a
the
this
that
these
those
all
more
most
some
adjective
-y
-er
-est
good
bad
little
other
own
same
noun
person
Name
creature
body part
object
substance
place
event
concept
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pronoun
I
you
she
he
one
it
we
they
-'ll
-'d
modal
can
could
will
not
-n't
have
has
having
had
-'ve
be
am
is
are
being
was
were
been
-'m
-'s
-'re
verb
verbs
verbing
verbed
verben
useful verb
preposition
about
at
by
for
in
into
like
of
on
to
with
conjunction
and
because
but
if
once
or
so
than
yet
,
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:
;
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adverb of manner
-ly
place
frequency
time
degree
adverbs of degree:
absolutely
almost
as
awfully
barely
completely
deeply
enough
entirely
even
extremely
fairly
far
fully
greatly
hardly
highly
how
incredibly
indeed
intensely
just
least
less
little
lots
most
much
nearly
only
perfectly
positively
practically
pretty
quite
rather
really
scarcely
so
somewhat
strongly
sure
terribly
thoroughly
too
totally
utterly
very
virtually
well
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adverbs of time:
again
ago
already
before
during
earlier
early
eventually
ever
every
finally
first
forever
instead
last
late
lately
later
next
now
once
recently
soon
still
suddenly
then
today
tomorrow
tonight
twice
when
while
yesterday
yet
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adverbs of frequency:
always
commonly
daily
ever
frequently
infrequently
never
occasionally
often
rarely
regularly
seldom
sometimes
usually
weekly
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adverbs of place:
about
above
abroad
anywhere
around
aside
away
back
backward
before
behind
beyond
below
down
downstairs
downward
east
elsewhere
everywhere
far
forward
here
home
in
indoors
inside
near
nearby
north
nowhere
off
on
out
outdoors
outside
over
past
south
somewhere
there
under
underground
underneath
underwater
up
upstairs
upward
west
where
yonder
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conjunctions:
after
although
also
and
as
because
before
both
but
either
for
how
if
neither
nor
now
once
only
or
provided
since
so
than
that
though
till
unless
until
when
whenever
where
wherever
whether
while
yet
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useful verbs:
come
comes
coming
came
do
does
doing
did
done
get
gets
getting
got
gotten
give
gives
giving
gave
given
go
goes
going
went
gone
let
lets
letting
make
makes
making
made
put
puts
putting
say
says
saying
said
take
takes
taking
took
taken
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prepositions:
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
out
outside
over
past
since
through
throughout
till
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
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modals:
can
could
may
might
must
ought
ought to
shall
should
will
would
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pronouns:
I
me
my
mine
myself
you
your
yours
yourself
yourselves
she
her
hers
herself
he
him
his
himself
one
one's
oneself
it
its
itself
we
us
our
ours
ourselves
they
them
their
theirs
themselves
all
another
any
anybody
anyone
anything
both
each
either
everybody
everyone
everything
few
many
more
most
much
neither
nobody
none
no one
nothing
other
several
some
somebody
someone
something
such
what
whatever
which
whichever
who
whoever
whom
whomever
whose
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