adjective

a big house

words used to add information to nouns

adverb

He was walking quickly.

words used to add information to verbs, adjectives and to add information to sentences

collocation

make a cake; little boy; petrol station

words which are often used togther: verb+noun; adjective+noun; noun+noun etc

did verb form

past simple; second form

I went shopping yesterday.

the verb form describing a distant event, state or concept

distance

for example the physical distance between here and there eg five kilometres

there are different sets of distances in English associated with verb and adverb use

do verb form

base form; first form; bare infinitive; infinitive; infinitive without to

I live here.

the verb which contains the information about the action, state etc

do-ing adjective

It was very exciting.

the adjective describing a process which has started but not finished

do-ing noun

gerund; verbal noun

Reading is good for children.

a noun describing a process or activity

do-ing verb form

-ing participle; present participle

I'm living here.

the verb form describing a process which has started but not finished

done adjective

He is very excited.

the adjective describing a done event: he is very excited because something in the past has made him excited

done verb form

-ed participle; past participle; third form

I have lived here for ten years.

the verb form describing a 'done' (finished/completed) event

event time

I left school in 1983.

the time something happens - this might be different from utterance time

main verb

lexical verb

I live here.

the do form of the verb, which contains the information about the action, state etc

marker verb

auxillary verb

be, do and have verbs and may; might; can; could; will; would; shall; should; must

verbs used to make complex verb forms and to show opinion (certainty, probablity etc)

modal marker verb

modal auxillary verb

may; might; can; could; will; would; shall; should; must

verbs used to show opinion of events (certainty, obligation, probability etc)

object

She made a cake.

the example sentence has the pattern: subject +verb+direct object

preposition

at; in; on

a word which introduces a prepositional phrase

prepositional phrase

at home

a phrase containing a preposition use to add information to a sentence about time, place etc

primary marker verb

primary auxiliary verb

be, do and have verbs

verbs which are used to make complex verb forms like: present progressive, present perfect and passive forms and question forms

primary verb

be, do and have verbs

these three verbs act as main verbs and marker verbs

subject

She made a cake.

the example sentence has the pattern: subject +verb+direct object

time

utterance

something which is said

utterance time

the time when someone says something - always now

verb

main verb; lexical verb

She made a cake.

a word which contains information about an action, state etc

word