Meaning: A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence, 'The cat is sleeping,' 'cat' is a noun.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• name
• substantive

Meaning: A group of words that function together as a noun.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'the big red ball,' 'the big red ball' is a noun group.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: noun phrase

Meaning: A phrase that includes a noun and its modifiers.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'the tall building,' 'the tall building' is a noun phrase.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: noun group

Meaning: At the present time; currently.

Part of speech: adverb

Example: I am studying now.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• currently
• at present

Antonyms:

• then
• previously

Meaning: Abbreviation for 'number'.

Part of speech: abbreviation

Example: Please refer to nr 5 in the document.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: In contact with a surface.

Part of speech: preposition

Example: The book is on the table.

Synonyms:

• upon
• at

Antonyms:

• off
• away

Meaning: Moving to a position on a surface.

Part of speech: preposition

Example: He climbed onto the roof.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• upon
• on top of

Antonyms:

• off
• down

Meaning: A verb form used to indicate a completed action.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The past participle of 'go' is 'gone'.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: verb form

Meaning: A verb tense used to indicate an action completed before another action.

Part of speech: noun

Example: She had finished her homework before dinner; this is past perfect.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: verb tense

Meaning: A pronoun used to refer to a specific person or group.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In English, 'I' and 'you' are personal pronouns.

Category: Grammar › Pronouns

Synonyms: pronoun

Meaning: A pronoun that shows ownership, such as 'mine' or 'yours'.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence 'That book is mine', 'mine' is a possessive pronoun.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: ownership pronoun

Meaning: A word that comes before a determiner in a noun phrase.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'all the children', 'all' is a predeterminer.

Category: Grammar › Syntax

Synonyms: modifier

Meaning: The part of a sentence or clause that tells what the subject does or is.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence 'She runs fast', 'runs fast' is the predicate.

Category: Grammar › Syntax

Synonyms: verb phrase

Meaning: The form of a verb that ends in -ing and indicates an ongoing action.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence 'She is running,' 'running' is the present participle.

Category: Grammar › Verb Forms

Synonyms:

• gerund
• verb form

Meaning: A verb tense used to indicate actions that occurred at an unspecified time before now.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'I have eaten,' 'have eaten' is in the present perfect tense.

Category: Grammar › Verb Tenses

Synonyms:

• perfect tense
• verb tense

Meaning: A pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'She washed herself,' 'herself' is a reflexive pronoun.

Category: Grammar › Pronouns

Synonyms: self-pronoun

Meaning: A verb that requires a reflexive pronoun to complete its meaning.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'She enjoyed herself,' 'enjoyed' is a reflexive verb.

Category: Grammar › Verbs

Synonyms: self-verb

Meaning: A clause that conveys reported speech.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence, 'He said that he was tired,' 'that he was tired' is the reported clause.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: A question that is reported rather than directly quoted.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence, 'She asked if I was coming,' 'if I was coming' is the reported question.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: A way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting them directly.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In reported speech, we often change the tense of the verb.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: A clause that indicates who is speaking in reported speech.

Part of speech: noun

Example: In the sentence, 'He said that he was tired,' 'He said' is the reporting clause.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: Past tense of sit, to have been in a seated position.

Part of speech: verb

Example: He sat on the bench for an hour.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: seated

Antonyms: stood

Meaning: Past tense of sit, to have been in a seated position.

Part of speech: verb

Example: He sat on the bench for an hour.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: seated

Antonyms: stood

Meaning: Past tense of see, to have perceived with the eyes.

Part of speech: verb

Example: I saw a beautiful sunset yesterday.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: viewed

Meaning: Past participle of saw, to have cut with a saw.

Part of speech: verb

Example: The wood has been sawn into planks.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: Used to indicate future action or intention.

Part of speech: modal verb

Example: I shall return by evening.

Category: Grammar › Verbs

Synonyms: will

Meaning: An archaic form of 'shall', used in formal contexts.

Part of speech: modal verb

Example: Thou shalt not steal.

Category: Grammar › Verbs

Synonyms: shall

Meaning: Contraction of 'she is' or 'she has'.

Part of speech: pronoun

Example: She's going to the store later.

Category: Grammar › Pronouns

Meaning: A suffix used to form nouns indicating a state or condition.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Friendship is important in life.

Category: Grammar › Noun Formation

Meaning: Punctuation marks used to indicate direct speech.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Use speech marks to show what someone said.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms: quotation marks

Meaning: A noun that cannot be counted.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Water is an uncount noun.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• uncountable noun
• mass noun

Meaning: except if; used to introduce a condition.

Part of speech: conjunction

Example: You won't succeed unless you try.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• if not
• except

Meaning: different from; not similar to.

Part of speech: preposition

Example: Unlike her sister, she loves to read.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• dissimilar
• different

Antonyms:

• like
• similar

Meaning: Up to the time of.

Part of speech: conjunction

Example: We will wait until you arrive.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• till
• up to

Meaning: Indicates a past habit or state.

Part of speech: phrase

Example: I used to play soccer every weekend.

Category: Grammar › Expressions

Meaning: The past tense of 'be'.

Part of speech: verb

Example: He was happy to see his friends.

Category: Grammar

Synonyms:

• existed
• occurred

Antonyms:

• is
• will be

Meaning: The contraction of 'was not'.

Part of speech: verb

Example: He wasn't at the party last night.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: A pronoun used to refer to a group that includes the speaker.

Part of speech: pronoun

Example: We are going to the park this weekend.

Category: Grammar

Meaning: Past tense of be; used to indicate existence or identity.

Part of speech: verb

Example: They were happy at the party.

Category: Grammar › Verbs

Synonyms: existed

Antonyms: were not

Meaning: Contraction of 'were not'.

Part of speech: verb

Example: They weren't at the meeting yesterday.

Category: Grammar › Contractions

Synonyms: were not

Antonyms: were