English grammar is full of concepts that let us write and speak correct English. Today we will learn some of the most common terms in grammar.
English Grammar Vocabulary Words
Following is a list of common English grammar words along with their meanings:
| Term | Meaning |
| active voice | In a valid word, the verb title performs an action (e.g. they killed a lion) |
| adjective | A word like big, red, simple, French, etc. |
| adverb | A word that is a little similar, quiet, well, often etc. Extension changes action. |
| article | Unlimited articles a no. The “article specification” is. |
| auxiliary verb | The verb used for the main verb. Be, do and have helpful actions. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs. |
| clause | A group of words containing the title and its action (example: It was late when he arrived). |
| conjunction | A word used to link words, phrases and paragraphs (example: again, but, if). |
| infinitive | A basic form of action such as working or working. |
| interjection | Exclamation point added to speech without a program connection (for example: oh !, ah!, Well!). |
| modal verb | A helpful action such as can, may, must etc that transforms a major action and indicates the possibility, possible etc. It is also called “modal verb auxiliary”. |
| noun | Name, object, idea, person or place. “Concrete noun” is something you can see or touch as a person or a car. An “abstract noun” is something you cannot see or touch as a decision or a pleasure. “countable noun” is something you can count (example: bottle, song, dollar). An “uncountable noun” is something you can’t count (for example: water, music, money). |
| object | In a valid word, a noun or its equivalent receives an action verb. In a passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that makes the verb tense. |
| partciple | Action and verb forms. Form -ing is called “current participant”. Form -ed is called “previous role” |
| part of speech | One of the eight categories of English word – noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, adverb, conjunction and conjunction. |
| passive voice | In the action voice, the title gets the action verb (e.g. President killed). |
| phrase | A group of words that do not have a title and a verb (e.g. at a table, a girl in a red dress). |
| predicate | Each sentence consists of (or means) two parts: a title and an adverb. An adverb is what is said about a story. |
| preposition | A word like, to, in, over etc. Adjectives usually come before the noun and give details about things like time, place and direction. |
| pronoun | A name like me, me, you, he, she, etc. A pronoun replaces a noun. |
| sentence | A set of words that express an idea. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or suggests a subject and an adverb. In simple terms, a sentence should have a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), A question mark (?) Or an exclamation mark (!). |
| subject | Every sentence consists of (or says) two parts: a title and an adverb. A noun is a key (or equivalent) noun in a sentence for which something is said. |
| tense | The state of action indicates when an action or situation occurs (past, present or future). Note that the name of the time does not indicate when the action will take place. “Ongoing present tense”, for example, can be used to speak of the present or future tense. |
| verb | A word like (working) to work, (to love), (to start). An action describes an action or situation. |
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