Grammatical Person The Parts of Speech Noun - a naming word (person, place or thing) Pronoun - a noun substitute Verb - an action (doing or being) word Adjective - a word describing nouns or pronouns Adverb - a word describing adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs Article - definite: ‘the’;  indefinite: ‘a’ & ‘an’ Conjunction - a joining word Preposition - a word that explains position, direction or the relationship between two nouns or noun phrases Interjection - an exclamation Grover Does Prepositions Structure The Basic Forms of Verbs Infinitive  The infinitive of a verb in English has two words and always begins with to .... For example, to learn - aprender - is the infinitive form.  You should treat the infinitive as a unit. Base (or finite) We use the present tense to talk about facts, habits and opinions. The base form drops the to and is is conjugated. Only the third person singular form changes in the simple present tense for regul...

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What are adverbs? Adverb: An adverb is a word or phrase that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Sometimes an adverb is used to modify a conjunction, preposition, or infinitive verb. Most (but not all) adverbs end in “ly”.    Adverbs answer the questions: how, when, where, how often, how much. Grammar Monster Explains Adverbs Adverbs of Frequency Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs , an interactive worksheet by Nihad Nasser live worksheets.com Adverbs of Manner Adverb exercises

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  Modal verbs The modal verbs are:  can may must shall will could might should would Will points to the future from the present: Ken knows that he will  win someday. Would  points to the future from the past: Ken knew that he would  win someday We use modals to show if we believe something is  certain, possible or impossible : My keys  must  be in the car. It  might  rain tomorrow. That  can't  be Peter's coat. It's too small. We also use them to do things like talk about  ability ,  ask permission , and  make requests and offers : I  can't  swim. May  I ask a question? Could  I have some tea, please? Would  you like some help? : One definition of modal from M-W -  of, relating to, or constituting a grammatical form or category characteristically indicating predication of an action or state in some manner other than as a simple fact possibility, ability, permission, o...

Speak up! A phrasal verb is a phrase that typically consists of a verb and one or two prepositions (remember  -  prepositions link one element of a sentence to another or function as connectors to show location or direction; connector - are you interested in classical music?; location - the book is in my backpack.) Preposition as part of a phrasal verb: I am going to turn in (go to bed). Sometimes it makes more specific the literal meaning of the verb: sleep in - sleep later than usual; eat out - eat outside the home At times it is completely unrelated to the literal meaning of the verb: call off - cancel; stand for - represent, or when negative, not tolerate  A phrasal verb functions like a single word     Phrasal verb: I ran into (met unexpectedly) an old friend yesterday.     Simple verb and preposition: I accidently ran into someone on the sidewalk. Transitive verbs require a direct object - you must look up something , phone number or defin...

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