Grammar terms

the form of a noun, pronoun etc. in the grammar of some languages that shows that the noun, pronoun etc. has or owns something

genetive/possessive case

a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean

determiner

a word or phrase such as 'much', 'few', or 'a lot of' that is used with a noun to show quantity

quantifier

a verb that is used with another verb to show its tense, person, mood etc. (be, do, have)

auxiliary verb

on of these verb forms: can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, ought to, used to, need, had better and dare. They are all used with other verbs to express ideas such as possibility, permission or intetion

modal (auxiliary) verb

the verb that contains the meaning, compared with any auxiliary verb that go with it eg. "we have it" have is a main verb, "we have done it" its ans auxiliary verb

main verb

a goup of words that contains a subject and a vebr, but which is usually only a part of a sentence

clause

a word used in grammar meaning the way an adverb or adjective changes its form to show whether it is comparative or superlative

comparison (of adj/adv)

the highest degree of a particular quality

superlative degree

shows an increase in size, quality, degree etc when it is considered in relation to something else

comparative degree

the state of adj or adv indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution

positive degree

one of a group of words that are normally used at the beginning of noun phrases

article

the word 'the' in English

definite article

the word 'a' or 'an'

indefinite article

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zero article

a word used before a noun to show whether the noun refers to a particular example of something or to a general example of something

determiner

a word or a group of words that represent a person, a place, a thing or activity or a quality or idea

noun

a word used instead od a noun or noun phrase, such as 'he' instead of 'peter' or 'the man'

pronoun

a word or a group of words that decribes an action, experience or state, such as 'come' 'see' and 'put on'

verb

a word like green, hungry, impossible, which is used when we describe people, things, events etc. Used in connection with nouns and pronouns

adjective

a word that adds to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb, or a whole sentence, such as 'slowly' in 'he ran slowly'

adverb

a word like on, off, into, normally followed by a noun or pronoun

preposition

one, two, three, first, second, once, twice, one-third

numeral

one, two, third

cardinal number

first, second, third

ordinal number

and, but, because, after

conjunction

wow!, damn!, bye, um, er

interjection

a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning and make a new word, such as 'un' in 'untie'

prefix

a letter or letters added to the end of a word to form a new word, such as 'ness' in 'kindness'

suffix

a noun that names a feelibg, quality or state rather than object, animal ot person

abstract noun

names a physical thing, animal or prrsib that u are albo to hear, see, smell, touch, taste

concrete noun

a noun that is the name of one particukar thing and is written with a capital letter

proper noun/proper name

any noun that is not the name or a particular person place or thing

common noun

a noun which refers to a person, animal or another living creature

animate noun

a noun which refers to a place, thing or idea

inanimate noun

a noun that is the name of people or things considered as a unit

collective noun/ group noun

a noun that is made up of two or more words

compound noun

used when speaking/writing about one person or thing or about an uncountable quantity or mass

singular noun

a noun like car, dog, idea which can have a plural form and can be used with the indefinite article

countable noun

a noun which has no plural form and cannot normally be used with the indef article

uncountable noun