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Preposition – words that locate something in space or time; around 100;

Under Inside

In On

Over Behind

Between Out

Due to For

Like

Above At

Through Up

Across Before

Beyond From

Of To

With After

By Off

Towards Without

Against Below

Close to In front of

Since Along

Beneath Down

On top of Among

Beside During

Into Until

Modal auxiliaries
Might Must

Would Could

Should May

Can

Pronoun
Personal pronouns Singular Plural
- 1st person -> speaking
- 2nd person -> spoken to
I, me We, us
- 3rd person -> spoken of
You, you You, you
He, him They, them
She, her
It, it

Possessive pronoun Singular Plural


- 1st person
- 2nd person Mine Ours
- 3rd person Yours Yours
His/hers Theirs

Adverbs – circumstances, a single word; often constructed by adding -ly to an


adjective, though many are not

Quickly

Place Indoors, here, upstairs, there, inside out,


backwards, nearby, forwards, inside, away

Time Yesterday, soon, tomorrow, afterwards, today,


later, already, suddenly, now, early, then,
beforehand;
forever, no longer, yet, any more, so far,
overnight, briefly;
frequently, a lot, twice, daily, hardly ever, never,
occasionally, always, sometimes, rarely, often,
seldom, usually

Manner Sadly, swiftly, quietly, violently, fast, politely, hard,


gently, angrily, reluctantly,

Accompaniment Alone, together


Prepositional phrase
Place Over the moon, into the garden, at home,
out of the window, under the chair

Time In the evening, at ten o’clock, by midnight,


on Tuesday, about midday, before dinner,
for a week, since last Friday, for the whole day,
until yesterday, during/throughout the war,
on Sundays, from time to time, at weekend,

Manner With a sigh, in a strange way, without trying;


With a broom, by car;
By way of contrast, in comparison, like a dream

Cause For that reason, because of bad weather,


from old age/of old age, through mismanagement,
as a result of his pleading, due to her efforts

Accompaniment By himself, with her mother

Subordinating Conjunctions
Time

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