Language Terms/Techniques Flashcards

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Verb

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A word used to describe an action. (A doing word)

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Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb.

Eg: He ran Quickly.

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Modal Verb

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A modal verb is something that shows a possibility.

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Adjective

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A word naming an attribute of a noun

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Noun

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A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.

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Pronoun

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Pronouns are used in place of a noun that has already been mentioned or that is already known.

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Common noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects or a individual

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Proper noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects or a

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Personal pronoun

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Pronouns is where you use; I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them. This is giving a name to something.

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Abstract noun

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A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete objec

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