Grammar identification Flashcards
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Verb in present perfect simple
AUX + PAST PARTICIPLE: Unspecified time (Before, ever, since, yet, already:
HAVE you ever BEEN to NY?
…since a lot of people HAVE HAD…
Verb in the present perfect progressive
Duration: AUX + PAST PARTICIPLE + Present participle (…ing):
How long HAVE you BEEN STUDYING at Laval?
Use since or ever since with a specific period in the past > I HAVE BEEN JOGGING in this park since 2002 / He HAS BEEN STARING at the wall ever since he heard the news.
Use for with a number of hours, days, months, years > SHE IS BEEN TALKING on the phone for 3 hours.
Simple present
Facts, always true:
The average people BREATHES 21k/day
Present progressive
Right now:
I AM EATING my lunch
Present aux + Present participle (Progressive = ing)
Simple past
I ATE / I DID not eat / DID you eat?
Past progressive
Duration: Progress before another activity
I WAS WALKING when it began to rain.
Past aux + Progressive = ing (present participle)
Possessive adjective
My, your, her, his, its, our, your, their
Subject pronoun
I, you, he, she, it , we, you , they
Object pronoun
Replaces a noun: Pink Flyod
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Irregular plural noun
Boxes, babies, men, mice, theet, thieves, shelves, loaves
indefinite article
a/an, some
definite article
The
Adjective (past participle)
They are CONFUSED students
They looked BORED
Past participle = ed
Adjective (present participle)
This weather is DEPRESSING!
IT is a CONFUSING problem
Active meaning: The problem does something; it confuses
Present participle = ing
Descriptive adjective
Pretty, long, small
Adjective clause
I thank the woman WHO HELPED ME The kids WHO WERE CALLED FIRST will have the best chance of getting a seat. Refer to the noun: Who = people That = people/thing Wich = things
Simple sentence
I love this book
Compound sentence
2 sentence with a conjonction:
I love this book AND Summer is my favorite character
Complex sentence
Using preposition to join 2 clauses:
ALTHOUGH Denise had some doubts, she found the courses very useful.
Computers have come a long way SINCE they first came on the market.
Preposition
Across, at, before, since, although, beside, beyond, by, for, in, on, with, until, etc.
Adverb clause
The clause can modify or describe verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. In general, adverb clauses add information that elaborates on when, where, why, how, how much or under what condition the action in the sentence takes place. A clause must contain a subject and a verb to be complete. An adverb clause also begins with a PREPOSITION, such as “after,” “if,” “because” and “although.”
BECAUSE HE LOVES HER, he didn’t believe she was having an affair.
ALTHOUGH SHE HAS A BUISNESS DEGREE , she is
WHEN I WAS IN CHICAGO, I visited museums.
He remembered, AFTER HE LEFT THE HOUS, that he needed to mail the thank you cards.
I never knew how wonderful life could be UNTIL I MET YOU
modal
Properties, such as possibility, obligation, and emphasis: Could/can, Would/will, should, shall, must/might
Conjonction
But, or , and, so
Transitions
First of all, In addition, moreover, Furthermore, In cloncusion/to conclude