terminology

• Abstract Noun


  A noun that names an idea, event, quality, or concept
• Active Voice


  The verb form in which the subject performs or causes the action expressed by the verb
• Adjective


  The part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun
• Adverb

  The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
• Affix

  A prefix, suffix, or infix that can be attached to a base or root to form a new word
• Agreement


  The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number
• Auxiliary


  A verb that determines the mood or tense of another verb in a verb phrase
• Capital Letter


  The form of an alphabetical letter used to begin a sentence or proper noun
• Clause


  A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate
• Common Noun


  A noun that can be preceded by the definite article and represents one or all of the members of a class
• Comparative


  The form of an adjective or adverb involving a comparison of more or less
• Conjunction


  The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences
• Declarative Sentence


  A sentence in the form of a statement
• Determiner


  A word or a group of words that introduces a noun
• Direct Object


  A noun or pronoun in a sentence that receives the action of a transitive verb
• Ellipsis


  The omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader
• Exclamatory Sentence


  A sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation
• Future Tense


  A verb form indicating the action that has not yet begun
• Idiom


  A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words
• Imperative Mood


  The form of the verb that makes direct commands and requests
• Imperative Sentence


  A sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command
• Indefinite Article


  The determiner "a" or "an", which marks an unspecified count noun
• Independent Clause


  A group of words made up of a subject and a predicate that can stand alone as a sentence
• Indirect Object


  A noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom the action of a verb in a sentence is performed
• Indirect Question


  A sentence that reports a question and ends with a period rather than a question mark
• Infinitive


  A verbal that can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb
• Interrogative Sentence

  A sentence that asks a question
• Irregular Verb


  A verb that does not follow the usual rules for verb forms
• Noun


  The part of speech that names or identifies a person, place, thing, quality, or action
• Past Tense


  A verb tense indicating the action that occurred in the past
• Phrase


  Any small group of words within a sentence or a clause
• Plural


  The form of a noun that typically denotes more than one
• Prefix

  A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word
• Present Tense


  A verb tense that expresses action in the present time
• Progressive Aspect


  A verb phrase made with a form of be plus -ing that indicates an action or condition continuing
• Pronoun


  A word that takes the place of a noun, noun phrase, or noun clause
• Quotation

  The reproduction of the words of a writer or speaker
• Relative Clause


  A clause introduced by a relative pronoun or a relative adverb
• Superlative


  The form of an adjective that suggests the most or the least of something
• Tense


  The time of a verb's action or state of being