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PROPER NOUN

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Specific names of people, places etc and are always capitalised

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COMMON NOUN

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Refer to general places, people, things etc

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ABSTRACT NOUN

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General ideas or qualities which don’t have physical existence
EG = speed, kindness

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CONCRETE NOUN

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Refer to things which can be plotted, measured & often touchable
EG = dog, book, windmill

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS

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Special name for a group of something

EG = pack of dogs

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ADJECTIVES

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Describe nouns

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ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES

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Adjectives that come before the noun

EG = beautiful Sarah

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PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES

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Adjectives that come after the noun

EG = the storm was terrible

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COMPARITIVE ADJECTIVES

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Help us make comparisons because they help us see the level or “grade” of noun

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SUPERLATIVES

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“More” or “most” basically the comparison

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GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

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Can be used in superlatives and comparitives

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NON GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

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Refer to an absolute quality

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ADVERBIAL PHRASE

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2 word adverbs

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ADVERBS OF PLACE

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Where something happens

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ADVERBS OF TIME

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When something is happening

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ADVERBS OF DURATION

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How long something happens for

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ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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How often something takes

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ADVERBS OF DEGREE

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Extent to which something is done

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ADVERBS OF DIRECTION

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Direction something happens in

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ADVERBS OF MANNER

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How something is done

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DYNAMIC VERB

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Doing words, physical and mental actions

EG = run, throw, think

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STATIVE VERB

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Condition of mental state with no obvious actions

EG = am, seen, believe

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MAIN VERBS

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Single verb in a clause, expresses main meaning

EG = I was thinking about it

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AUXILLARY VERBS

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‘Helping verbs’ placed in front of the main verb

EG = I must have been thinking

25
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PRIMARY AUXILLARY VERBS

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Be
Do
Have

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SEMANTIC FIELD

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Group of words related by their meaning

27
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SEMANTIC CHANGE

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Word changes it’s meaning over time

EG = gay used to mean happy

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ANTONYMS

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Opposites

EG = night and day

29
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SYNONMS

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Words meaning the same thing

EG = sofa and couch

30
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COLLOCATION

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Words that relate to the same thing

EG = wealthy, lots of houses, cash

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EUPHEISM

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Mild/neutral words used instead of something blunt

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DYPHESISM

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Unpleasant term instead of a nerutral one

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HOMOPHONE

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2 or more words having same pronunciation but different meanings

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HOMONYN

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2 or more words having same spelling but different meaning

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IDIOM

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Phrases having a meaning not deductible from those of the individual words
EG = over the moon

36
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JARGON

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Special words used by a profession / group that are difficult for other to understand

37
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PUNS

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Joke exploiting different possible meanings of a word

38
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SEMANTIC PEJORATION

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Where semantic change turns words into a negative meaning

EG = gay

39
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OBJECT PRONOUNS

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Me 
You 
Him 
Her
It
You
Us 
Them
40
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DEFINITE ARTICLE

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THE

makes something specific

41
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FANBOYS

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For
And
Neither, nor
But
Or
Yet
So
42
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SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE

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Personal thing that activates verb

43
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SIMPLE SENTENCE

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1 subject and 1 verb/verb phrase

44
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CLAUSE

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1 subject and 1 verb

EG = I went out

45
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COMPOUND SENTENCE

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2 or more clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction

46
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COMPLEX SENTENCE

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Least 2 clauses joined together, 1 of which is a subordinate clause

47
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MAIN CLAUSE

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Could stand alone

48
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SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

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Dependent on other sentence for meaning

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