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Adjectives are words that describe nouns, like colors, shapes, sizes, and
A contraction is when two words are joined and one or more letters are
the second word and replaced with an apostrophe.
Definite Article - the
The English definite article, the, is used very little in comparison
to the definite articles in some languages, including French and Spanish. On
the other hand, the definite article is used a lot more in English than in
languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Russian, which do not have articles at
Demonstrative Adjectives - this, that, these, those
Demonstrative adjectives indicate which one of something you are talking about.
Indefinite Article - a, an, one
The English indefinite article, a, an, one, is used
to refer to something unspecific.
Negative statements are the opposite of affirmative statements.
In English, there are several ways to create negative statements.
Negative adverbs are used to make negative statements. English negative adverbs include
not, never, and nowhere.
Nouns and Plurals
A noun refers to a person, place, or thing, and can be singular or plural.
Possessive Adjective - my, your,
Possessive adjectives describe to whom or to what something belongs. There
is one possessive adjective for each grammatical person.
Subject Pronoun - I, you, he, she, it, we,
The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the
action of the verb. The subject pronoun replaces this person or
Lessons on English verbs.
Yes/no questions are asked using one of these verbs: be,
do, or a modal verb.
They can be answered with a simple yes or no.
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