Grammar Terms

Why learn about Grammar Terms?

Knowing the standard words used in grammar will make your job of learning a language much easier.

Often they are seemingly complex looking or sounding words that explain very simple words.

Don't be frightened by the seemingly 'academic' look to some of these terms. They are very useful terms and are easy to come to grips with:

To become familiar with some of the normal terms used in learning Grammar, take a look at this sentence:

"The woman washes a round plate quickly in the kitchen."

The role of each word in the sentence and the associated grammatical terms are explained below:

Grammar Terms	What it is	Word in Sentence
Definite Article	indicates something definite	(The)
Noun (subject)	person, place, thing, animal	(woman)
Verb	"doing" word, describes the action	(washes)
Indefinite Article	indicates something indefinite	(a)
Adjective	describes the noun	(round)
Noun (object)	person, place, thing, animal doing the action	(plate)
Adverb	describes the verb (how is the action done?)	(quickly)
Preposition	time, place, condition	(in)
Definite Article	the	(the)
Noun	person, place, thing, animal receiving the action	(kitchen)

Here are some other useful Terms used in Grammar

Grammar Terms	What is is	Examples
Personal (subject) pronoun	This replaces the noun	I, you, he, she, it, they, we, one
Subject	The person, place, thing or animal that does the action.	Mike, mouse, town
Object	The person, place, thing or animal that receives the action.	e.g. Sue, dog, box
Conjunction	links two parts of a sentence together.	and, if, but -

For more lessons showing Grammar Terminology in Use, click below.

Lessons of Grammar Terms in Use

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