GRAMMAR Flashcards
An adjective (present participle)
Adjectif placé devant le nom avec « ing »/present
ex. clinging; puzzling
An adjective (past participle)
Adjectif placé devant le nom avec « ed »
Ex. Irritated; suprised
« they seemed greatly surprised »
A possessive adjective
My; your; his/her/its; our; their
(immédiatement avant le nom)
Subject pronoun
I; you; he/she/it; we; you; they
Possessive pronoun
Mine; yours; his/hers/its; ours; theirs
Object pronoun
Me; you; him/her/it; us; them
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Reflexive pronoun
Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
Main verb (past form)
Regular verb OU irregular verb
Verb in the present progressive
Sujet + be (am/is/are) + verb-ing
Verb in the past progressive
was/were + verb-ing
Nouncount noun
« the »
ex. Water; advice; fun; furniture; equipment
Count noun
« an/a »
Ex. apple;
A gerund
Un verbe qui sert de sujet à la phrase (verb-ing)
Ex. Cycling is good for your health
Adverb
-ly
Ex. Beautifully; Kindly; Daily; …
Always; Before; Far; Later
Main verb (present participle)
to be + verb-ing
Ex. am working
Axiliary verb
can/ could; am; is; had; has
Indefinite article
a/an
Definite article
The
Modal verb
Could; Should; Might
Infinite verb
to + verb
Simple sentence
John and Andrew play football every afternoon
Simple sentence = independent clause
Compound Sentences
Two (2) independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and/but/so/or/not/for/yet)
(devant on met une virgule (,)
Ex. I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English
Complexe sentence
Independent clause (+) dependent clause
* Dependent clause always start with a subordinating conjunction (because/since/after/when)
Ex. After they finished studying, John and Mary went to the movies