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material verb

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AKA dynamic verb.
show events or actions e.g. hit, jump, wash

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Relational verbs

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identify properties or show states of being e.g. be, appear

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Mental verbs

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show internal processes such as thinking e.g. think, believe

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Verbal verbs

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shows processes of speech e.g. say, shout

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Primary auxiliary verbs

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be, have, do

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what do we use the verb ‘to be’ for?

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the progressive aspect e.g. is, were

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what do we use the verb ‘to have’ for?

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perfect tense e.g. have, had

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what do we use the verb ‘to do’ for?

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negate a sentence and ask questions e.g. don’t, did

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Modal auxiliary verbs

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shows the attitude of the subject towards the verb e.g. should, shall, can

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deontic modal auxiliary verbs

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forceful

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Epistemic

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not forceful

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Instrumental power

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power of authority

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Influential power

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power to influence

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concrete nouns

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objects you can touch

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copular verb

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links subject to noun e.g. is

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transitive verb

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have an object

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intransitive verb

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no object

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abstract nouns

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ideas/quality/state

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countable noun

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can be counted

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uncountable noun

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cant be counted

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common noun

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name of a thing

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proper noun

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place/person

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collective noun

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group

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Irregular verb

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the base verb has another inflection other than the standard one.
e.g . past tense verbs have ‘-ed’ but i drink = i drank.

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Active voice

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subject performs the action denoted by the verb e.g. she loved him

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Passive voice

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subject of the verb receives the action of the verb e.g. he is loved by her.

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simple aspect verb

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doesn’t have ‘-ing’ ending

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Progressive aspect verb

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ends in ‘-ing’ - it is a continuous thing

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base adjective

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key adjective

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comparative adjective

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e.g. smaller, more awesome

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superlative adjective

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e.g. smallest, most awesome

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attributive adjective

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before noun

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predicative adjective

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after noun

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descriptive adjective

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describes

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What are the 5 adverbs?

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Time, place, frequency, degree, manner

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adverb of time

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e.g. tomorrow, yesterday

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adverb of frequency

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e.g. sometimes, a lot

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adverb of place

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e.g. everywhere, here

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adverb of degree

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e.g. entirely, almost

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adverb of manner

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e.g. quietly

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3 types of personal pronouns

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subjective, objective, possessive

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subjective personal pronoun

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acts as a subject e.g. i, you, he

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objective personal pronoun

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acts as an object e.g. me, you, her, us

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possessive personal pronoun

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show possession e.g. mine, yours, theirs

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demonstrative pronoun

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identifies a noun/pronoun e.g. this, these, that, those

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interrogative pronoun

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used to ask questions e.g. who, whom, which, what

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relative pronoun

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links one phrase to another e.g. who, whom, that, which

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indefinite pronoun

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identifiable but not a specific person/thing e.g. all, another, any, few, nobody

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reflexive pronoun

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reference back tot the subject e.g. myself, herself, ourselves

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complex sentence

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a sentence with one independent clause + at least one dependent clause.
e.g. after the movies ended, they went out for ice cream.

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Declarative sentence

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makes a statement

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Compound sentence

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has 2 or more co-ordinate independent clauses, often joined with 1 or more conjunctions
e.g. john thought he had a good chance to get the job for it had been a long interview.

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Clause of condition

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a clause by conjunctions like ‘if’ + ‘unless’ suggesting that something will happen only if certain conditions are met.
e.g. if you rest, you will feel better’

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