English Grammar Glossary

A word that modifies a noun or pronoun, describing its qualities, quantity, or identity.

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, expressing manner, time, place, or degree.

The noun or noun phrase to which a pronoun refers.

A noun or noun phrase placed beside another noun to identify or describe it.

A determiner (a, an, the) that precedes a noun and indicates whether it is specific or general.

A group of words containing a subject and a predicate; may be independent or dependent.

An error created by joining two independent clauses with only a comma.

A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses. Includes coordinating, subordinating, and correlative types.

A modifying word or phrase that has no clear or logical word to modify in the sentence.

A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb.

A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun in a sentence.

The base form of a verb preceded by 'to,' used as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or surprise, often set off by an exclamation mark.

A word, phrase, or clause that provides additional information about another element in a sentence.

A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

The use of the same grammatical form for elements that are joined or listed in a sentence.

A verb form used as an adjective (present participle: -ing; past participle: -ed/-en) or in compound tenses.

A group of related words that lacks a subject-verb combination and functions as a single part of speech.

The part of a sentence that contains the verb and tells something about the subject.

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

A word that takes the place of a noun, such as he, she, it, they, who, or which.

The noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that performs the action or is described by the predicate.

A dependent clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun that cannot stand alone.

The form of a verb that indicates the time (past, present, future) and aspect of an action or state.

A word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being and forms the core of the predicate.