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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Will have +past participle (-ed reg.)






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






3. Present Simple






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






5. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






7. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






10. They - them - their - theirs






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






12. you - your - yours






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






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






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






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






17. Self and -selves






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Most general - most specific






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






27. Each other - one another






28. Before the N






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






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






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






32. Happens to the subject






33. Ing form - continuous tenses






34. Don't need an object - has died






35. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






37. What the subject does






38. Will be +ing






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






40. I - me - my - mine






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






42. To + base form V






43. Est






44. you - your - yours






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






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






47. Know - want - believe - like






48. Expresses action or state of being






49. we - us - our - ours






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