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  1. Abstract Noun: A noun that names ideas, emotions, or qualities that cannot be sensed with the five senses.
  2. Action Verb: A verb that shows a physical or mental action performed by the subject.
  3. Adjective: A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, adding detail.
  4. Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; often tells how, when, where, or to what extent.
  5. Articles (Determiners): The words a, an, the used before nouns to show specificity or introduce something.
  6. Auxiliary (Helping) Verb: A verb that supports a main verb to form tenses, voices, moods, or emphasis.
  7. Collective Noun: A singular word that refers to a group acting as one unit.
  8. Comparative Adjective: An adjective form used to compare two things, usually with -er or more/less.
  9. Compound Adjective: Two or more words (often hyphenated) acting together to modify a noun.
  10. Concrete Noun: A noun naming something that can be sensed with the five senses.
  11. Conjunction: A word that links words, phrases, or clauses.
  12. Countable Noun: A noun that can be made plural and counted.
  13. Determiner: A word placed before a noun to indicate which one, whose, or how many.
  14. Gerund: A verb form ending in -ing used as a noun to name an activity.
  15. Interjection: A word/short phrase expressing emotion or reaction, often standing alone.
  16. Intransitive Verb: A verb that does not take a direct object; the action stands alone.
  17. Irregular Verb: A verb whose past forms do not follow the regular -ed/-d pattern.
  18. Linking Verb: A verb that connects the subject to a description or state, not an action.
  19. Modal Verb: A type of auxiliary that expresses ability, possibility, permission, necessity, or obligation.
  20. Noun: A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
  21. Personal Pronoun: Refers to specific people/things; subject forms (I, you, he, etc.) and object forms (me, him, them, etc.).
  22. Possessive Pronoun: Stands alone to show ownership.
  23. Preposition: Shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word, often about place, time, or movement.
  24. Proper Adjective: An adjective formed from a proper noun; capitalised.
  25. Proper Noun: Names a specific person, place, or thing; capitalised.
  26. Reflexive Pronoun: Refers back to the subject; ends in -self/-selves.
  27. Relative Pronoun: Introduces a relative clause giving more information about a noun.
  28. Regular Verb: Forms past tense/past participle by adding -ed or -d.
  29. Superlative Adjective: Shows the highest/lowest degree among three or more.
  30. Transitive Verb: A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning.
  31. Uncountable Noun: A noun not used in the plural and measured with a unit/quantity word.
  32. Verb: A word expressing an action, state, or process; essential for forming a sentence.