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Common noun

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A naming word for anything you can touch, e.g chair, penguin, man etc

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Abstract noun

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A naming word for an idea, concept, state of being or belief, e.g sadness, love, politics, truth, happiness etc

( You cannot touch an abstract noun )

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Proper noun / noun

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A person, place or thing, e.g Jane, London, Oxfam

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Active Verb

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A word that represents a physical action, e.g jump, run, kill, slap

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Stative verb

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A word that represents a process that is often only mental, e.g think, love, believe, ponder etc

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Auxiliary Verb

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A verb that has to be used with another verb in order to help form the mood, voice. E.g DID, AM, WILL. “DID you go?” ; I AM going” ; “you WILL go”

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Modal verb

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An auxiliary verb that expresses a possibility e.g might, could, must, should

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Adverb

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Adverbs add or change meaning to a verb, e.g, slowly, quickly, beautifully

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Superlative

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An adjective that displays the most extreme value of its quality, e.g, most, biggest, smallest, tallest, quietest.
Most of the time they end with
“-est”

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Comparative

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It’s an adjective that is used to compare the differences between two objects, e.g, bigger, smaller, further, quieter

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Definite article

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The

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Indefinite article

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A or an

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