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proper noun

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Refer to names of places and people.

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abstract noun

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Refer to states, feelings and concepts that do not have a physical existence.

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concrete noun

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Refer to objects that have a physical existence.

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material verb

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Show actions of events.

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mental verb

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Show internal processes like thinking.

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verb verbal

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ow external process of communicating through speech.

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relational

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Identify properties or show states of being.
for example
; own have seem appear belongs to

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base adjective

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The basic form of an adjective

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comparative adjective

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comapre twio with er at the edn

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superlative adjective

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compare two things identifying the best example

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adverbs of manner

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Used to describe how an action was performed

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adverbs of place

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used to describe where an action was preformed

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adverbs of time

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used to describe when an action was performed and for how long

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personal pronoun

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refer to people and are
differentiated in terms of person (1st, 2nd, 3rd) number and gender.

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demonstrative pronouns

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Orientate the reader or listener towards object, or idea either nearby or further away

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indefinite pronoun

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Refer to a person, object or idea that is non-specific.

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article determiners

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shows that something is definite or indefinite

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possessive determiners

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Show ownership.

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quantify determiners

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how either a specific or non specific quantity of a noun.

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coordinating conjunctions

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Link words or clauses that are equal. Same syntactic importance
FANBOYS

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Conjunctions Subordinating

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Link clauses to show that one is dependent on the other.

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dynamic verb

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A verb that describes an action rather than a state; that has a specific start and end time.

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evaluating adjective

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Adjectives used to express a positive or negative affect about something.

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interrogative pronouns

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WH words used to ask questions.

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intensifiers

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A type of adverb that strengths the meaning of other expressions

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negator

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Denial of the truth of a clause or sentence using a negative word (negator)

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preposition

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A word expressing a relation to another word.

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relational

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a verb that describes a state of being

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antonym

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gradable antonym- can be graded on a scale,”hot/cold”“wet/dry”
binary antonym/complementary, it has no middle ground “dead/alive”“single/married”
Relational antonyms rely on each other “borrow/led”“wife/husband”

What do they represent? Can emphasise a relationship between two ideas and link them to create cohesion

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synonym

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largely similar meanings may vary depending on contextual factors