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grammatical devices
Term | Definition |
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Common noun | General nouns such as car, dog, flower and chair |
Concrete noun | They are particular nouns which are physical things like people, objects and places- Guitar, table and clothes |
Abstract noun | They refer to ideas, processes, occasions, times and qualities. one example would be the idea of racism. |
Proper noun | Refer to specific people or places- usually written with an initial capital letter- England, Wales, Maxine, Friday. |
Collective noun | Names a complete group or set of people, animals or things. EG- a flock of sheep, a gang of youths. |
Descriptive adjective | It is a factual description and an objective description also. for example size, shape, colour. |
Evaluative adjective | An opinion based on description, subjective eg- beautiful, funny, best. |
Pre-modifying adjective | pre-modifying adjective is a word which |
Post-modifying adjective | |
Comparative adjective | They compare the attributes between two different nouns. usually in weight, height, depth and distance but can be used in other non-physical terms too. |
Superlative adjective | All adjectives can be used in these forms- wet, wetter, wettest for example. |
Main verb | |
Auxiliary verb | They are the helping verbs which assist a lexical verb in a sentence. |
Dynamic verb | Tell us that a specific physical, mental or perceptual action is taking place in a sentence. e.g kick or speak. |
Stative verb | No action takes place e.g- be, have, dream, think, wonder, imagine. |
Primary auxiliary | be,have,do |
Modal auxiliary | Can, could, should, shall, would, will, may, might and must. |
Verb phrase | A verb phrase is a phrase of verbs spaced out within a sentence |
Inversion | |
Adverb of time | Expresses the time or duration of an action |
Adverb of manner | Expresses how an action was carried out |
Adverb of place | Expresses the position, direction or distance of an event |
Adverb of degree | Expresses the intensity of the extent to which an action takes place |
Adverb of frequency | Expresses how often the action is carried out. |