The set of rules that explain how words are used in a language
Language
The system of words or signs that people use to express thoughts and feelings to each other
Noun
A name of person, place, thing, event or animal
Pronoun
A noun substitute
Verb
An action or non-action word
Adverb
A word that describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
Adjective
A word that limits, modifies, describes, restricts or amplifies a noun or a pronoun
Preposition
A word or a group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object
Conjunction
A word that joins together sentences, clauses, phrases, or words
Interjection
A spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden or strong feeling
Tense
A form of verb that is used to show when an action happened
Present ordinary tense
Expresses an action that happens habitually in the present and also known as the simple present
Present emphatic tense
Emphasises or strengthens an action that happens in the present
Present progressive tense
Expresses an action that is taking place at the moment of speaking
Past ordinarytense
Expresses an action that happened in a definite past time and also known as the simple past
Past emphatictense
Emphasises or strengthens an action that happened in the past
Present progressive tense
Expresses an action that was going in the past when another past action occurred
Past ordinarytense
Expresses an action that happened habitually in the past
Futureordinarytense
Expresses an action that will take place in the future time and also known as the simple future
Future progressive tense
Indicates continuing action, something that will be happening, going on, at some point in the future. This tense is formed with the modal "will" plus "be," plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending)
Futuregoingtoform
Indicates future action that is formed using is,are,am + going to+ base form of the verb
Presentperfecttense
Expresses an action that began in the past and continues to the present
Past perfecttense
Expresses an action that happened in the past before another past action occurred
Future perfect tense
Expresses an action that will take place in the future before another future action take place or future time
Voice
Indicates the form of the transitive verb that shows whether the subject is the doer or receiver of the action
Active Voice
The subject acts as the doer of the action
Passive voice
The subject acts as the receiver of the action
Direct speech
A kind of speech where the exact words of the speaker are repeated by another person
Indirect Speech
A kind of speech that gives the words of the speaker as reported by another person
Modal
An auxiliary word that expresses a special meaning
Website
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