GRAMMAR
Auxiliary Verb
An auxiliary verb is a verb used with other verbs to make questions, negative,tenses, etc.
Adverb
An adverb describes ir gives more information about how, when, or to what degree etc something is done, e.g. Quickly and Well.
Irregular verb
An irregular verb does not follow same pattern as regular verbs
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Adjectives
An adjective describes ir gives more information about a noun or pronoun.
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Modal verb
A modal verb is a verb used with other verbs to show ideas, such ability or obligation or possibility. They include can, must, will, should.
Comparative Adjective
A comparative adjective compares two things.
Conjuntion
A conjuction is used to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences.
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Imperative
The form of a verb that gives an order or instruction.
Conditional (forms)
A verb form that refers to a possible or imagined situation.
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Determiner
A determiner is used to make clear which noun is referred to, or to give information about quantity, and includes words such as: the, a, this, that, my, some.
Intensifier
A word used to make the meaning word stronger, e.g. He's MUCH taller than his brother.
Intransitive
It is used to decribe a verb which does not take a direct object, e.g. She never cried.
Capital letter
Letter of the form and size used at the beginning of a sentence or a name.
Kind of Clauses
- Main clause
- Subordinate clause
- Relative clause
Collective noun
A collective noun is a noun that refers to a group of people or things.
Compound noun
A compound is a combination of two or more words, which are used as a single word.
E.g. Headache, goldfish, cowboy.
Demostrative pronoun
A demostrative pronoun is a word which refers to a noun (phrase) and shows whether it is near of far from the speaker.
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Infinitive of purpose
This is used to express WHY something is done, e.g. 200 extra points.
Direct and Indirect speech
Direct: The actual words someone says, e.g. "My name is Ron".
Indirect: The words someone uses when they are telling someone that somebody else said or asked, e.g. "He told me his name is Ron".
Dependent preposition
A dependent preposition is a word that is always used with a particular noun, verb or adjective before another word.
E.g. Interested in, Depend on, bored with.
Infinitive
The infinitive form is the base form of a verb with "to", it is used after and other verb, after an adjetive or noun or as the subject of a sentence.
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Object Pronoun
An object pronoun is a word which replaces an object noun phrase, e.g. Him, her.
Active and Passive voice
Active: In a active sentence, the subject of the verb usually does or causes the action, e.g. The car hit the tree.
Passive: In a passive sentence, something is done to or happens to the to the subjectof the verb, e.g. The tree was hit by the car.