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participle of a verb; eg …a smiling face. …a winning streak.
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‘-ing’
form
 a  verb  form  ending  in  ‘–ing’  which  is  used  to  form  verb
tenses,  and  as  an  adjective  or  a  noun.  Also  called  the
present
participle
.

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69
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71
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72
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94
interrogative
pronoun
 one  of  the  pronouns  ‘who’,  ‘whose’,  ‘whom’,
‘what’, and ‘which’, when they are used to ask questions.
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interrogative
sentence
a sentence in the form of a question.
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intransitive
verb
 a  verb  which  does  not  take  an  object;  eg  She
arrived… I was yawning. Compare with
transitive verb
.
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irregular
verb
a verb that has three or five forms, or whose forms do
not follow the normal rules.
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and appendix of verb tables
link
verb
a verb which takes a complement rather than an object; eg be,
become, seem, appear.
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main
clause
a clause which does not depend on another clause, and is
not part of another clause.
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main
verb
all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals.
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5
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57
manner clause
a subordinate clause which describes the way in which
something is done, usually introduced with ‘as’ or ‘like’; eg She  talks
like her mother used to.
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,
100
modal
a verb such as ‘can’, ‘might’, or ‘will’, which is always the first
word  in  a  verb  group  and  is  followed  by  the  base  form  of  a  verb.
Modals  are  used  to  express  requests,  offers,  suggestions,  wishes,
intentions,  politeness,  possibility,  probability,  certainty,  obligation,
and so on.
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8
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18
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60
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61
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64
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67
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79
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91
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97
mood
the mood of a clause is the way in which the verb forms are used
to show whether the clause is a statement, command, or question.
negative
 a  negative  clause,  question,  sentence,  or  statement  is  one
which has a negative word such as ‘not’, and indicates the absence or

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opposite of something, or is used to say that something is not the case;
eg I don’t know you… I’ll never forget. Compare with
positive
.
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11
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12
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57
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80
negative  word
 a  word  such  as  ‘never’,  ‘no’,  ‘not’,  ‘nothing’,  or
‘nowhere’,  which  makes  a  clause,  question,  sentence,  or  statement
negative.
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4
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7
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8
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10
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12
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21
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23
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27
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30
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80
non-defining  relative  clause
 a  relative  clause  which  gives  more
information about someone or something, but which is not needed to
identify  them  because  we  already  know  who  or  what  they  are;  eg
That’s Mary, who was at university with me. Compare with
defining
relative clause
.
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non-finite clause
a ‘to’–infinitive clause, ‘–ed’ clause, or ‘–ing’ clause.
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73
,
94
noun
a word which refers to people, things, ideas, feelings, or qualities;
eg woman, Harry, guilt.
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13
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15
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23
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31
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48
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56
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94
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95
noun group
a group of words which acts as the subject, complement, or
object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition.
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2
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38
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40
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object
a noun group which refers to a person or thing that is affected by
the action described by a verb or preposition. Compare with
subject
.
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20
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51
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object  pronoun
 one  of  a  set  of  pronouns  including  ‘me’,  ‘him’,  and
‘them’, which are used as the object of a verb or preposition. Object
pronouns are also used as complements after ‘be’; eg I  hit  him…  It’s
me.
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opinion adjective
an adjective which you use to express your opinion of
a  person  or  thing,  rather  than  just  describing  them.  Compare  with
descriptive adjective
.
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ordinal number
a number used to indicate where something comes in

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an order or sequence; eg first, fifth, tenth, hundredth.
participle
a verb form used for making different tenses. Verbs have two