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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Mine - yours - his - hers - ours - theirs






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






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






4. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






17. Know - want - believe - like






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






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






20. Determiner - a - an - the






21. you - your - yours






22. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






24. To + base form V






25. Each other - one another






26. Er






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






28. Will be +ing






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






30. I - me - my - mine






31. Ing form - continuous tenses






32. Expresses action or state of being






33. V endings - indicate tense and person






34. What the subject does






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






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






37. we - us - our - ours






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






39. They - them - their - theirs






40. Present Simple






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






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






43. 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






44. Est






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






46. Before the N






47. Self and -selves






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






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






50. Most general - most specific