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Modal Verb
A verb that shows how likely
something is.
We could go out.
If only he would answer his
phone.
Ian will feed the pigs later.
A pronoun which shows who
owns something.
mine, hers, his, ours.
A pronoun that introduces a
relative clause.
The subject of the sentence is
doing or acting out an action. A
form or set of forms of a verb
in which the subject is typically
the person or thing performing
the action and which can take a
direct object (e.g. she loved
him as opposed to the passive
form he was loved).
who, which, that.
When the object isn’t carrying
out the action but is being
acted upon by someone or
something. A form or set of
forms of a verb in which the
subject undergoes the action of
the verb (e.g. she was loved as
opposed to the active form he
loved her).
The cat was chased by the dog.
A word that comes before a
the ball,
Modal Verb
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Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Pronoun
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Relative Pronoun
Active Voice
The dog chased the cat.
dog = subject
chased = active verb
cat = object
Active Voice
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Passive Voice
cat = subject
was chased = passive voice
dog = object
Passive Voice
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Determiners
noun, they provide some
information about the noun but
they do not describe.
his son,
five cats,
more cars
Determiners
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Past Progressive
This looks at writing in the past tense. We have simple past tense
e.g. I ran; I danced. Then we have past progressive tense e.g. I
was running, I was dancing. The past progressive tense usually
suggests that the activity is in progress or took place over a
period of time.
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Noun Phrases
A phrase that acts like a noun.
The main word is a noun with a
determiner in front of it.
the football,
the clock,
an apple,
those trees.
A phrase made up of a
preposition followed by a noun
or pronoun.
over the hill
under the bridge
Coordinating conjunctions are
conjunctions that join or
coordinate, two or more words,
main clauses or sentences.
Eat with your folk or spoon.
or is the coordinating conjunction
Hint: identify a determiner
followed by a noun and this is
called a noun phrase (it’s the
language system being posh and
giving this a name!)
Noun Phrases
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Prepositional
Phrases
Hint: identify a preposition
followed by a noun and this is
called a prepositional phrase
(it’s the language system being
posh and giving this a name!)
Coordinating
Conjunctions
Subordinating
Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions link
main clauses to subordinate
clauses.
Other coordinating
conjunctions include: but, and,
so, or. You could remember
these by remembering BASO!
The match might be cancelled
if it rains tomorrow.
While you were in the
bathroom, I applied my makeup.
Coordinating and
subordinating
Conjunctions
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Prefix
Letters that can be put in front
of a word to change its meaning.
Letters that can be put after a
word to change its meaning.
unlock
dislike
playful
achievable
Relative Clause
A type of subordinate cluase
that tells you more about a
noun. It is often introduced by
a relative pronoun.
She’s the girl who likes onions.
Sentence
Structure
Sentences include a subject,
verb and an object.
Subject – the person or thing
doing the action of the verb.
Verb – a doing or being word.
Object – the part of the
sentence that the action of the
verb is being done to.
She bakes cakes.
Suffix
Prefix and Suffix
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Structure
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she = subject
bakes = verb
cakes = object