Language and Grammar: English Vocabulary List

(grammar) a unit of language that has a specific meaning

"This word means happy."

"She chose her words carefully to express her sincere apology for the misunderstanding that had occurred."

a group of words that forms a statement, question, exclamation, or instruction, usually containing a verb

"This is a sentence."

"A simple sentence contains a single subject and a predicate"

a group of words put together in a meaningful way

"The politician used a well-rehearsed phrase."

"A noun phrase acts as a single grammatical unit"

(grammar) any type of determiner that shows whether we are referring to a particular thing or a general example of something

"A is an article."

"In English, 'a', 'an', and 'the' are the three types of article used before nouns."

a list or an arrangement of inflected forms of a verb

"Verb conjugation is complex."

"Mastering the conjugation of irregular verbs is essential for fluency in many foreign languages."

(grammar) a form of the verb that indicates the time or duration of the action or state of the verb

"Future tense is next."

"The teacher explained how to correctly use the future tense to describe events that will happen later."

a group of words or a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal interpretation of its individual words, often specific to a particular language or culture

"This idiom has a strange meaning."

"The English idiom "it is raining cats and dogs" means it is raining very heavily."

(grammar) the form of a verb that indicates whether the subject does something or something is done to it

"The verb is in passive voice."

"The teacher explained the difference between active and passive voice in grammar class."

all the words used in a particular language or subject

"Expand your vocabulary by reading."

"Legalese is the formal and technical vocabulary of the legal profession"

the process of changing written or spoken words from one language to another while maintaining the same meaning

"The translation took hours."

"The translation of ancient texts requires a deep understanding of both languages and their cultural context."