Download common grammar terms How many basic grammar terms do you

common grammar terms
How many basic grammar terms do you understand?
With your partner, try to give a short example of each of the following:
Grammar term
sentence showing the main verb
sentence showing an auxiliary verb
sentence showing the subject
sentence showing the direct object
adjective
adverb
pronoun
preposition
linking word or phrase
definite article
indefinite article
modal auxiliary verb
bare infinitive
full infinitive
past participle
gerund / ing-form
stative verb
action verb
transitive verb
intransitive verb
prefix
suffix
Your example
Example answers
Grammar term
Your example
sentence showing the main verb
She has not met him (The main verb gives the meaning)
sentence showing an auxiliary verb She has not met him (The auxiliary verb is a 'grammar word' - in this case it is
used to form the present perfect tense)
sentence showing the subject
An old man in the corner looked up as we came in
sentence showing the direct object
He picked up the case (Some sentences contain two objects, especially
with verbs such as give, say, lend, tell etc. e.g. He gave her a present. Here,
'present' is the direct object and 'her' is the indirect object
adjective
a valuable book. (adjectives add information to nouns)
adverb
She spoke quickly (adverb of manner); He never smokes (adverb or
frequency; I'll see him tomorrow (adverb of time)
pronoun
They (subject pronoun) told her (object pronoun) to come back later
preposition
in, at, on, about, for etc
linking word or phrase
time: when, while, as soon as, by the time etc
contrast: however, but, yet, nevertheless etc
addition: and, furthermore, moreover etc
reason and result: so, therefore, as a result etc
definite article
the
indefinite article
a / an
modal auxiliary verb
can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought
bare infinitive
play, eat, write
full infinitive
to play, to eat, to write
past participle
played, eaten, written
gerund / ing-form
playing, eating, writing
stative verb
be, have (for possession), like, love, know, understand, want etc
action verb
make, do, walk, eat, sit, sleep, ask, watch, listen etc
transitive verb
read, eat, tell (many verbs are sometimes transitive and sometimes
intransitive) Transitive verbs are shown as 'verb [T]' in many dictionaries;
Verbs that can be transitive or intransitive are shown as 'verb [I] or [T]'
intransitive verb
arrive, happen shown as 'verb [I]'
prefix
un, in, im, re, pre, under, over, post, anti, pro etc (prefixes usually modify
the meaning of a work)
suffix
ment, ation, ive, ous, ly etc (suffixes usually indicate which part of speech a
word is)