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Here's our glossary of grammatical terms. (Every entry has an interactive exercise, which is printable and sendable.)Nine Parts of Speech
- 9 parts of speech
- adjectives
- adverbs
- conjunctions
- determiners
- interjections
- nouns
- prepositions
- pronouns
- verbs
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A
- abbreviation
- absolute possessive
- abstract noun
- accusative case
- acronym
- active sentence
- active voice
- adjective
- adjective clause
- adjective phrase
- adjunct
- adverb
- adverbial clause
- adverbial phrase
- affix
- alliteration
- anagram
- analogy
- anaphora
- anastrophe
- antecedent
- antonym
- apostrophe
- apposition
- appositive
- archaism
- article
- aspect
- assonance
- auxiliary verb
B
C
- case
- clause
- cliche
- co-ordinate conjunction
- collective noun
- colloquialism
- colon
- comma
- common noun
- commoratio
- comparative
- complement
- complete aspect
- complete tense
- complex sentence
- compound adjective
- compound noun
- compound predicate
- compound sentence
- compound subject
- compound verb
- concrete noun
- conditional sentences
- conjugation
- conjunction
- conjunctive adverb
- connotation
- consonance
- consonant
- continuing aspect
- contraction
- copular verbs
- correlative conjunction
- countable noun
D
- dangling modifier
- dash
- dative case
- declarative sentence
- definite article
- demonstrative adjective
- demonstrative pronoun
- denotation
- dependent adverb clause
- dependent clause
- determiner
- diction
- direct object
- direct question
- double comparative
- double negative
E
- ellipsis
- emotive language
- emphatic pronouns
- epiphora
- euphemism
- exclamation mark
- exclamatory sentence
F
- feminine
- figurative
- figure of speech
- finite verbs
- first person
- full stop (period)
- future perfect tense
- future perfect progressive tense
- future progressive tense
- future tense
G
H
I
- idiom
- imperative mood
- imperative sentence
- indefinite adjective
- indefinite article
- indefinite aspect
- indefinite pronoun
- indefinite tense
- independent clause
- indicative mood
- indirect object
- indirect question
- infinitive form
- infinitive phrase
- intensifier
- intensive pronoun
- interjection
- interrogative
- interrogative adjective
- interrogative adverb
- interrogative pronoun
- interrogative sentence
- intransitive verb
- irony
- irregular verb
J
K
L
M
N
- neologism
- neuter
- nominative case
- non-countable noun
- non-finite verbs
- non-restrictive clause
- noun
- noun clause
- noun phrase
- number
O
- object
- object of a preposition
- objective case
- object complement
- objective personal pronoun
- onomatopoeia
- oxymoron
P
- palindrome
- paradox
- paragraph
- parallel lists
- parentheses
- parenthesis
- parenthesis in apposition
- participle
- participle phrase
- parts of speech
- passive sentence
- passive voice
- past form
- past participle
- past perfect tense
- past perfect progressive tense
- past progressive tense
- past tense
- perfect aspect
- perfect progressive aspect
- perfect progressive tense
- perfect tense
- period (full stop)
- periodic sentence
- person
- personal pronoun
- personification
- phrasal verbs
- phrase
- plural
- positive degree
- possessive adjective
- possessive case
- possessive noun
- possessive personal pronoun
- possessive pronoun
- predicate
- predicate adjectives
- predicate nominative
- prefix
- preposition
- prepositional phrase
- present participle
- present perfect tense
- present perfect progressive tense
- present progressive tense
- present tense
- progressive aspect
- progressive tense
- pronoun
- proper noun
- prose
- punctuation
Q
R
- reciprocal pronoun
- reflexive pronoun
- regular verb
- relative adverb
- relative pronoun
- restrictive clause
- restrictive modifier
- rhetorical question
- root
- run-on sentence
S
- satire
- simile
- second person
- semicolon
- sentence
- sentence fragment
- simple aspect
- simple future tense
- simple past tense
- simple present tense
- simple sentence
- simple subject
- simple tense
- singular
- split infinitive
- squinting modifier
- staccato sentences
- stative verbs
- subject
- subjective case
- subject complement
- subject-verb agreement
- subjective personal pronoun
- subjunctive mood
- subordinate clause
- subordinating conjunction
- suffix
- superlative
- syllable
- synonym
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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