adjective
Comparative Adjective
Active Verb
Past Perfect
24. you - your - yours
Personal Pronouns
Verb
Second Person Plural
Future Perfect Continuous
25. Have/has been +present participle (-ing)
The Definite Article
Past Tense / Past Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Continuous past form of
26. Answer 'how often'. taught on a cline - always - usually -
Determiner
Adverbs of frequency
Relative Pronouns
The Indefinite Article
27. Can't be counted - no article - singular
Inflections
Past Tense / Past Simple
Adj. position
Non-Count Nouns / Mass Nouns
28. Don't need an object - has died
Intransitive Verbs
Past Continuous
Third Person Plural
Count Nouns
29. Must preceed an object - dyed (your hair)
Object Pronoun
Adverbs of frequency
Transitive Verbs
Adverbs of manner
30. I - me - my - mine
First Person Singular
Adverbs of frequency
Object Pronoun
Reciprocal Pronouns
31. V endings - indicate tense and person
Adverbs of place and time
Adverbs of degree
Inflections
Reflexive Pronouns
32. Tiny - fantastic - can't be used with 'very'
Adverbs of place and time
Absolute Adjective
Base form
Ordinal Numerals
33. Will have +past participle (-ed reg.)
Reciprocal Pronouns
Verb
Future Perfect
Pronoun
34. Bare Infinitive V
Determiner
Relative Pronouns
First Person Singular
Base form
35. Answer how was it done - beautifully - quickly etc. Often end in -ly - but also hard - fast
Adj. position
Order of Adjectives
Transitive Verbs
Adverbs of manner
36. To + base form V
Non-Count Nouns / Mass Nouns
Infinitive
Ordinal Numerals
The Definite Article
37. Answer 'how much' - very - extremely - pretty - fairly
Adverbs of degree
Verb
Adverbs of frequency
Third Person Plural
38. Expresses action or state of being
Second Person Singular
Subject Pronoun
Relative Pronouns
Verb
39. Was/were +present participle (-ing) connection to past
Adverbs of degree
Second Person Singular
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
40. Often -s form - for permanent states or general - repeated - for frequency - spoken actions (I promise)
General Ordinals
Adj. position
Present Simple
Reciprocal Pronouns
41. Answer where/when - upstairs - somewhere - a year later
Adverbs of place and time
Base form
Infinitive
Demonstrative Pronouns
42. Will have been +present participle (-ing)
Past Tense / Past Simple
Intransitive Verbs
The Definite Article
Future Perfect Continuous
43. Will be +ing
Reciprocal Pronouns
Posessive Pronouns
Future Continuous
Future Perfect Continuous
44. Have/has +past participle (-ed reg.)
Present Perfect (Simple)
Reciprocal Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Passive Verb
45. Anything - anybody - anyone - something - somebody - someone - nothing - nobody - none - no one
Indefinite Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Past Continuous
Non-Count Nouns / Mass Nouns
46. you - your - yours
Future Perfect
Subject Pronoun
Present Perfect Continuous
Second Person Singular
47. Present Simple
First Person Plural
Past Continuous past form of
Determiner
Indefinite Pronouns
48. Help a main V - do - have - be
Indefinite Pronouns
Article
Intransitive Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs
49. Most general - most specific
Present Continuous
Reflexive Pronouns
Order of Adjectives
Second Person Plural
50. Each other - one another
Object Pronoun
First Person Singular
Present Perfect (Simple)
Reciprocal Pronouns