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Pronoun

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A word which is used rather than a noun (eg. he, she, they, it, myself, anyone, nothing, I, you)

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Verb

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A word which shows action (eg. dance, singing, running), that something is happening (eg. became, is) or state of being (eg. suspect, believe, likes)

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Definite Article

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Known identities

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Indefinite Article

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Unknown identities

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Adjective

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A word which describes attributes of another. Also known as modifiers (eg. happy, blue, little, lovely)

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Noun

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A word which refers to people, places or things (eg. Hereford, Emma, desk, pen)

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Adverb

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A word that modifies other adverbs, adjectives or verbs. Also known as modifiers (eg. just, softly, so, very)

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Preposition

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Tells you where/when something is in relation to something else. Man often indicate location (eg. on, amongst, in)

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Idiolect

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Our distinctive and individual style of speaking which is influenced by our personal and social identities

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Copula Verb

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Linking verbs, they are used to join an adjective or noun to the subject of the sentence. ‘Jane IS hungry’ - IS is the copula verb and hungry is the adjective.

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Infinitive

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Basic form of a verb. Infinitive phrases have the particle ‘to’ followed by the basic form of the verb (eg. To love)- to is the infinitive particle and love is the infinitive phrase.

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Infinitive

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Basic form of a verb. Infinitive phrases have the particle ‘to’ followed by the basic form of the verb (eg. To love)- to is the infinitive particle and love is the infinitive phrase.

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Standard vs Non-Standard English

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Standard English- the ‘correct’ form of the language.

Non-standard English- variants which aren’t deemed correct (eg. Should of instead of should have)

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Minor Sentences

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Incomplete sentences (eg. Going to shop) aka ellipsis/ elliptical sentences

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Contractions

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Words abbreviated (eg, ain’t, shouldn’t)

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Double Negative

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Using two or more negative elements in a sentence (eg. He don’t know nothing)

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Intensifiers

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Modifiers used over/ underestimate something. We HIGH DEGREE INTENSIFIERS (eg. ‘really’, ‘very’) and LOW DEGREE INTENSIFIERS (eg. ‘quite’, ‘just’)

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Intensifiers

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Modifiers used to over/underestimate something.

High degree intensifiers- ‘really’, ‘very’

Low degree intensifiers- ‘quite’, ‘just’

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Modal auxiliary verbs

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Verbs which assist the main verb of a sentence. There are 10: can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, would

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Grammar

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The whole system and structure of language

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