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Word Class&Sentences
| Noun | Person place or thing. |
| Verb | Doing/ action word |
| Abstract Noun | A noun that you can’t touch, such as ‘Revenge’ or ‘Love’. |
| Adjective | Adds detail/description to a noun. |
| Adverb | Adds detail/description to a verb. |
| Pronoun | Used instead of a noun. ‘That’, ‘Him’, ‘Her’, ‘She’, ‘They’. |
| Preposition | Says where a noun is in relation to something. ‘Under’, ‘Over’, ‘Before’, ‘Around’. |
| Conjunction | Used to join clauses in a sentence. ‘But’, ‘Because’, ‘And’. |
| Determiner | Introduces a noun. ‘A’, ‘The’, ‘This’, ‘Those’ |
| Imperative | A command verb. ‘Stop’, ‘Listen’. |
| Exclamation | Expresses strong emotion, usually followed by an exclamation mark. ‘Ow!’, ‘Well done.’ |
| Superlative | Type of adjective. The most extreme example. ‘Gentlest’, ‘Biggest’. |
| Prefix | Some words are made up of parts of older, usually Latin or Greek words. When this comes at the start of a word, it’s a prefix. For example, ‘Auto-’, ‘Mis-’, ‘Anthrop-’. |
| Suffix | The end part of a word that changes what it’s word class is. ‘-ion’, ‘-ate’, ‘ed’ etc. |
| Clause | A collection of words that forms all of part of a sentence. |
| Main clause | Can exist alone as a sentence. Must include a subject (person, place or idea) and verb. |
| Subordinate clause | A clause that needs a main clause. Without it, it wouldn’t make sense. Usually it comes after a conjunction or a semi-colon. |
| Proper Noun | Begins with a capital letter. Refers to the name of a person, place or group of |