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Key Terms - Nouns, Verbs & Sentences
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Key Terms for English Language - Nouns
You need to know the following key terms for your English Language exam:
Noun
- A person, place, thing, feeling or idea.
- E.g. London, mum, cat, table, happiness.
Abstract noun
- An idea or concept - something that you cannot actually see, touch, hear, smell or taste. The opposite of a concrete noun.
- E.g. Love, hatred, anger, happiness, truth, freedom, dedication, peace, knowledge.
Collective noun
- A group of nouns.
- E.g. Team, army, family, group, audience, herd.
Common noun
- All nouns are either common nouns or proper nouns. Common nouns are places, things, feelings or ideas.
- E.g. Home, school, book, computer, trees, television.
Concrete noun
- A thing (noun) that can be touched, tasted, heard, seen, or smelled. The opposite of an abstract noun.
- E.g. Dog, building, tree, fire, water.
Pronoun
- A word used to replace a noun. We use pronouns so we don't need to repeat the same nouns over and over again.
- E.g. I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me.
Proper noun
- All nouns are either common nouns or proper nouns. Proper nouns are the names of specific people or places.
- E.g. Kate, Harry, Liverpool, England, BBC.
Key Terms for English Language - Verbs
You need to know the following key terms for your English Language exam:
Verb
- An action - a doing word.
- E.g. Sing, walk, dance, laugh, watch, be, do.
Dynamic verb
- A verb which is physically moving or changing.
- E.g. Eat, walk, learn, grow, sleep, talk, run, read, become, go.
Stative verb
- A verb which does not physically move - you cannot see, feel, hear, taste or smell them happening, but they are still happening.
- E.g. Love, hate, prefer, doubt, seem, know, own, understand.
Imperative verbs
- Verbs which give orders – bossy verbs.
- E.g. Stop, bring, give, tell me.
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1Key Terms
1.1Key Terms
2Language Devices
3Writing Structure
4Section B: Reading & Writing
4.1Writing Formats
4.2Writing to...
4.2.1Writing to Inform4.2.2Writing to Inform - Example4.2.3Writing to Explain4.2.4Writing to Explain - Example4.2.5Writing to Persuade4.2.6Writing to Persuade - Example4.2.7Writing to Argue4.2.8Writing to Argue - Example4.2.9Writing to Persuade vs Writing to Argue4.2.10Writing to Advise4.2.11Writing to Advise - Example4.2.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...
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Practice questions on Key Terms - Nouns, Verbs & Sentences
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- 1Which of these are pronouns?True / false
- 2Which of these is a <b>proper</b> noun?Multiple choice
- 3Which of these are abstract nouns?True / false
- 4What do we call ordering verbs?Multiple choice
- 5Which of the following is a verb?Multiple choice
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