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موضوع بعنوان :English Grammar Terms
الكاتب :Galal Hasanin


Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Active Voiceالمبني للمعلوم
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action
الفاعل هو الذي يقوم بالحدث
(eg They killed the President).

Adjective الصفة
كلمة تصف اسم او ضمير
A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

Adverb الحال
ويصف كيفية حدوث الفعل
A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.

Article الادوات

The "indefinite" articles are a and an. The "definite article" is the.

Auxiliary Verb الفعل المساعد

A verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.

Clause عبارة تحتوي علي فاعل وفعل
A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived).

Conjunction رابط

A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).

Infinitive المصدر

The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.

Interjection لفظه تعجبية

An exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).

Modal Verb افعال ناقصة

An auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility, probability etc. It is also called "modal auxiliary verb".

Noun الاسم

A word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept, person or place. A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a person or car. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness. A "countable noun" is something that you can count (for example: bottle, song, dollar). An "uncountable noun" is something that you cannot count (for example: water, music, money).

Object المفعول

In the active voice, a noun or its **alent that receives the action of the verb. In the passive voice, a noun or its **alent that does the action of the verb.

Participle التصريف الفعلي

The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed form is called the "past participle"

Part Of Speech اجزاء الكلام

One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Passive Voice المبني للمجهول

In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was killed). See also Active Voice.

Phrase عبارة لا تحتوي علي فاعل ولا فعل
A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress).

Predicate خبر الجملة

Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.

Preposition حرف الجر

A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.

Pronoun الضمير
A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.

Sentence الجملة

A group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!).

Subject الفاعل

Every sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main noun (or **alent) in a sentence about which something is said.

Tense زمن الجلة

The form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens. The "present continuous tense", for example, can be used to talk about the present or the future.

Verb الفعل

A word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.