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Grammar
Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Proper Nouns | Refer to specific people and places and are usually written with an initial capital letter. Luton, M1, Stephen |
| Common Nouns | Classify things into types or general categories. Car, dog, flower |
| Collective Nouns | Name a complete group or set of people, animals, or things. Choir, army, herd |
| Concrete Nouns | Refer to physical things like people, objects, and places, things that can be observed and measured. Table, pencil, road |
| Abstract Nouns | Refer to ideas, processes, occasions, times, and qualities; they cannot be measured, touched, or seen in the same way as concrete nouns. Mistrake, freedom, thought |
| Dynamic Verbs | A verb which relates to action. Sleep, arrive, read |
| Static Verbs | A verb which expresses states of being or thought processes rather than actions. Know, wish, made |
| Auxiliary Verbs | A verb which is not the main verb but helps the main verb. |
| Primary Verbs | A verb that can either be a main verb or an auxiliary verb. To be, to do, to have |
| Modal Verbs | A type of auxiliary verb. Can/could, shall/should, will/would, may/might/must |
| Adverbs of Manner | An adverb which describes how an action happens. Quickly, lazily, happily |
| Adverbs of Time | An adverb which describes when an action happens. Yesterday, a few months ago, next week |
| Adverbs of Place | An adverb which describes where an action happens. In the garden, into the mall, on the hill |
| Adverbs of Intensity | An adverb which can modify adjectives or other verbs. Really, extremely. very |
| Descriptive Adjective | A fact based adjective such as the shape and size of an object. Hairy, green, large |
| Evaluative Adjective | An opinion based adjective that can reflect thought and experience. Scary, tiring, funny |
| Comparative Adjective | An adjective which either ends in -er or has more/less before it. Better, more beautiful, less intelligent |
| Superlative Adjective | An adjective which either ends in -est or has most/least before it. Bravest, most amazing, least annoying |
| Pre-modifying Adjective | An adjective which is placed before the noun. Green grass, hairy bear, slow snail |
| Post-modifying Adjective | An adjective which is placed after the noun. The park is beautiful, the car was dirty, the cat is ginger |
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