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