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Grammar Basics: Parts of Speech, Sentence Structure, and Tense

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¿Cuál es el término que se refiere a una grupo de palabras que contienen un sujeto y un predicado?

Frase

Oración

Cláusula (correct)

Párrafo

¿Qué tipo de cláusula es una oración completa con un sujeto y un predicado?

Relativa

Dependiente

Independiente (correct)

Introducida

¿Cuál es el término que se refiere a una forma verbal que indica la duración o finalización de una acción?

Tense

Aspecto (correct)

Tiempo verbal

Modo

¿Qué tipo de aspecto describe una acción que se inició en el pasado y continúa hasta el presente?

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¿Cuál es el término que se refiere a una forma verbal que indica cuando se produce una acción?

Tense Signup and view all the answers

¿Qué tipo de frase funciona como un nombre?

Frase nominal Signup and view all the answers

¿Cuál es el nombre de las palabras que reemplazan a los sustantivos en una oración?

Pronombres Signup and view all the answers

¿Qué tipo de sustantivos son nombres de personas, lugares y organizaciones específicas?

Sustantivos propios Signup and view all the answers

¿Qué función tienen los verbos que conectan el sujeto con información adicional?

Conectar información Signup and view all the answers

¿Qué tipo de adjetivos describen la cantidad de algo?

Adjetivos cuantitativos Signup and view all the answers

¿Qué tipo de adverbios describen la manera en que se hace algo?

Adverbios de manera Signup and view all the answers

¿Qué tipo de pronombres muestran posesión?

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Study Notes

Grammar

Parts of Speech

Nouns: Words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas
- Proper nouns: Names of specific people, places, and organizations (e.g. John, London, Google)
- Common nouns: General terms for things (e.g. dog, city, company)
Pronouns: Words that replace nouns in a sentence
- Personal pronouns: Replace nouns referring to people or animals (e.g. I, you, he, she, it)
- Possessive pronouns: Show ownership (e.g. my, your, his, her, its)
- Reflexive pronouns: Refer back to the subject (e.g. myself, yourself, himself)
Verbs: Words that express action or a state of being
- Action verbs: Express physical or mental action (e.g. run, think, read)
- Linking verbs: Connect the subject to additional information (e.g. be, seem, appear)
- Helping verbs: Used to help form the tense, mood, or voice of another verb (e.g. will, would, shall)
Adjectives: Words that describe or modify nouns or pronouns
- Quantitative adjectives: Describe quantity (e.g. one, two, three)
- Qualitative adjectives: Describe quality (e.g. big, happy, blue)
Adverbs: Words that describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
- Manner adverbs: Describe how something is done (e.g. quickly, loudly, wisely)
- Time adverbs: Describe when something happens (e.g. yesterday, tomorrow, soon)
- Place adverbs: Describe where something happens (e.g. here, there, everywhere)

Sentence Structure

Clause: A group of words containing a subject and predicate
- Independent clause: A complete sentence with a subject and predicate
- Dependent clause: A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
Phrase: A group of words that functions as a single part of speech
- Noun phrase: A phrase that functions as a noun (e.g. the big red car)
- Verb phrase: A phrase that functions as a verb (e.g. will eat)

Tense and Aspect

Tense: A verb form that indicates when an action takes place
- Present tense: Describes an action happening now (e.g. I am writing)
- Past tense: Describes an action that happened in the past (e.g. I wrote)
- Future tense: Describes an action that will happen in the future (e.g. I will write)
Aspect: A verb form that indicates the duration or completion of an action
- Simple aspect: Describes a completed action (e.g. I wrote)
- Progressive aspect: Describes an ongoing action (e.g. I am writing)
- Perfect aspect: Describes an action that started in the past and continues up to the present (e.g. I have written)

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Learn the fundamentals of English grammar, including parts of speech, sentence structure, and verb tense and aspect. Understand the differences between nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and how to use them to form sentences.