action verb, use dynamic verbs
active verb, use active voice
active voice, used for active verb, a subset of transitive verbs
see also passive voice, transitive verbs
adjective clauses, used for relative clauses
articles (the, a)
a type of determiner
aspect, use tense
auxiliary verbs, used for helping verbs
used with verb to form tenses (be, do, have)
see also linking verbs, lexical verbs
see also modal auxiliary verbs
base form (of verb), used for plain form
content words, used for working words
words that carry the meaning of a sentence (main verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs)
see also function words
copula, use linking verbs
copular verbs, use linking verbs
demonstratives (this, that)
a type of determiner
dependent clause, used for subordinate clause
determiner
see also articles, possessives, demonstratives, quantifiers
ed form, use past participle
ed participle, use past participle
essential clauses, use restrictive clauses
full verb, use lexical verb
function words, used for glue words
words that establish grammatical relationships (articles, auxiliary verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and pronouns)
see also content words
gerunds, used for verbal nouns, gerundial nouns
glue words, use function words
helping verbs, use auxiliary verbs
intransitive verb
lexical verb, used for main verb, principal verb, full verb
see also auxiliary verbs, linking verbs
linking verbs, used for copular verbs, copula
joins a subject of a sentence or subordinate clause to a subject complement. May take a noun or an adjective (not an adverb) as the complement
see also auxiliary verb, lexical verbs
main verbs, use lexical verbs
modal auxiliary verbs (can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, would)
non-essential clauses, use non-restrictive clauses
non-restrictive clauses, used for non-essential clauses
participles, ambiguous: use participial phrases, present participle, or past participle
passive verb, use passive voice
passive voice, used for passive verb
see also active voice, transitive verbs
past participle (-ed form) used for passive participle, perfect participle
plain form (of verb), use base form
possessives (their, your)
a type of determiner
present participle (-ing form) used for active participle, imperfect participle, progressive participle, gerund-participle
principal verb, use lexical verb
quantifiers (many, all)
a type of determiner
relative clauses, use adjective clauses
restrictive clauses, used for essential clauses
state of being verbs, use static verbs
static verbs, used for state of being verbs, inactive verbs, stative verbs, state verbs
subordinate clause, use dependent clause
transitive verbs
verb that accepts one or more objects
see also active voice, passive voice
working words, use content words