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A class of words which modify other words, clauses, or sentences. They typically express manner, degree, place, time, or uncertainty. e.g. I ran quickly. e.g. I ran very quickly. e.g. I ran home very quickly. e.g. Yesterday, I ran home very quickly . e.g. Maybe I ran home very quickly yesterday, but I was too drunk to remember.	adverb	100%
An –ing form of the verb which functions as a noun. e.g. walking is good for you; he likes walking	gerund	100%
A verb which doesn’t take a direct object. e.g. he died	intransitive verb	67%
A reversal of the normal word order, most commonly used in English for question formation. e.g. statement: I am a teacher. question: Am I a teacher? (subject-auxiliary inversion)	inversion	67%
A grammatical term used for the imperative, indicative and subjunctive forms of the verb. e.g. You be nice (imperative) vs You are nice (indicative) vs If you were nicer… (subjunctive)	mood	67%
A class of words which can substitute for a noun / noun phrase. Personal (I, me, she, her) Possessive (mine, hers) Reflexive (myself, itself) Demonstrative (this, those) Relative (that, which, who, whose, whom) Interrogative (what? Who?) Indefinite (something, nobody) Reciprocal (each other) Quantifiers (all, some, both)	pronoun	67%
A verb which takes a direct object e.g. He killed her	transitive verb	67%
The way the speaker’s ‘view’ of an event is expressed by the verb phrase, regardless of the time of the event. Continuous and perfect. e.g. they are working now ; they have worked here for two years.	aspect	33%
A type of sentence structure, where an extra clause is added to a sentence to emphasise particular information. It can be a noun clause or a relative clause. e.g. It’s a holiday that I need / What I need is a holiday. (here, ‘holiday’ is given extra emphasis)	cleft sentence	33%
The clause element that follows linking verbs. Provides additional information about the subject. e.g. My brother is a lecturer; He seems nice	complement	33%
A conjunction which links two main clauses or two other grammatical units which have the same grammatical status. e.g. he liked English but he hated French he liked English and French	coordinating conjunction	33%
A sentence which takes the form of a statement, as opposed to a question or imperative. It can be either affirmative or negative. e.g. I enjoy doing exercise / I don’t enjoy doing homework.	declarative sentence	33%
Describes the way language points to personal / spatial / temporal features of the context. e.g. I have been here for three weeks now.	deixis	33%
A way of describing an action in which the subject of the sentence and the patient of the action are the same. e.g. The book was written by Stephen King in 1980.	passive voice	33%
A word which modifies another word by being placed after it. E.g. ‘You play well’ - the adverb ‘well’ post-modifies the verb ‘play’.	post-modifier	33%
A word which modifies another word by being placed before it. E.g. ‘very good’ - the adverb ‘very’ pre-modifies the adjective ‘good’.	pre-modifier	33%
An –ing form of the verb which can serve the function of a verb or an adjective. e.g. He is walking; It is a walking robot.	present participle	33%
A grammatical construction in which an interrogative element is added to a declarative or imperative clause. The result is a request for information or clarification. e.g. You’re Georges, aren’t you?	Question tag	33%
A verb that describes a state. In English it usually doesn’t take the progressive aspect. e.g. He knows English.	stative verb	33%
A conjunction which links a subordinate clause to a main clause e.g. he was tired because he stayed up all night	subordinating conjunction	33%
An adjective which cannot be modified in order to indicate the degree to which the quality is present. It cannot take a comparative or superlative form. e.g. ideal	ungraded/ungradable adjective	33%
A way of describing an action in which the subject of the sentence and the agent of the action are the same. e.g. Stephen King wrote the book in 1980.	active voice	0%
A type of determiner which is used with noun phrases to mark the specificity of the noun phrase. English has ‘definite’, ‘indefinite’ and ‘zero articles’. e.g. I want to buy a house. / The house over there.	article	0%
Takes an obligatory complement: Noun phrase e.g. my doctor looks like a nice man Adjective phrase e.g. my doctor became rich Adverbial of place e.g. my doctor is in prison	copular verb (linking verb)	0%
A verb used with a noun or adjective phrase with the general meaning of ‘perform the action indicated by the noun/adjective.’ It has little or no direct (dictionary) definition. e.g. he had a bath / she went mad	delexicalised verb	0%
A class of words which: Come before a noun Limit the meaning of the noun in some way Can be: Articles (a dog) Demonstratives (this dog) Possessives (our dog) Quantifiers (some dogs) Numerals (one dog) Wh-determiners	determiner	0%
A verb that shows continuous action on the part of the subject. In English it often takes the progressive aspect. e.g. He is running.	dynamic verb	0%
Refers to the speaker’s assessment of the likelihood of the situation. e.g. he might become a doctor	extrinsic modality	0%
A form of a verb that shows it is related to a subject by having person, number, and tense. e.g. he plays football (3rd person singular present simple)	finite verb	0%
An adjective which can be modified in order to indicate the degree to which the quality is present. It can take a comparative and superlative form. e.g. big	graded adjective	0%
Refers to the speaker’s attitude towards the necessity or desirability of the situation. e.g. he ought to become a doctor	intrinsic modality	0%
A verb with meaning, as defined in a dictionary. Not an auxiliary verb. e.g. he had a car (he was in possession of a car)	lexical verb	0%
Refers to the lexical / grammatical ways used by speakers to express their attitude to what they are saying e.g. maybe Charles is married e.g. Charles can’t be married	modality	0%
A form of the verb that is independent of the subject and not marked for person, number or tense. Includes, infinitives, present / past participles, and gerunds e.g. I need to buy it; I’m buying it; It was a much needed buy; I like buying things.	non-finite verb	0%
A term used to describe a part of a sentence that consists of a pronoun or a noun and any other words placed before or after which modify it. e.g. The new course…	noun phrase	0%
The placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination e.g. Tell me, how are you?	parataxis	0%
Describes the rules for sequencing words to show their relationships of meaning within sentences. e.g. syntactical rules in English permit the placing of 2 nouns together (table tennis) but not in French (tennis de table)	syntax	0%