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Grammar terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are dynamic verbs? | Tells us that specific physical,mental, physical, or perceptual action is taking place in a sentence. |
| Give examples of Dynamic verbs? | Kick, scream,melt,hit punch. |
| What are stative verbs? | Identify's processes or states of being in which no obvious actions takes place . |
| Give examples of stative verbs? | Be, have ,am ,had, feel |
| What are auxiliary verbs? | Verbs which are used together with a main verb to show the verb’s tense or to form a negative or question. They can also express time scales, emphasis or attitude. |
| Give examples of primary auxiliary verbs? | Have, be, and, do, is |
| What is a modal verb? | Type of auxiliary (helping) verb that is used to express: ability, possibility, permission, intention,prediction,necessity or obligation. |
| Give examples modal auxiliary verbs? | Can, could, should ,shall,would,will, may ,must, might. |
| What are four main inflections? | -s, -ed, -ing, -en. |
| What are main (Lexical) verbs? | Verbs which carry the meaning of the sentence, otherwise it would not make sense without it. |
| What are action verbs? | Verbs that express action. |
| Give examples of action verbs? | Went, broke, chased, dropped, was |
| What is a proper noun? | Names specific one-of-a-kind items, and they begin with capital letters, no matter where they occur within a sentence. |
| Give examples of proper nouns? | England, Westminster, Agatha Christie, Jupiter, Queen |
| What is a common noun? | Classify's things into types of general categories |
| What is a concrete noun? | Physical things like people,objects and places, things that can be observed and measured. |
| Give examples of concrete nouns? | Chair, table, guitar, clothes, drums |
| Give examples of common nouns? | Chair, cat , flower, window, painting |