English Language Grammar AO1 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageEnglish Language TerminologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ChloeG1998Created on: 10-05-16 16:56 Concrete noun A noun that is identified through the 5 senses, e.g. 'phone' 1 of 27 Abstract noun Noun that denotes an idea, quality or state rather than a real object 2 of 27 Proper noun The name of a person, place, organisation, etc. e.g. London 3 of 27 Verb Word used to describe an action, state or occurrence, e.g. 'hear' 'become' 'happen' 4 of 27 Modal verb (modal, modal auxiliary verb, or modal auxiliary) Verb used to indicate modality, e.g. can/could, may/might, must, will/would, and shall/should. 5 of 27 Adjective Used to describe and modify other words, e.g. 'exciting' 6 of 27 Adverb Modifies a verb and answers these questions - How? How often? When? Where? 7 of 27 Pronoun Word that takes place of a noun, e.g. I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc 8 of 27 Conjunction Connects two clauses together, e.g. 'but' 'and' 9 of 27 Subject A person/thing to which a specific action or feeling is directed 10 of 27 Object Person or thing to which a specific action or feeling is directed 11 of 27 Active voice The subject performs the action expressed by the verb, e.g. The student wrote a song. 12 of 27 Passive voice The subject receives the action expressed by the verb, e.g. A song was written by the student. 13 of 27 Noun Phrase A word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object. 14 of 27 Declarative mood Unqualified statement of fact 15 of 27 Imperative mood Demand/request 16 of 27 Interrogative mood A question 17 of 27 Exclamatory mood Exclaiming something 18 of 27 Main clause a clause that can form a complete sentence standing alone, having a subject and a predicate. 19 of 27 Subordinate clause a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause 20 of 27 Minor sentence A sentence that is not fully formed or that isn't complete, e.g. 'hey' 21 of 27 Simple sentence Sentence consisting of one clause 22 of 27 Compound sentence Sentence with more than one subject 23 of 27 Complex sentence Sentence containing a subordinate clause 24 of 27 Tense The time in which the language is said and portrayed, e.g. past, present or future 25 of 27 Aspect One part of a situation, problem, subject, etc 26 of 27 Deixis Words and phrases that cannot be understood without context information 27 of 27
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