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Grammar
Advers, verbs, adjectives, nouns
Term | Type |
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Adverb | Adverb of manner, adverb of time, adverb of place, intensifying adverbs |
Verbs | Regular, irregular, dynamic, stative, auxiliary, modal, imperative |
Nouns | Concrete, abstract, proper, common, collective |
Adjectives | Descriptive, evaluative, superlative, comparative - (either pre or post modifying) |
Adverb of manner | Modify a verb Usually end in 'ly' e.g. 'quickly' |
Intensifying adverb | Give an extent Usually end in 'ly' e.g. 'largely' |
Adverbs of time | Explain the duration, frequency and period of when an action takes place e.g. 'sometimes' |
Adverbs of place | Explain the position, direction and distance e.g. 'Tuesday' |
Common nouns | General categories of things e.g. 'dog' |
Proper nouns | Refer to specific people, places Usually written with capital letters e.g. 'England' |
Collective nouns | Name a complete group/set e.g.' family' |
Concrete nouns | Physical things (objects, places, people) Can be measured and touched e.g. 'clothes' |
Abstract nouns | Ideas, thoughts Cannot be measured or touched e.. happiness |
Dynamic verb | An action e.g. 'push' |
Stative verb | Expresses thought processes e.g.'wish' |
Model verbs | 'Can, could, should, shall, would, will, may, might, must' |
Regular verbs | End in 'ed' if in the past tense e.g. 'jumped' |
Irregular verbs | Do not follow the rule of regular verbs e.g. 'sat' |
Auxiliary verbs | Helping verb 'To be, to have, to do' |
Descriptive adjective | Based on facts - (not opinions involved) e.g. 'hairy' |
evaluative adjective | Based on opinions e.g. 'scary' |
Superlative adjective | The most/least Will have 'est' at the end or 'more' or 'least' in front of it |
Comparative adjective | Compared to something else Will have 'er' at the end or 'more' or 'less' in front of it |