grammar-definitions
Terms
undefined, object
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- verb
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an action something you do
a state of being: is am are were, was - noun
- a person place thing
- compound word
- two words put together to make a new word and a new meaning
- prefix
- a syllable added to the beginning of a word to form a new word and create a new meaning
- suffix
- a syllable added to the end of a word
- contraction
- Two words put together to make a word but the meaning does not change.
- linking verbs
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does not show action;
tells about present or the past; connects subject to rest of the sentence. - helping verbs
- helps to show an action;
- irregular verbs
- verbs in the past that have special forms; spelled differently.
- adverb
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It tells more about a verb.
It tells when, where and how.