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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Ed form (reg). completed in the past. Did +inf - was/were +inf.






2. you - your - yours






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






4. Will +bare inf






5. you - your - yours






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






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






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






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






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






11. Know - want - believe - like






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






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






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






23. What the subject does






24. Each other - one another






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






26. we - us - our - ours






27. Ing form - continuous tenses






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






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






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






31. Determiner - a - an - the






32. Most general - most specific






33. They - them - their - theirs






34. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






37. Before the N






38. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






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






41. To + base form V






42. Self and -selves






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






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






45. Est






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






47. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






49. Don't need an object - has died






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