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| a word used to refer to a quality, idea, feeling or experience, rather than a physical object. For example: size, reason, happiness. |
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| a form of the verb that is used when the subject of the verb is the person or thing doing the action. For example: They sold a lot of books. |
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| a 'describing' word that tells you more about a person or thing, such as their appearance, color size, or other qualities For example: pretty, interesting, big. |
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| a word usually used with verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs that gives more information about when, where, how or in what circumstances something happens or to what degree something is true. For example: quickly, happily, now, extremely, very. |
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| in the case of adjectives and pronouns, to have the correct word ending or form according to whether what is referred to is masculine, feminine, singular or plural, in the case of verbs, to have the form that goes with the person or thing carrying our the action. |
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| an ending ('s) added to a noun to show who or what someone or something belongs to. For example: Danielle's dog, the doctor's wife, the book's cover. |
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| a word such as 'the,' 'a' and 'an,' which is used in font of a noun. |
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| a verb such as 'be,' 'have' or 'do' used with a main verb to form tenses and questions. |
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| the form of the verb without any endings added to it. For example: walk, have, be, go |
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| a number used in counting. For example: one, seven, ninety. |
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| a group of words containing a verb. |
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| an adjective or adverb with -er on the end of it or more or less in front of it that is used to compare people, things, or actions. For example: slower, less important, more carefully. |
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| a word for a living being, thing or an idea, which is made up of two or more words. For example: old-fashioned, railroad station |
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| a word that refers to an object you can touch with your hand, rather than to a quality or an idea. For example: ball, map, apples. |
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| a verb form used to talk about things that would happen or would be true under certain conditions. For example: I 'would help' you if I could. It is also used to say what you would like or need. For example: 'Could' I 'have' the check, please? |
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| to give a verb different endings according to whether you are referring to 'I', 'you', 'they' and so on, and according to whether you are referring to the present, past or future. For example: I have, she had, they will have. |
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| a word such as 'and', 'because' or 'but' that links two words or phrases of a similar type or two parts of a sentence. For example: Diane 'and' I have been friends for years; I left 'because' I was bored. |
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| a letter that isn't a vowel. For example: b, f, m, s, v. |
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| a verb tense formed using 'to be' and '-ing' form of the main verb. For example: They're swimming (present continuous); He was eating (past continuous). |
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| a word such as 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those' used with a noun to refer to particular people or things. For example: 'this' woman; 'that' dog. |
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| a word such as 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those' used instead of a noun to point out people or things. For example: 'That' looks fun. |
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| a noun or pronoun used wit verbs to show who or what is acted on by the verb. For example: in 'He wrote a letter' and 'He wrote me a letter', 'letter' is the direct object. |
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| a word such as 'me,' 'him', 'us' and 'them' which is used instead of a noun to stand in for the person or thing directly affected by the action expressed by the verb. |
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