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accent start learning		aspects of pronunciation that identify where a speaker is from, in contrast to dialect
adjective start learning		one of the four lexical word classes in English, its most common use is modifying nouns: That' s great; a bad attitude, a word such as happy or strange used with a noun to provide more information
adverb start learning		a word such as slowly or really used with a verb or adjective to provide more information
adverbial particle start learning		a function word like on or up, that can be used as part of a phrasal and phrasal- prepositional verbs: turn on, put up with.
article start learning		a word such as a, an or the used with a noun, the function words that signal definite or indefinite meaning: the, a, an.
auxiliary verb start learning		a verb such as will used with another verb
bidialectal start learning		being capable of speaking two dialects
bilingual start learning		a term used to describe a native speaker of two languages or a country with two official languages, in contrast to monolingual
cardinal numeral start learning		a word that states how many: the ten books.
collective noun start learning		a noun that refers to a group: army, family, herd.
collocation start learning		a combination of lexical words which frequently co-occur in texts: little + baby, small + amount, make + (a) + mistake.
common noun start learning		a noun that refers to a class rather than a specific entity: girl, city, grief.
complex preposition start learning		a preposition consisting of two or more words: such as, in case of. c
conjunction start learning		a word such as and or because used to make connections between words, phrases and sentences
countable noun start learning		a noun that refers to entities that can be counted: a cow, two cows.
definite article start learning		the determiner the, which signals definite meaning.
demonstrative determiner start learning		this/these and that/those acting as determiners (these cars / those girls)
demonstrative pronoun start learning		a demonstrative form (this, that, these, those) functioning as a pronoun: You will need those.
dialect start learning		aspects of the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of a variety of a language, in contrast to accent
etymology start learning		the study of the origin and history of words
function words start learning		words that express grammatical relationships and classifications, such as determiners, conjunctions, and prepositions.
idiom start learning		a fixed expression with a meaning that cannot be determined from the individual parts: kick the bucket.
indefinite article start learning		the determiner a/an that signals indefinite meaning.
irregular plural start learning		the plural form of nouns that do not follow the regular rule of just adding -(e)s to form the plural: mouse - mice; child - children.
irregular verb start learning		a verb which does not use the regular –ed inflection for past tense and/or past participle: speak-spoke- spoken; send-sent-sent.
language acquisition start learning		the gradual development of ability in a first or second language by using it naturally in communicative situations
lexical verb start learning		one of the four lexical word classes in English; e.g. come, find, overcome, magnify. Lexical verbs act as main verbs in clauses. They cannot act as auxiliary verbs.
lexical word classes start learning		the open classes of words, used to convey content meaning: lexical verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs (compare with function words).
modal verb start learning		a type of auxiliary verb used to express logical or personal meanings: can, should, might.
monolingual start learning		having, or being able to use, only one language, in contrast to bilingual
neologism start learning		a new word
non-countable start learning		type of noun that is not used in English with a/an or the plural (e.g. a furniture, two furnitures)- [*means not correct], in contrast to countable
noun start learning		a word such as boy, bicycle or freedom used to describe a person, thing or idea,
numeral start learning		a word that either specifies how many (cardinal numeral) or the position in a series (ordinal numeral): the past three years, the third week.
open class start learning		a term describing lexical words (verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs), signifying that it is not possible to list all the members of the class and that new members are regularly added.
passive voice start learning		the form of the verb used to say what happens to the subject (e.g. The car was stolen) in contrast to active voice
personal pronoun start learning		the most common type of pronoun, which has different forms for first person (I, we), second person (you, yours) and third person (it, they).
possesive determiner` start learning		a determiner in a noun phrase that expresses possession: my car, your bike.
possesive pronoun start learning		a pronoun that expresses possession: It’s mine, That’s yours.
preposition start learning		a word that introduces a prepositional phrase: in the car, your recollection about these events.
primary auxiliary start learning		a primary verb (be, have, or do) when used as an auxiliary verb.
primary verb start learning		one of the verbs be, have, and do, which can function as either auxiliary verbs or main verbs.
proper noun start learning		a noun that names an individual, usually a specific person or place: Sue, Chicago.
reciprocal pronoun start learning		a type of pronoun that expresses a mutual relationship between two or more parties: each other, one another,
reflexive pronoun start learning		a type of pronoun that ends in –self and refers back to the subject of the clause: myself, herself, oneself.
semi-modal start learning		a multi-word verb that shares some of the grammatical and semantic properties of modal verbs: have to, be going to.
standard language start learning		the variety of a language treated as the official language and used in public broadcasting, publishing and education
syllable start learning		a unit of sound consisting of a vowel and optional consonants before or after the vowel
verb start learning		a word such as go, drown or know used to describe an action, event or state

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