English grammar

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Mind Map on English grammar, created by wendy3619 on 03/06/2014.
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English grammar
  1. Nouns = naming words & Common = people, places, animals & things
    1. Collective Nouns E.G Swarm of Bees
      1. Possessive Nouns = Use an apostrophe to show ownership E.G Jaydon's pen
        1. One owner E.G The dinner of the dog = The dog's dinner
          1. More than 1 owner E.G. = The tents of the scouts = The scout's tents
            1. If owner is plural E.G The school of the boys = The boys' school
        2. Pronoun = Stands in place of noun E.G Jaydon runs / "He" runs
          1. Singular Pronouns = I, he, her, she, it
            1. Plural = More than 1 E.G His, they, them, theirs
            2. Proper Nouns = Name of place or person E.G South Africa
              1. Adjectives = describing the noun E.G Large tree / small mouse
                1. Comparitive adj. = compare 1 noun to another E.G Fast - faster
                  1. Superlative adj. = comparing more than 1 other noun E.G Fast, faster - Fastest
                2. Verbs = doing words
                  1. Past, present & future E.G Walks, Walked and will walk
                    1. Adverb = Describes the verb E.G The animals gathered slowly.
                      1. Adv of manner = 'how' / Adv of time = 'when' / Adv of place = 'Where;
                    2. Syllables = breaking up word E.G Beau/ti/ful
                      1. Synonym = similar word E.G. Pretty/ Beautiful
                        1. Antonym = Opposite word E.G Fast/ Slow
                        2. Conjunction = Joining word E.G Because, and , that, but, when
                          1. Contractions = shortened form of 2 words E.G We have = we've the apostrophe shows the letter that have been removed
                            1. Roots words/ Prefixes/Suffixes
                              1. Prefix (Before) = mis,en
                                1. Anti , Auto (by itself), Dis (go) like disappear, Sub, Un (not)
                                2. Root (Core) = use, joy
                                  1. Suffix (After) = Less (not)/ ful (a lot) /ment
                                    1. Able, ible, less, ward/s, ology
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