A noun that refers to ideas that only exist in the mind rather than a physical thing, such as love or envy
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Auxiliary Verb
Assists the main verb; primary ones "do" "have" and "be" denote changes of tense
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Demonstrative Noun
A pronoun that is used to point to something specific within a sentence; it replaces a noun, eg: this, that, these, those
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Head Word
The main word in a phrase
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Interrogative Pronoun
Used to make asking questions easy: wh- question words: who, what, where, why, when, whose, how
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Interrogative Sentence
A question - a type of sentence indicated by the swapping round of subject and verb or by the use of question words or simply by the use of a question mark
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Modal Auxiliary Verb
A sub-category of auxiliary verb that expresses degrees of possibility, probability, necessity or obligation
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Modifier
A word that describes a noun or verb (can be an adjective, adverb or noun)
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Suffix
A word ending which is placed after the stem of a word; usually shows tense or person of verb or number of noun
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Pre-Modification
A word ending which is placed after the stem of a word; usually shows tense or person of verb or number of noun
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Post-Modification
Modification that comes after the head noun (or after a phrase or clause)
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Auxiliary Verb
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Assists the main verb; primary ones "do" "have" and "be" denote changes of tense
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