Nouns,Adjectives,Verbs and Sentences.
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- Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Sentences.
- Nouns
- Abstract Nouns: Names for ideas and emotions. 'Freedom' 'Truth'
- Concrete Nouns: Names for things that are visible. 'Table' 'Chair'
- Proper Nouns: Names of people and places. 'London' 'The Bible' 'Jane'
- Collective Nouns: Refers to a group of people/things. 'Family' 'Team'
- Adjectives
- Adjective: A class of words used to modify nouns. 'Happy' 'Big' 'Red'
- Comparative Adjectives: Adjective indicated by '-er' suffix or by the adverb 'more'. Makes something more positive/negative. 'Bigger'
- Superlative Adjectives: A form of gradable, expressing the highest degree. Formed with '-est' or 'most' or 'worst'.
- Verbs
- Verb: Class of words that refer to actions, events and states.
- Auxiliary Verb: A 'helping' verb/ 'Have' 'Be' 'Do'
- Modal Auxiliary Verb: Adds subtle shades of meaning. Often suggests possibility/probability. 'Must' 'Ought to'
- Stative Verb: Type of verb which expressed a mental action. 'Know' 'Thought'
- Dynamic Verb: Type of verb which expresses a physical action. 'Walk' 'Jump'
- Sentences
- Agent: Named person in a sentence who carries out the action.
- Subject: Main focus of a sentence.
- Object: Thing/person who receives the action.
- Active Sentence: Acts as a subject. 'Ben kicked Adam'
- Passive Sentence: Acts as an object. 'Adam was kicked by Ben'.
- Nouns
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