active |
voice in which
the person or thing performing the action is the subject of the
verb |
adjective |
modifies a noun
or adverb |
adverb |
modifies a verb,
adjective, or other adverb |
article |
word ("a",
"an," or "the") that specifies or confines
the meaning of a noun |
clause |
in a sentence,
a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate |
conjunction |
joins two or
more words, phrases, clauses, or sentences |
collective noun |
indicates a
group of persons, things, or animals treated as a single entity |
correlative conjunction |
pair of words which, separated from each other in a sentence, act as a
conjunction (joining two or more words, phrases, or sentences) |
gerund |
noun formed
from a verb, usually by adding -ing to
the end |
idiom |
expression comprising
several words, the meaning of which extends beyond the meanings
of the individual words
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impersonal pronoun
|
pronoun that
does not stand in for any particular noun, but instead refers
to "people in general" or fulfills the sentence's syntactical
need for a pronoun |
infinitive |
dictionary
form of a verb; in English, most often appears as "to
___ " ("to
eat", "to run") |
modifier |
word, phrase,
or clause that provides extra information about another word, phrase, or clause |
mood |
verb form that
indicates the speaker's position on the factuality of the sentence;
indicates if action/condition is true or unlikely, or if the speaker
is giving a command |
noun |
indicates a
person, place, or thing |
object |
in a sentence, the noun
or noun phrase that receives, or is otherwise affected by, the
action specified by the verb |
passive voice |
in which the person or
thing performing the action is the object of the verb |
| phrase |
in a sentence, a group of
words that contains either a subject or a predicate and lacks
the other |
plural |
noun, pronoun, or adjective
indicating multiple persons or things |
possessive pronoun |
pronoun indicating possession |
predicate |
part of a
sentence or clause that, as a whole, modifies the subject; includes
the verb, the object/s, or phrases presided over by the verb |
preposition |
shows relationship between
words, phrases, or clauses |
pronoun |
stands in for a noun or
noun phrase |
proper noun |
noun indicating a specific
person, place, or thing |
relative pronoun |
pronoun that connects a
subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence |
sentence |
group of words that contains
a subject and a predicate, and is able to stand on its own |
singular
|
noun, pronoun, or adjective
indicating one person or thing |
subject |
in a sentence, the noun
or noun phrase that performs the action indicated by the verb;
or which is explained or described by the verb |
verb |
represents an action or
state of being |
| voice |
set of verb forms indicating
the relationship between the subject and the action or condition
expressed by the verb |
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