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Verb phrase
Classification:
Auxiliary verbs:
Subject implicit
Regular verbs: VED1 (past) and VED2 (past participle) they are predictable by
the addition of a suffix –ed –d
Irregular verbs: VED1 (past) and VED2 (past participle) they are not predictable
and “to be” is the most common irregular verb
Suffixation
Vowel identity
Class1: burn + + +
Class2: bring + + -
Class3: cut + - +
Class4: meet + - -
Class7: swim - - -
Nouns: entities
Uncountable: they cannot take plural forms: substances, liquid, gases, material
e.g.: iron, baggage
Common: have a physical existence and are tangible perceived through the
senses e.g.: notebook, cell
Abstracts: abstractions, feelings, emotions, states, ideas, qualities and are not
tangible e.g.: love, friendship, hope
Variable: can occur either with singular or plural and the plural forms is
predictable from the singular e.g.: boy – boys/ box – boxes
Variable regular: one form for the singular and one form for the plural e.g.:
cat/cats
Determiners:
Classes of determiners:
Central determiners;
Three times, four times, one third, etc. can function as determiners.
Post determiners:
Pronouns:
Classes of pronouns:
Central:
Relative:
Indefinite:
Pronouns: functions
Nominal: replace noun or noun phrase e.g.: that is my house/ I like that
(demonstrative pronoun)
Determiners: word that precedes a noun e.g.: that house is new (determiner
demonstrative)