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Grammar Parts Of Speech

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






2. Names person - place - thing - or concept






3. we - us - our - ours






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






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






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






7. Determiner - a - an - the






8. I - me - my - mine






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






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






11. What the subject does






12. Each other - one another






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






14. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






15. Will +bare inf






16. 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






17. Est






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






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






20. Expresses action or state of being






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






22. They - them - their - theirs






23. Bare Infinitive V






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






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






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






27. Self and -selves






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






29. Er






30. Before the N






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






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






33. Happens to the subject






34. Most general - most specific






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






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






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






38. Don't need an object - has died






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






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






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






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






43. you - your - yours






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






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






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






47. you - your - yours






48. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






50. Know - want - believe - like