describes or gives more information about how, when, where, or to what degree etc something is done,

e.g. he worked quickly and well.

         can be definite (the), indefinite (a/an) or zero (-), e.g. I was at (-) home in the sitting room when I heard

a noise.

                                                                          relates to the type of event, e.g. whether it is long

or short, whether it is complete or not, whether it is repetitive or not, whether it is connected to the time of speaking or not. There are two in English, the continuous/progressive and the perfect. The continuous, for

example, suggests that something is happening temporarily.

         generally consists of a subject and a finite verb relating to the subject and any other elements, e.g. object.

Can be a full sentence or a part of a sentence.

                               a word which refers to a noun (phrase) and shows whether it is near or far from

the speaker, e.g. this, that, these, those.

                          is a word that is always used with a particular noun, verb or adjective before another word,

e.g. interested in, depend on, bored with.

               used to make clear which noun is referred to, or to give information about quantity, and includes

words such as the, a, this, that, my, some, e.g. That car is mine.

An example of a grammar point, function or lexical set.

Future with going to

I’m going to visit my aunt on Sunday. It’s going to rain.

Future with present continuous

He is meeting John for dinner at eight tomorrow.

Future with present simple

The plane leaves at 9.00 next Saturday.

Future with will or shall

I’ll help with the cleaning. It will be lovely and sunny tomorrow.

A form of a verb functioning as a noun, which ends in -ing, e.g. I hate shopping.

a grammatical language pattern, e.g. present perfect simple, and the parts which combine

to make it, e.g. have + past participle.

                  a verb used with other verbs to show ideas such as ability or obligation or possibility. They include

can, must, will, should, e.g. I can speak French, but I should study even harder.

–ed and –ing forms of the verb, they are often used to make tenses or adjectives, e.g. an interesting film

(present participle); I haven’t seen him today. (past participle)

A small grammatical word, often an adverb or preposition which does not change its form when used in a sentence,

e.g. look after, after

 something is done to or happens to the subject of the verb, e.g. The tree was hit by the car.

Past continuous, progressive

I was watching TV all evening.

Past perfect continuous, progressive

I had been studying for three hours so I felt tired.

Past perfect simple

After I had phoned Mary, I went out.

Past simple

I went on holiday to France last year.