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English Language and Literature key terms
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English Language and Literature key terms
Language terms and concepts
- nouns
- proper noun- people, places, occasions
- common noun- not specific- types of people, objects, feelings
- concrete noun- things which physically exist
- collective noun- names given to groups of people
- abstract noun- feelings, ideas, qualities
- adjectives
- comparative- colder,bigger
- superlative- coldest,biggest
- verbs
- main verb- single verb expressing main meaning
- auxiliary verb- helping verb- going, must, have, been
- active- person or thing performing action is emphasised as subject of verb
- passive- emphasis shifts to object of verb
- adverb
- more info on verb- describes verb- better, loudly
- pronoun
- nouns
Spoken language