A noun that refers to groups of people, animals or things, e.g. "crowd, family, flock, committee, group".
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Primary auxiliary verb
Forms of "be", "have" and "do" - auxiliary verbs that can also occur as main verbs.
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Preposition
A word that defines the relationship between words in terms of time, space, or direction, e.g. "during", "towards", "with", "until".
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Reflexive pronoun
Used as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb, e.g. "I (subject) am teaching myself (direct object) to play the piano."
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Demonstrative pronoun
Words that refer to specific objects that only those involved in the discourse can see - a pronoun if this word is after the noun, e.g. "let me pick the sweets, I want these ones".
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Indefinite pronoun
A pronoun that refers to an unspecified or unidentified person or thing - it doesn't have an antecedent. E.g. "someone left their water bottle."
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Antecedent
The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to.
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Relative pronoun
A pronoun that introduces an adjective clause. "which", "that" "who", "whom" and "whose".
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Interrogative pronoun
A pronoun that introduces a question. It has no antecedent - what they refer to is precisely what the question aims to find out. E.g. "when a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: whose?"
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Interrogative adjective
Interrogatives that modify another term, especially a noun. "Which" or "what", e.g. "what program are you watching?"
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Card 2
Front
Forms of "be", "have" and "do" - auxiliary verbs that can also occur as main verbs.
Back
Primary auxiliary verb
Card 3
Front
A word that defines the relationship between words in terms of time, space, or direction, e.g. "during", "towards", "with", "until".
Back
Card 4
Front
Used as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb, e.g. "I (subject) am teaching myself (direct object) to play the piano."
Back
Card 5
Front
Words that refer to specific objects that only those involved in the discourse can see - a pronoun if this word is after the noun, e.g. "let me pick the sweets, I want these ones".
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