Nouns
does not have a plural form, eg. infomation
uncountable noun
A person, place or thing
noun
the base form of a verb with ‘to’
infinitive
often at the end of term or end of the year
achievement test
A reading or writing activity involving words written in the shape of a snake. Each new word begins with the first letter of the previous word
Word snake
a combination of two or more words, which are used as a single word, e.g. a flower shop, a headache.
compound noun
describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun
Adjective
a verb used with other verbs to make questions, negatives, tenses
auxiliary verb
used to identify problems that learners have with language or skills and help the teacher to plan what to teach, or what not to teach, in future.
diagnostic test
A group of words that come from the same root or base word, e.g. economy, economist, economic.
Word family
noun that is not the name of a particular person, place or thing, e.g. table, book.
common noun
describes or gives more information about how, when, where, how much or how well something is done
Adverb
each of them has its own way of forming the past simple and past participle
irregular verb
used at the beginning of a course in a language school in order to identify a learner’s level of language and find the best class for them
placement test
A list of key words learners need to know in order to understand a text or to talk about a topic
Word bank
a noun for a group of people or things, e.g. the police, the government
collective noun
used to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences
Conjunction
a verb used with other verbs to show ideas such as ability or obligation or possibility
modal verb
used during a course in order to assessthe learning up to a particular point in the course.
progress test
A diagram which is used to make a visual record of vocabulary on the same topic
Word map, mind map
more than one person, place or thing and can be regular or irregular, e.g. boys, women.
plural noun
A word that we use instead of a noun.
Pronoun
made up of a verb and one or more particles. The meaning of a this verb is not the same as the meaning of the individual verbs and participles that make it.
multiword verb / phrasal verb
used during a course in order to assess the learning up to a particular point in the course.
summative test
A grid in which each square contains a letter of the alphabet. Words are hidden in the grid and learners have to find them
Wordsearch