Grammar Flashcards

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Grammar

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It refers to how wee combine, organize and change parts and groups of words to make meaning.

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Grammatical forms

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It’s how words are made up and presented in speech or writing. E.g. The grammatical form of plural is “base word + s”.

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Parts of the speech

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9 different parts: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Determiners, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Exclamations.

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Function

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It’s the variation (in function) of the part of the speech according to the place in which is placed. E.g. He would never grow OLD and He’s OLDER than you.

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Noun

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To name people, places, things, qualities, ideas, or activities to act as the subject/object of the verb.

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Verbs

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To show an action, state or experience.

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Adjectives

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To describe or give more information about a noun, pronoun or part of a sentence.

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Adverbs

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To say more about how, when, where, etc. something happens by adding information to adjectives, verbs, other adverbs or sentence.

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Determiners

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To make clear which noun is referred to.

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Prepositions

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To show the relationship between a noun, noun prhase or pronoun and another word or phrase.

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Pronouns

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To replace or refer to a noun or noun phrase mentioned earlier or about to mentioned.

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Conjunctions

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To join words, sentences or parts of sentences.

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Exclamations

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To show a feeling specially in informal spoken language.

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