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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Perfect 'have' -ed form (reg)






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






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






4. Most general - most specific






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






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






7. Each other - one another






8. Don't need an object - has died






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






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






11. Expresses action or state of being






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






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






14. Bare Infinitive V






15. I - me - my - mine






16. Before the N






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






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






19. you - your - yours






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Happens to the subject






26. Ing form - continuous tenses






27. Est






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






29. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






30. Will +bare inf






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






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






33. What the subject does






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






35. you - your - yours






36. They - them - their - theirs






37. Know - want - believe - like






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






39. Will be +ing






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






41. V endings - indicate tense and person






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






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






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






45. Er






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






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






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






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






50. Names person - place - thing - or concept