Grammar Terms

Question 1

Abstract Noun

Answer 1

A word used to refer to a quality, idea, feeling or experience, rather than a physical object

E.g. size, reason, happiness

Question 2

Active

Answer 2

A form of the verb that is used when the subject of the verb is the person or thing doing the action

E.g I wrote a letter

Question 3

Adjective

Answer 3

A ‘describing’ word that tells you more about a person or thing, such as their appearance, colour, size and other qualities

E.g. pretty, blue, big

Question 4

Adverb

Answer 4

A word usually used with verbs, adjectives or other adverbs that gives more information about when, where, how or in what circumstances something happens or to what degree something is true

E.g. quickly, happily, now, extremely, very

Question 5

Agree (to)

Answer 5

In the case of adjectives and pronouns - to have the correct word ending or form according to whether what is referred to is masculine, feminine, singular or plural

In the case of verbs - to have the form which goes with the person or thing carrying out the action

Question 6

Apostrophe

Answer 6

An ending (‘s) added to a noun to show who or what someone or something belongs to

E.g. Danielle’s dog, the doctor’s wife, the book’s cover

Question 7

Article

Answer 7

a world like - the, a and an.

Which is sued in front of a noun

Question 8

Auxiliary verb

Answer 8

A verb such as - be, have or do

Used with a main verb to form tenses, negatives and questions

Question 9

Base form

Answer 9

The form of a verb without any endings added to it

E.g. walk, have, be go

Question 10

Cardinal number

Answer 10

A number used in counting

E.g. one, seven, ninety

Question 11

Clause

Answer 11

A group of words containing a verb

Question 12

Comparative

Answer 12

An adjective or adverb with -er on the end of it or ‘more’ or ‘less’ in front of it that is used to compare people, things or actions

E.g. slower, less important, more carefully

Question 13

Compound noun

Answer 13

A word that refers to an object that you can touch with your hand, rather than to a quality or idea

E.g. ball, map, apples

Question 14

Conditional

Answer 14

A Verb form used to talk about things that would happen or would be true under certain conditions

E.g. I would help you if I could

It is also used to say what you would like or need

E.g. could you give me the ball?

Question 15

Conjugate

Answer 15

To give a verb different endings according to whether you are referring to ‘I’ , ‘you’ , ‘they, and so on and according to whether you are referring to the present, past or future

E.g. I have, she had, they will have

Question 16

Conjugation

Answer 16

A group of verbs which have the same endings as each other or change according to the same pattern

Question 17

Conjunction

Answer 17

A word such as AND, BECAUSE or BUT that links two worlds or phrases together of a similar type or two parts of a sentence

E.g. Diane AND I have been friends for years
I left BECAUSE I was bored

Question 18

Consonant

Answer 18

A letter that isn’t a vowel

E.g. b f m s v and so on

Question 19

Continuous tense

Answer 19

A verb tense formed using TO BE and the -ING form of the main verb

E.g. they’re swimming (present continuous)
He was eating (past continuous)

Question 20

Definite article

Answer 20

The word THE

Question 21

Demonstrative adjective

Answer 21

One of the words THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE used with a noun to refer to particular people of things

E.g. THIS woman, THAT dog

Question 22

Demonstrative pronoun

Answer 22

One of the words THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE used instead of a noun to point out people or things

E.g. THAT looks fun

Question 23

Direct object

Answer 23

A noun or pronoun used with verbs to show who or what is acted on by the verb.

E.g. in HE WROTE A LETTER and HE WROTE ME A LETTER. letter is the direct object