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NOUN: naming word
PREPOSITION: shows the relationship/position of the noun/pronoun to the rest of the sentence.
ABBREVIATIONS: shortened forms of a word/phrase, said as a full word
INITIALISM: each letter is pronounced individually.
ACRONYM: words formed from the 1st/initial letters of words but are said as a full word
PREFIXES: found in front of a root word
SUFFIXES: added to the end of a root word
ACTIVE: this voice is clear and straight-forward
PASSIVE: the emphasis is now not on the person or thing performing the action in this voice
ADJECTIVES: describing words
FYI: for your information (abbreviation)
ADVERBS: These words/phrases/clauses answer questions like: where? when? how? how often? why?
PHRASE: a few words that do not make sense on their own
CLAUSE: contains a subject and finite verb
COMPOUND: these types of sentences have two main clauses joined with co-ordinating conjunctions
COMPLEX: these types of sentences have a main clause and a dependent clause joined with sub-ordinating conjunctions
FINITE: these verbs have a subject and tense
AUXILIARY: these verbs are also known as helping verbs (e.g. is/was/will)
TRANSITIVE: an object follows directly after this verb
INTRANSITIVE: an object does not follow directly after this verb, or there is no object at all
INDIRECT SPEECH: also known as reported speech

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noun: naming word
preposition: shows the relationship/position of the noun/pronoun to the rest of the sentence.
abbreviations: shortened forms of a word/phrase, said as a full word
initialism: each letter is pronounced individually.
acronym: words formed from the 1st/initial letters of words but are said as a full word
prefixes: found in front of a root word
suffixes: added to the end of a root word
active: this voice is clear and straight-forward
passive: the emphasis is now not on the person or thing performing the action in this voice
adjectives: describing words
fyi: for your information (abbreviation)
adverbs: these words/phrases/clauses answer questions like: where? when? how? how often? why?
phrase: a few words that do not make sense on their own
clause: contains a subject and finite verb
compound: these types of sentences have two main clauses joined with co-ordinating conjunctions
complex: these types of sentences have a main clause and a dependent clause joined with sub-ordinating conjunctions
finite: these verbs have a subject and tense
auxiliary: these verbs are also known as helping verbs (e.g. is/was/will)
transitive: an object follows directly after this verb
intransitive: an object does not follow directly after this verb, or there is no object at all
indirect speech: also known as reported speech