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Grammar key concepts

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    Parts of speech describe the function a word has in a sentence
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  • Their function is to name people, places and things, qualities, ideas, or activities. Also to act as a subject or object of the verb.
    Nouns (e.g. countable ,uncountable)
  •  10
  • Their function is to show an action, state or experience
    Verbs (e.g. transitive, intransitive)
  •  15
  • Their function is to describe or give more information about a noun, pronoun or part of a sentence.
    Adjectives
  •  15
  • Their function is to describe or give more information about how, when or where something happens. Also to add more information to adjectives, verbs or other adverbs or sentences.
    Adverbs ( e.g. of degree, manner, time)
  •  20
  • Their function is to connect a noun, a noun phrase or pronoun to another word or phrase.
    Prepositions (e.g. of time, place or direction)
  •  15
  • Their function is to replace or refer to a noun, or noun phrase just mentioned or known.
    Pronoun (e.g. personal, possessive, relative, reflexive)
  •  10
  • Their function is to join words, sentences or part of sentences
    Conjunctions (e.g. of reason, addition or contrast)
  •  25
  • These are used to show (strong ) feelings- especially in informal spoken language.
    Exclamations (e.g. of doubt, pain)
  •  15
  • ....my, your, his, her, its, our, their .... How these determiners are called?
    Possessive Adjectives
  •  15
  • ....mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs... How these words are called?
    Possessive pronouns
  •  20
  • ...this, that, these and those... How this determiners are called?
    Demonstrative adjectives
  •  15
  • ...some, any, a lot, a few, several, enough, ... Are examples of....
    Quantifiers
  •  15
  • ...a, an, the... how these words are called?
    Articles
  •  10
  • ...who, which, how, when, where, whose, that... How these words are called?
    Relative pronouns
  •  15