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Grammar
Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs
Term | Definition |
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NOUNS | A noun is the name of anything. |
Proper Noun | Names of people or places. Usually starts with a capital letter. |
Common Noun: | Can be Concrete, Abstract or Collective: A concrete noun is something that is physical. An abstract noun is something that expresses ideas. A collective noun name a complete group of set of things. |
ADJECTIVES: Pre-modifying & Post-modifying | Describe a noun, either before or after. :) |
Descriptive Adjective | It describes things |
Evaluative Adjective | Adjectives with an opinion or feeling |
Comparative Adjective | Adjectives used to compare things such as 'bigger' (er) |
Superlative Adjective | The best of something. For example 'most wonderful'. |
VERBS | A verb is a doing word. |
Dynamic Verb | A dynamic verb is one that relates to action. |
Stative Verb | A stative verb tells you about the state of something. Such as 'is', 'am', 'believe', 'know'. |
Auxiliary/Primary | These word often come before verbs such as 'to be', 'to have', and 'to do'. |
Modal Verbs | They imply what could happen- Can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must. :) |
Imperatives | The imperative form of the word gives instructions or commands. |
ADVERBS | A word that modifies a verb. |
Adverb of Manner | Can tell us they way how something is done. |
Adverb of Time | Describe when an action happened. |
Adverbs of Place | Describe where an action takes place |
Adverb of Intensity | Some adverbs don't modify verbs, they modify adjectives. For example 'he walked very slowly because he was very tired'. It intensifies the adjective. |