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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Ing form - continuous tenses






2. you - your - yours






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






4. 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






5. Est






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






7. What the subject does






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






9. V endings - indicate tense and person






10. Will be +ing






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






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






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






14. Happens to the subject






15. Before the N






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






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






18. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






20. Most general - most specific






21. To + base form V






22. we - us - our - ours






23. I - me - my - mine






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






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






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






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






28. Determiner - a - an - the






29. They - them - their - theirs






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






31. Each other - one another






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






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






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






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






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






37. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






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






40. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






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






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






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






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






46. Know - want - believe - like






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






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






49. Bare Infinitive V






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