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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. To + base form V






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






3. Ing form - continuous tenses






4. you - your - yours






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






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






7. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






8. you - your - yours






9. Don't need an object - has died






10. I - me - my - mine






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






12. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






15. Will +bare inf






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






17. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






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






21. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






24. Happens to the subject






25. What the subject does






26. They - them - their - theirs






27. Most general - most specific






28. Will be +ing






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Know - want - believe - like






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






37. Est






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






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






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






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






42. Expresses action or state of being






43. Each other - one another






44. Next - last - previous - subsequent






45. we - us - our - ours






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






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






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






49. Determiner - a - an - the






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