Word Combinations
Noun-Adjective
Example: Big house, happy child, red car.
Adjective
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Noun
A word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality.
Noun-verb
Noun
A word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality.
Example: The dog ran, the book lay on the table.
Verb
A word or phrase that describes an action, condition, or experience.
Example: The child ran quickly, The writer typed a story.
Prepositional Phrases^
Prepositional phrases show location, direction, or time.
They consist of a preposition, an object, and sometimes modifiers.
Example: On the table, across the street, before dinner.
Nouns and prepositions
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Prepositions can be combined with nouns.
Examples:
-The book on the table
-The answer to the question
Verbs and prepositions
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In grammar, a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word.
Example:
look at, wait for
Abbreviations and affixes
Abbreviation
A short form of a word or phrase.
Alffix
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word.
Examples:
-Prehistory: prefix pre-
-Educator: root educa + suffix -dor