Grammar Flashcards
Noun
A word class to identify objects, people or things, as well as consepsts.
Artical
Used to modify nouns. E.g ‘the’ and ‘a’
Verb
Word class that depicts an action.
Adjective
Word class that describes a noun.
Adverb
Word class that describes the verb.
Minor sentences/ellipsis
A word is missed out of a sentence/ incomplete.
Concrete noun
A physical object.
Abstract noun
A idea, quality or state
Proper Noun
Place and person, nouns spelled with a capital letter.
Collective noun
Denote a group of individuals.
Standard English
Form of English widely ‘accepted’ as the correct form.
Non Standard English
Not conforming to the ‘accepted’ form of English.
Contractions
Abbreviated words.
Modifiers
An umbrella term for adjectives and adverbs.
Intensifies
Adverbs of high and low degrees. E.g very good
Simple sentence
Independent clause.
Compound sentence
Two main clauses joined by a conjunction.
Complex Sentence
Inderpendent clause joined by a dependent joined by a clause.
Interragotive Sentence
Question.
Imperative Sentence
Command sentence.
Exclamative sentence
Expressing strong feelings.
Declarative Sentence
Stating a fact.
Copula verb
Linking verbs that join subjects with an adjective or noun. E.g Is, Am, Are and Was.
Preposition
Placed in front of nouns, describes the relationship between the noun and the other words.