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Grammar Parts Of Speech

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. The determiner a/an - used where the N is singular






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






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






4. Expresses action or state of being






5. Next - last - previous - subsequent






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






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






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






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






10. Present Simple






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






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






13. Er






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Names person - place - thing - or concept






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






27. Before the N






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






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






30. you - your - yours






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






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






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






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






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






36. Ing form - continuous tenses






37. Bare Infinitive V






38. we - us - our - ours






39. Subject - Verb (some - Object)






40. To + base form V






41. What the subject does






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






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






44. Know - want - believe - like






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






46. Will +bare inf






47. They - them - their - theirs






48. 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






49. V endings - indicate tense and person






50. Don't need an object - has died