... a noun used to refer to an entity that is not perceptible and tangible, such as quality, state of mind, or an event.

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... a word that typically functions as a premodifier of an adjective or another adverb or as an adverbial.

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a segment that is not itself a word but is attached to a word in order to change its grammatical or lexical meaning.

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... a question that offers two or more options for the response (Do you want to stay a little longer or go home straightaway? Which would you prefer, coffee or tea?).

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... a grammatical category referring primarily to the way that the time denoted by the verb is regarded. English has perfect and continuous (a)  

... describing an adjective used as the premodifier of a noun.

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... one of a small set of verbs that combine with a main verb to form the perfect or progressive aspect or the passive, or to convey distinctions of modality (such as possibility or permission), and to function as operator for forming negative sentences and questions.

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... a numeral that refers to quantity.

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a grammatical category in which distinctions in the forms of words indicate grammatical relationships between words. In present-day English, these distinctions apply only to nouns and certain pronouns.

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... a construction that typically consists minimally of a subject and a verb.

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...a noun that denotes a group of people, animals, or institutions.

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... a sentence that consists of a main clause that has one or more subordinate clauses.

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... a word from a combination of two or more words (strictly speaking, two or more bases). They may be written solid (turncoat, mouthpiece), hyphenated (mother-in-law, cook-chill), or as separate orthographic words (smart card, junk food).

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... a sentence that consists of two or more main clauses (each of which could be an independent sentence) that are linked by coordination, the coordinator generally being and, but, or or ('It has only been a week and I feel lonesome without you').

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... a clause which indicates that the situation in the main clause is unexpected in view of what is said in the subordinate clause. It expresses a contrast or opposition to the main clause. Common introductory words include "although," "even though," and "though". 

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... a subordinate clause which is introduced by the subordinator 'if' or 'unless'.

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... a word that connects sentences together, either as a coordinator or a subordinator.

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... describing a form that has been shortened, usually by the loss of the vowel and sometimes the initial consonant (e.g. don't, can't, it's)

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... is the linking of two or more units that would have the same function if they were not linked.

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... a conjunction linking units of equal status.

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... the most common sentence type, typically used in the expression of statements and generally requiring subject-verb order: It was raining last night; Nobody saw us; Cindy is the best candidate.

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... introduces noun phrases. It conveys various pragmatic and semantic contrasts relating to the type of reference of the noun phrase and to notion; such as number and quantity (e.g all, both, a/an, the, my, this, two, many, several).

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... an incomplete sentence that is perfectly normal and acceptable because rule-governed.

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... special importance or prominence attached to a certain part of a sentence.

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... a grammatical category in which contrasts are made within a word class (in рresent-day English restricted to certain pronouns and determiners) such as personal/non-personal, masculine/feminine/neuter.

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... an -ing participle that shares characteristics of a noun and a verb (e.g I love swimming).

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... the base form of the verb.

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... an affix that expresses a grammatical relationship, such as the plural -s in candidates and the -ed ending in wanted.

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... an exclamatory emotive word that is loosely attached to the sentence or used as an utterance by itself, such as oh and boo.

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... a verb that does not have a complement, it does not require a direct object to complete its meaning (e.g. He is laughing).

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... a semantic category that deals with two types of judgement: those referring to the factuality of what is said (its certainty, probability, or possibility), and those referring to human control over the situation (ability, permission, intention, obligation).

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One of the formal categories into which verb forms are classified, indiсating whether the verb is expressing fact, command, wish, hypothesis, etc. English has indicative, imperative, and subjunctive ~.

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an abstract unit established for the analysis of word structure. It is a basic unit in the vocabulary.

A word сan be analysed as consisting of one ~ (sad) or two or more ~ (unluckily), each ~ usually expressing a distinct meaning.

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... the grammatical means of denying the truth of an affirmative сlause or sentence.

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... a set of grammatically related forms, such as the five forms of the irregular verb drive: drive, drives, driving, drove, driven.

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... another term for word class. A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.

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... a multi-word verb in which a verb is combined with a preposition to form an idiomatic unit

(e.g come up with, point out, make up).

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... the study of the use of the language and its interpretation in situational contexts.

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Sentences and clauses are often divided into the subject and the ~~~. It consists of the verb and its complements and adverbials that are functioning as adjuncts.

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... a closed class of words that have a range of functions similar to those of nouns; for example they сan serve as subject or direct object.

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... contrasts with a common noun. They have unique reference. They name specific people, places, etc. (Esther, New York).

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... a clause that postmodifies nouns ('the house that I own'), pronouns ('those who trust me'), and nominal adjectives ('the elderly who are sick').

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... a sentence type having the form of a question but the communicative function of a statement.

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... applies to indirect speech. It is the relationship between the tenses of the verbs in the reporting clause and the reported clause as a result of backshift of the verb in the reported clause.

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(a)   a sentence consisting of one main clause, without any subordinate clauses.

... the performance of an utterance (spoken or written) in a particular context with a particular intention.

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... the separation between infinitival to and the infinitive verb by the insertion of one or more words. For example 'really' in 'to really understand'.

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... a preposition which it is left by itself, without a following prepositional complement. 'With' in 'It will be dealt with at onсe'. 'About' in 'That's the person I was telling you about'

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... a clause which is grammatically dependent on a main clause.

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... the ways in which words combine into structures of phrases, clauses, and sentences, part of grammar along with morphology.

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... a grammatical category which distinguishes between active and passive. A term that is used to denote the form of the verb which shows if the subject in a given sentence is the doer or receiver of the action.

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... is postulated for noun phrases where no article (or other determiner) is present.

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... an interrogative sentence which is introduced by a wh-word.

e.g. 'Who is next?'; 'To what do I owe this visit?'

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... a form of an adverb or an adjective expressing the highest degree of a quality.

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... relating to meaning (adjective).

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Pronouns such as myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves are called ... (adj.).

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... a word like "in," "on," "at," or "with" that connects a noun, pronoun, or phrase to other words in a sentence, often showing relationships of time, place, or movement.

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... a word that (alone or with modifiers) is сaрable of functioning as subject (rice in 'Rice is grown in this country'), or direct object ('I like rice'), or complement of a рreposition ('This is made from rice').

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... a subсlass of determiner comprising onсe, twice, thrice, double, treble, quadruple, and multiplying expressions headed by 'times' (e. g. ten times).

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