FINITE VERB-
HAS A SUBJECT AND A TENSE
TO BE-FINITE VERB
IS, AM, ARE,WAS-ALL FINITE VERBS
EXAMPLES- THE GIRL WALKS
Subtopic
NON-FINITE VERB
HAS NO SUBJECT AND NO TENSE
EXAMPLE-WALKING
THE INFINITIVE
ALWAYS PROCEEDED BY A 'TO'
EXAMPLE- TO WALK; TO SLEEP; TO WORK
EXAMPLE- SHE FOUND IT HARD TO WORK
GERUNDS- ING
VERB ACTING LIKE A NOUN
EXAMPLE: THE CONTINUOUS WALKING
OF THE GIRL WAS ANNOYING
PARTICIPLE
FORMED FROM A NON-FINITE VERB
ACTS LIKE AND ADJECTIVE
EXAMPLE- THERE WERE TWO GIRLS: ONE THE WALKING ONE,
ONE HAD RED HAIR
REMEMBER THE TEST FOR AN ADJECTIVE
PROPER NOUNS
BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER
AND ARE NAMES FOR PEOPLE AND TOWNS
EXAMPLE- TUGELA, ANDISWA, CAPE TOWN
ABSTRACT NOUN
USED FOR THINGS YOU CAN'T TOUCHED
COMMON NOUN
ORDINARY NAMES FOR COMMON OBJECTS
EXAMPLE- DESK, PERSON, SKY
COLLECTIVE NOUN
A SINGULAR WORD USED
FOR A GROUP OF THINGS
EXAMPLE- A MURDER OF CROWS
A HERD OF CATTLE
ADJECTIVES OF DEGREE
These are adjectives used to compare
something with someone else
POSITIVE
Clean
COMPARATIVE
Cleaner
SUPERLATIVE
Cleanest
INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES
When someone questions something
EXAMPLE; WHICH Person?
WHOSE pencil? WHAT sickness?
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
A present particle plays the role of an
adjectives
EXAMPLE: The hanging branch became the perfect swing
NUMERICAL ADJECTIVES
Include all the numbers as well as words
like 'many' and 'few' when used with nouns
EXAMPLE: Ten cows; Many flies
Few people
PROPER ADJECTIVES
Formed out PROPER nouns
EXAMPLE; British people
[From the PROPER noun BRITAIN
EXAMPLE: ZULU culture
AMERICAN law, TUGELA river
DEMONSTRATIVE
ADJECTIVE
When comparing two things, one uses
relative adjectives
EXAMPLE; THAT table
THOSE friends, THESE books.
ADVERB of Time
Tells WHEN the verb occurs
EXAMPLE: The girl runs TODAY
There is also an adverbial phrase of time
ADVERB of Place
Tells us WHERE the verb occurs
EXAMPLE: The girl washes her hair there
Adverbial phrase of place
ADVERB of Manner
Tells us HOW the verb occurs
EXAMPLE: The girl washes her hair gently
Adverbial phrase of manner
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I,You, ,He/She/It [1st, 2nd,3rd
person singular]
We, You,They. [1st,2nd,3rd
person plural
EXAMPLE: I will go to town with you
EXAMPLE: We will go to town with them
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Shows that things BELONG to a person
Yours, Mine, His, Hers
EXAMPLE: This book is mine, yours is
over there.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Refers to the previous pronoun
[like reflexive angles]
Myself, Yourself,Himself,Herself
EXAMPLE: I wash myself, they wash
themselves
RELATIVE PRONOUN
Who, whom, whose, which,that
WHO and WHOM are used for PEOPLE
The girl who ran to town
WHICH and THAT are used for THINGS
The book that was lying on the table
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN
These SHOW which noun is meant:
this, that,these, those
EXAMPLE: Do this before you do that
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Join two EQUAL clauses, phrases or even just words.
Coordinating means of equal worth
There are only 7 of theses
EXAMPLE: FANBOYS
For;And;Nor;But;Or;Yet;So
When a coordinating conjunction is used between
clauses, with no other conjunctions in the sentence
the conjunction[s] form a COMPOUND sentence
SUB-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
They form a complex sentence
Use at or by
EXAMPLE: We were amazed at all the circus animals
We were amused by the clowns
SIMILAR TO
DIFFERENT FROM
COMPARED WITH
CONTRASTED TO
DIFFE
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE: THE
The tree; the girl; the table.
It indicates a SPECIFIC noun.
When reading 'the' before a vowel.
it is pronounced 'thee'
THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE: A/AN
A table: a girl: an owl: an unusual color
EXAMPLE : OUCH! WOW! GOSH!