common grammar terms	

How many basic grammar terms do you understand? 
With your partner, try to give a short example of each of the following:

Grammar term	Your example	
sentence showing the main verb		
sentence showing an auxiliary verb		
sentence showing the subject		
sentence showing the direct object		
adjective		
adverb		
pronoun		
preposition		
linking word or phrase		
definite article		
indefinite article		
modal auxiliary verb		
bare infinitive		
full infinitive		
past participle		
gerund / ing-form		
stative verb		
action verb		
transitive verb		
intransitive verb		
prefix		
suffix		

Example answers	

Grammar term	Your example	
sentence showing the main verb	She has not met him (The main verb gives the meaning)	
sentence showing an auxiliary verb	She has not met him (The auxiliary verb is a 'grammar word' - in this case it is used to form the present perfect tense)	
sentence showing the subject	An old man in the corner looked up as we came in	
sentence showing the direct object	He picked up the case  (Some sentences contain two objects,  especially with verbs such as give, say, lend, tell etc.  e.g. He gave her a present. Here, 'present' is the direct object and 'her' is the indirect object	
adjective	a valuable book. (adjectives add information to nouns)	
adverb	She spoke quickly (adverb of manner); He never smokes (adverb or frequency;  I'll see him tomorrow (adverb of time)	
pronoun	They (subject pronoun) told her (object pronoun) to come back later	
preposition	in, at, on, about, for  etc	
linking word or phrase	time: when, while, as soon as, by the time  etc
contrast: however, but, yet, nevertheless  etc
addition: and, furthermore, moreover  etc
reason and result: so, therefore, as a result  etc	
definite article	the	
indefinite article	a / an	
modal auxiliary verb	can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought	
bare infinitive	play, eat, write	
full infinitive	to play, to eat, to write	
past participle	played, eaten, written	
gerund / ing-form	playing, eating, writing	
stative verb	be, have (for possession), like, love, know, understand, want  etc	
action verb	make, do, walk, eat, sit, sleep, ask, watch, listen  etc	
transitive verb	read, eat, tell (many verbs are sometimes transitive and sometimes intransitive) Transitive verbs are shown as 'verb [T]' in many dictionaries;
Verbs that can be transitive or intransitive are shown as 'verb [I] or [T]'	
intransitive verb	arrive, happen shown as 'verb [I]'	
prefix	un, in, im, re, pre, under, over, post, anti, pro  etc (prefixes usually modify the meaning of a work)	
suffix	ment, ation, ive, ous, ly  etc (suffixes usually indicate which part of speech a word is)