Glossary
- action
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A general term expressing that somebody or something does something
- adjective
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A part of speech that modifies, qualifies or restricts a nounA part of speech that names a person, place or thing. E.g.: The koala is a marsupial. ("koala", "marsupial") or a pronounA part of speech that refers to or stands instead of a noun. E.g.: Who do you think I am? ("you", "I").
E.g.: The apples are ripe. ("ripe") - adverb
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A part of speech that modifies verbA part of speech that expresses an action or a state. E.g.: John seldom plays tennis.s, adjectiveA part of speech that modifies, qualifies or restricts a noun or a pronoun. E.g.: The apples are ripe. ("ripe")s, adverbA part of speech that modifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions. E.g.: I could hardly utter a word. ("hardly")s and conjunctionA part of speech connecting words, clauses or sentences. E.g.: Although everyone but Julie heard the news, no one seemed to care. ("although", "but")s.
E.g.: I could hardly utter a word. ("hardly") - affirmative sentence
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A declarativeThe sentence type used to make statements; it can be an affirmative sentence or a negative sentence. E.g.: John likes squash a lot. Tim has no friends. sentence indicating "yes"; also called a positive sentence.
Synonyms: affirmative
E.g.: John likes squash a lot. - agent
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The doer of an actionA general term expressing that somebody or something does something; the person or the thing that does something.
E.g.: True Romance was written by Tarantino. ("Tarantino") - article
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Any of the words "a", "an" and "the", used to limit or give definiteRelating to a specific or determined person, thing, idea or time. E.g.: I know the guy you are talking about. ("the guy you are talking about")ness to a nounA part of speech that names a person, place or thing. E.g.: The koala is a marsupial. ("koala", "marsupial"). "A" and "an" are indefiniteNot relating to a specific or determined person, thing, idea or time. E.g.: Somebody left you a message. ("somebody", "a message") articleAny of the words "a", "an" and "the", used to limit or give definiteness to a noun. "A" and "an" are indefinite articles, while "the" is a definite article. E.g.: A man was standing on the platform. ("a", "the")s, while "the" is a definite article.
E.g.: A man was standing on the platform. ("a", "the") - aspect
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A verbA part of speech that expresses an action or a state. E.g.: John seldom plays tennis.al category relating an actionA general term expressing that somebody or something does something to the passage of timeA concept which is related to our perception of reality; that part of existence which is measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc.. It can express durationA concept, related to the continuous aspect, expressing that an action is in progress. E.g.: What are you doing? or completionA concept, related to the perfect aspect, expressing that an action has finished. E.g.: He’s finished university..
- auxiliary verb
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A helping verbA part of speech that expresses an action or a state. E.g.: John seldom plays tennis. used with main verbA verb that can express an action or state in itself. E.g.: John likes squash a lot. ("like")s to express mood, voiceThe form of the transitive verb that shows whether the subject acts (active voice) or is acted upon (passive voice). and tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses..
Synonyms: auxiliaries, auxiliary
E.g.: I can't stand when I am disturbed. ("can", "am")