A word other than a pronoun used to identify any of a class, of people, places.
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Verbs
Words used to describe action, state or occurrence
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Modal verbs
Shows a degree of possibility/certainty of something happening, e.g. could, might, should, would.
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Adjectives
A word naming an attribute of a noun, e.g. sweet, red or technicalA
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Adverbs
A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb or other adverb expressing manner, place, time or degree (e.g. gently, here, now, very)
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Pronouns
Words that replace people's names, e.g. thy, thou, thine
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Clause
A unit of grammatical organisation next below sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
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Simple sentence
Contains only one clause
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Minor sentence
Not fully formed or incomplete
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Compound sentence
Linked by connective (2 or more pieces of info)
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Complex sentence
Detailed ideas, contains one main clause
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Declarative statement
Statement that ends with a period - not a command, question or emotion.
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Exclamatory statement
Expresses eotion
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Interrogative
Questiton
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Imperative
Command
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Card 2
Front
Words used to describe action, state or occurrence
Back
Verbs
Card 3
Front
Shows a degree of possibility/certainty of something happening, e.g. could, might, should, would.
Back
Card 4
Front
A word naming an attribute of a noun, e.g. sweet, red or technicalA
Back
Card 5
Front
A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb or other adverb expressing manner, place, time or degree (e.g. gently, here, now, very)
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