adjective
a word that describes
adverb
a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, phrase, or other adverb. For example: quickly
adverbs of frequency
show you how often something happens
chunk
a large piece of something
idiom
a group of words used together with a meaning that you cannot guess from the meanings of the separate words
irregular verb
verb whose simple past and past participle do not follow conjugation rules
stative verb
a verb which describes a state of being, a condition, or a sense
dynamic verb
a verb which shows action
auxiliary verb
a verb such as ‘have’, ‘be’ or ‘do’ that is used with another verb to form tenses,
negatives, and questions
modal verb
a verb that does not change based on person or tense
conjugate/conjugation
to change a verb according to tense and person
contraction
a short form of a word or group of words:
'Won't' is a contraction of 'will not'.
infinitive
The basic form of a verb that usually follows "to"
inverted
When forming a question using a modal verb, the order of the sentence has to be inverted
third-person singular
is used to talk about someone or something using ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’
narrative tenses
are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. They are often used to tell stories
gerund
a noun made from the form of a verb that ends with -ing
signal words
These words signal what comes next in a conversation.
declarative sentence
statement/facts
interrogative sentence
question
imperative sentence
order, instruction, command
exclamatory sentence
a sentence containing something you say out of surprise, fear, pleasure…
passive
the subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action
active
the grammatical form in which the subject performs the action of the verb
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