Words used to describe nouns. E.g. an expensive car, a tall man.
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Card 7
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A subdivision of adjectives. Words such as "bigger" and "colder" are examples.
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Card 8
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A subdivision of adjectives. Words such as "coldest" and "biggest" are examples.
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Card 9
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Words that refer to to physical actions: run, jump, walk. However, they can also refer to "mental actions" (think, feel, imagine) and to "states" (the house 'stands' tall, that 'seems' fair)
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A subdivision of verbs. These are in in a clause or sentence is a single verbs that expreses the main meaning.
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Card 11
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A subdivision of verbs. These are "helping" verbs placed in front of main verbs "I 'must have been' going in the wrong direction". Here 'going' is the main verb, whilst 'must have been' are examples of this type of verb.
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A type 'voice' for verbs. When this type 'voice' of verb is used the person of thing performing the action is emphasised as the subject of the verb "The teacher 'spoke' to the student".
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A type 'voice' for verbs. When this type 'voice' of verb is used the emphasis is on the object of the verb (the person or thing to which something has been done): "The student 'was spoken to' by the teacher"
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A type of verb. These are words that clearly refer to actions (push, throw etc.)
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Card 15
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A type of verb. These refer to the states of processes (e.g. believe, know)
