Oxford English Grammar

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• Noun abstract refers idea quality state e.g warmth
• Active verb subject performing action john ate apple
• Adjective word heavy red sweet describe modify noun
• Adjunct type optional adverbial adds extra information sentence
• Adverb word really or slowly give information adjective verb
• Adverbial adverb phrase clause restricts adds meaning verb
• Affirmative word sentence phrase states case expresses agreement
• Agent person thing passive sentence e.g  was asked
• Article belongs group words called determiners types definite
• Aspect form verb shows action repeatedly completed continuing
• Attributive adjective noun describes e.g red apple heavy
• Auxiliary verb form tenses passive main have. see modal
• Adjective qualitative classifying put people things categories classes
• Clause sentence group words verb forms part complete
• Cohesion close relationship parts piece writing e.g clauses
• Cohesive reader device word phrase link parts text
• Collective noun refers group people things e.g team
• Common noun refers person animal thing general woman
• Comparative comparing form adjective people things express fact
• Complement word phrase adjective noun linking verbs and become
• Compound word made existing credit card left-handed website
• Concrete noun refers physical person thing felt heard
• Conditional grammar things firstly form mood verb made
• Clause conditional describes probable depending happening begin if or
• Conjunction word link parts sentence learn types
•  she connective word phrase links clauses sentences conjunction
• Consonant spoken sound made completely partially blocking flow
• Continuous verb tense aspect describe action continues period
• Contraction shortened form word group e.g. they’re of they
• Clause coordinate linked conjunction make separate statements equal
• Coordination paris grammar refers relationship words phrases clauses
• Corpus find context dictionaries linguistics large diverse collection
• Countable noun uncountable called count refers counted singular
• Relative defining clause term restrictive
• Definite article term determiner indefinite
• Article determiner word introduces noun definite indefinite possessive determiners
• Letters sound digraph combination represents single speech phoneme
• Direct speech actual words speaker quoted writing e.g
• Ellipsis act leaving word phrase deliberately avoid repeating meaning
• Etymology origin word instance language historical development meaning
• Exclamation sound word phrase expressing emotion feeling anger
• Verb finite person form shows tense number singular
• Person pronouns verb forms determiners speaker identify refer
• Formal give speaking writing typically complex grammatical structures
• Word sentence we’re meet friends fronting emphasis phrase
• Verb future tense refer happened i arrive paris
• Gerund term verbal noun another
• Gpc abbreviation grapheme-phoneme correspondences for
• Grapheme smallest unit letter combination meaning writing system
• Grapheme-phoneme correspondences associations units writing system graphemes speech
• Word bow homograph spelled meaning pronunciation instance violinist
• Word homonym spelling pronunciation meaning origin i beans
• Word homophone pronounced spelling meaning instance knew urgently
• Imperative form mood verb expresses command instruction. for  here
• Indefinite article term determiner a (or an definite
• Indicative verb form mood expresses simple statements fact
• Indirect speech term reported another
• Infinitive basic unchanged form verb occurs word instance
• E.g inflection change form word ending show grammatical
• Informal grammatical speaking writing typically fairly simple structures
• Interjection term exclamation another for
• Interrogative describe sentence form verb word question instance
• Intransitive verb object sentences talk and cry baby crying
• Irregular word noun verb inflections follow normal rules
• Clause main i makes sense form part longer
• Noun uncountable countable mass refers can’t counted regularly
• Modal verb auxiliary talk possibility probability permission intention
• Noun large family modifier word phrase restricts adds
• Mood verb category form expresses fact indicative command
• Word morpheme smallest unit meaning divided break smaller
• Morphology linguistics refers form word study instance uninterested
• Negative word phrase stating case opposite affirmative  double
• Verb non-finite person form show tense number singular
• Relative clause non-restrictive noun extra information left sentence
• Object person thing affected verb eating sandwich loves
• Part speech term word class find
• E.g participle past form verb i adjectives passive
• Verb past tense refer happened present shopping saturday
• Verb perfect tense aspect typically talk actions completed
• Personal pronoun word i s place noun mentioned
• Phoneme set smallest units speech sound language distinguish
• Verb phrasal made main adverb preposition typically meaning
• Phrase group words small forms meaningful unit clause
• Plural form noun refer person thing books benches
• Comparative positive basic form adjective adverb that express simple
• Possessive s showing belongs relates person thing noun
• Possessive pronoun mine refers owned speaker previously referred
• Postpositive adjective word relates galore prizes learn types
• Predicative adjective verb grow future looks  gloomy grew
• Prefix letter group beginning existing word change meaning
• Preposition word front noun pronoun show place time
• Exists present verb tense refer happening regularly i
• Progressive term continuous another for
• Pronoun word i noun mentioned avoid repeating kate
• Proper noun identifies person thing e.g john italy
• Adjective qualitative describes qualities person thing e.g expensive
• Quantifier determiner pronoun express quantity
• Regular noun normal word verb inflections follow rules
• Clause relative i information noun refers connected main
• Speech reported reporting speaker’s words quoting directly e.g
• Relative clause restrictive main essential information noun introduced
• Word root part main meaning forms based formed
• Schwa vowel sound parts words stressed shown symbol ə
• Person pronouns verb forms determiners speak instance slept
• Sentence group words makes complete sense main verb
• Slang bare informal words expressions found speaking writing
• Digraph split sound letters representing speech separated ai
• Split infinitive adverb verb e.g  him people object
• English type standard suitable written spoken situation opposed
• Word stress extra emphasis pronouncing syllable instance category
• Subject sentence person thing  was generally performs action
• Subjunctive face i special form mood verb expresses
• Clause subordinate main depends meaning forms part longer
• Subordinate subordination element difficult grammar refers relationship words
• Suffix group letters end existing word change meaning
• Superlative person form adjective comparing thing member group
• Syllable word vowel part sound consonants speak speaker
• Syntax words phrases put create well-formed sentences language
• Tense form verb takes show person existed happened
• Person pronouns verb forms determiners speaker refer things
• Transitive admire verb object sentences follow i courage
• Trigraph kind grapheme letters represent speech sound phoneme
• Noun uncountable term mass opposite countable find types
• Unstressed refer syllable pronounced stress e.g word admire
• Verb word describes person thing run sing grow
• Noun verbal present participle verb it’s e.g smoking
• Vowel spoken sound made mouth open tongue touching
• Single word unit language meaning spoken written typically
• Word part class categories belong play sentence e.g
• Word family group related typically meaning form grammar
• Passive verb subject undergoing action carrying e.g apple

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