English Language Terminology

A subject and a predicate

A verb that doesn't lead to an object. E.g. I ran. The door opened. The tree stood still.

A verb that leads to an object. E.g. I opened the door. It struggled to breathe. The carrot lurched at the bunny.

The main focus/actor.

The acted upon.

Another object that benefits form the action E.g. Crystabel threw of her gown and sent the candelabra flying into the cauldron.

A word that tells of the relationship between the noun or pronoun + other words: *on* the wood.Piggle pointed *at* the wibbly rake. *under*

A verb that describes the action of the subject. Harry went to... The sea forced

A word that adds support to a verb E.g. be, do, have.

Involving 'had/has, been/being

A word that determines the reference of a noun E.g. a, an, every

A word that adds meaning to a verb, adjective, another adverb or the whole sentence. E.g. ran *fast*, Ate *messily*

A clause lesser, than the main clause in a sentence

A verb connecting one subject and one object.

An ongoing action E.g. running flying swooning.

Open vocal chords

Closed vocal chords

Various types of groups of words. E.g. simply a noun 'john', or perhaps coupled with a determiner or adjective.

E.g. Apple, table, card. These can be pluralised and therefor counted.

E.g. furniture, comfort - can't be made plural.

A word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase E.g. He, She, her, him, they

A word or group of words used to describe an action, experience or state

E.g. Darts is a game played by large men

E.g. Family, government, army

E.g. Walking stick, Cherry tree, town hall, boyfriend

E.g. I, you, he, she, they, it

E.g. Him, her, it, us, them

E.g. Myself, yourself, himself, herself, themselves, ourselves

E.g. Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

E.g. Who, whose, what, where, which, that - used to introduce relative clauses.

A clause introduced by a relative pronoun

A clause introduced by a relative pronoun

Specific part of determiners

"the". Used when we know what is being referred to. Can be used to make general statements with a singular noun E.g. The great white shark..

"a/an" Used to refer to thing or person when we don't know specifics. Can also be used to specify a group with one memberE.g.a man's gotta

Big, bigger, biggest. Exceptions: Good, Better, Best

SCOMP - noun. Size, colour, origin, material, purpose, noun.

E.g. the blind, the poor.

E.g. Interested in, Keen on, Happy about etc.

Depends on whether it is modifying a verb or noun.

Referring to what time (past, present, future) *Smae tense can be used to describe more than one time.

Depends on whether we want to say the action is ongoing to or complete. (Simple, continuous, perfect etc.)

Often used in conditional sentences, to express judgment or likelihood, E.g. Shall, would, can, should, might, may, must

the speaker: first person, the addressee: second person, or a third party: third person.

Basic form of a verb.

Be, being, been. Am, are, is. Was, were.

Has, had

Did, done, does

Stand alone, or expresses the main idea.

Word that has a function but does not fit into terminology.

The base form of a verb. Optional with basic tense..

-ing verbs with 'to be'

Only two, past and present

a group of words that form a meaningful unit within a clause E.g. Noun phrase, adverbial phrase, prepositional phrase etc.

Words that join phrases, clauses, or sentences. E.g. And, because, but, for, if, or , when

Only changes with 3rd person singular.

Verb ends with s, z, ch, sh, x +'es'

End in: Consonant+y = y>i +es

Ends in: Vowel +y = +s

Anything other than 'e' ending = +ed

'e' ending= +d

consonant +y ending = y>i +ed

vowel + y ending = +ed

'will' or 'shall' + infinitive -'to'

Conjugation of 'to be' + Present participle of verb

Conjugation of 'to have' + Past participle of verb