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Grammar

TermDefinition\Examples
Abstract Noun A noun that can't be identified through the five senses. Examples: Quality, Emotion, Idea, etc.
Concrete Noun A noun that can be identified through the five senses. Examples: Book, Pizza, Chair, etc.
Irregular Plural Nouns A noun that changes its vowels in plural form. Examples: Man/Men, Person/People, Mouse/Mice, etc.
Singular Possessive Nouns A noun that shows ownership to one single other noun. Examples: Boy/ Boy's, Girl/Girl's, Dog/Dog's, etc.
Plural Possessive Nouns A noun that shows ownership to more than one other noun. Examples: Boy's/Boys', Girl's/Girls', Dog's/Dogs'
Main Verb The exact verb/verbs that tell exactly what the noun is doing. Example: Eat in Might have been going to eat it.
Main Verb Phrase All the words that explain the verb that the noun is doing. Usually comes after the noun. Example: Sam might have been eating./Might have been eating is the main verb phrase.
Linking Verbs Connects a noun or pronoun with a word that identifies or describes it. Examples: Smell, When, Taste, etc.
Helping Verbs Added before another verb to make it in all a verb phrase. Example: Has been in Has been running.
Infinitive Verbs An infinitive verb is a verb that is in the main verb phrase but is not a main verb. Example: To in I wanted to study.
Antecedent A noun or pronoun which another noun or pronoun refers to. It usually comes before the pronoun. It is who or what the pronoun is replacing. Example:Bob in Bob bit his lip.
Possessive Pronouns A noun that shows ownership. Examples: Mine, His, Hers, etc.
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns They end in self or selves and reflect back to the subject or noun it references. Examples: Myself, Yourself, Himself, etc.
Relative Pronouns They are related to nouns that have already been started. They also combine two sentences that share a common noun. They don't specifically name the noun that comes before it. Examples: Who, Whose, That, Which, etc.
Comparative Adjectives They compare two things. Has an er at the end. Examples: Tall/Taller, Short/ Shorter, Good/ Better.
Superlative Adjectives They compare 3 or more things. They have est at the end. Examples: Taller/Tallest, More Joyful/ Most Joyful, Better/ Best, etc.
Predicate Adjective It is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of the linking verb. Examples: Is, Am, Were, etc.
Comparative Adverbs They make comparisons between two verbs. Examples: Bad/Worse, Little/Less, Well/Better
Superlative Adverbs They make comparisons between three or more verbs. Examples: Better/Best, Less/Least, Worse/Worst
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