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Terms used in English grammar, writing, and phonics.

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A prefix consists of letters placed before a word in order to form a new word. Common prefixes in the English language include: un-, dis-, pre-, post-, and en-. For example, the prefix un- is used ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

A suffix is a letter or letters added tothe end of a word to modify its meaning. One common suffix is -s or -es, used to change a noun from singular to plural. An example would be one fox, two ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar Collected Term

A noun is a word that stands for a person, place, thing, or idea. Some examples of English nouns are: child, office, cat, car, democracy. Plural nouns indicate more than one of something, e.g. ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

A verb is a word that indicates action or a state of being. Examples of verbs indicating action include, for example: run, jump, think, drove, talked. States of being are indicated by "be" verbs ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun. Common adjectives indicate color, size, or other characteristics such as character traits. Examples of adjectives include: red, blue, tall, ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar Collected Term

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or an entire phrase. In the phrase "John opened the door very slowly," very is an adverb modifying the adverb slowly, which in ...

Domain: Language; Category: Grammar Collected Term

An anagram is a word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form another word or phrase. For example, in The Harry Potter book series the name "Tom Marvalo Riddle" is an anagram whose letters ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

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