English Gramatical terms

Question 1

Active Voice

Answer 1

In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

adjective definition

A part of speechthat describes a nounor pronoun. Adjectives are usually placed just before the words they qualify: shy child, blue notebook, rotten apple, four horses, another table.

Question 3

Adverb

Answer 3

A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.

Question 4

Article

Answer 4

The “indefinite” articles are a and an. The “definite article” is the.

Question 5

Auxiliary Verb

Answer 5

A verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.

Question 6

Clause

Answer 6

A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived).

Question 7

Conjunction

Answer 7

A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).

Question 8

Infinitive

Answer 8

The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.

Question 9

Interjection

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An exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).

Question 10

Modal Verb

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An auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility, probability etc. It is also called “modal auxiliary verb”.

Question 11

Noun

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A word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept, person or place. A “concrete noun” is something you can see or touch like a person or car.

Question 12

Abstract noun

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is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness.

Question 13

Countable noun

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is something that you can count (for example: bottle, song, dollar).

Question 14

Uncountable noun

Answer 14

is something that you cannot count (for example: water, music, money).

Question 15

Object

Answer 15

In the active voice, a noun or its equivalent that receives the action of the verb. In the passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that does the action of the verb.

Question 16

Participle

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The ing and ed forms of verbs. The ing form is called the “present participle”. The ed form is called the “past participle” (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).

Question 17

Part Of Speech

Answer 17

One of the eight classes of word in English : noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Question 18

Passive Voice

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In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was killed). See also Active Voice.

Question 19

Phrase

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A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress).

Question 20

Predicate

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Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.

Question 21

Preposition

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A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.

Question 22

Pronoun

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A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.

Question 23

Sentence

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A group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!).

Question 24

Subject

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Every sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main noun (or equivalent) in a sentence about which something is said.

Question 25

Tense

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The form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens. The “present continuous tense”, for example, can be used to talk about the present or the future.

Question 26

Verb

Answer 26

A word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.