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Glossary

clause says which person or thing is subjunctive
being talked about (e.g. A friend who The subjunctive is a set of verb forms
lives in London is getting married). used, mainly in rather formal
A non-defining relative clause gives English, to talk about possibilities
more information about the noun rather than facts (e.g. We recommend
(e.g. My bicycle^ which I've left that he be given the job; If I were
outside your house, is over 20 years you, I'd go home now).
old).
transitive verb
relative pronoun A verb that takes an object (e.g. She
A pronoun such as who, which, or was holding a bunch of flowers.).
that which is used at the beginning of Compare INTRANSITIVE VERB.
a relative clause.
two-word verbs & three-word verbs
reported speech Verbs that are commonly used with a
Speech that is reported without using particular particle (adverb or
the exact words of the speaker. preposition) are referred to here as
Sometimes called 'indirect speech'. two-word verbs (e.g. She looked after
her elderly parents). Verbs that are
reporting clause & reported clause
commonly used with two particular
A statement that reports what people particles (adverb + preposition) are
think or say is often divided into a referred to here as three-word verbs
reporting clause and a reported (e.g. He looked up to his older
clause (e.g. She said (= reporting brothers). These are sometimes called
clause) that the building was unsafe 'prepositional verbs' and 'phrasal
(= reported clause)). verbs'.

simple sentence wh-words
A sentence consisting of one clause. A group of words (e.g. who, where,
when, how) that are used in WH-
state verb
QUESTIONS.
A verb that is used to describe a state
(e.g. believe, think) rather than an wh-question
action. Compare DYNAMIC VERB. A question that begins with a WH-
WORD (e.g. Where are you going?).
subject
The person or thing that does the yes/no question
action of the verb (e.g. Tommy went A question that can be answered with
home). Compare OBJECT. 'yes' or 'no' (e.g. Do you like coffee?).

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