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Article:

e.g: an, a, the

A word before a noun because " There was teddy" doesn't necessarily make sense. " There was a teddy" does.

Phrase:

e.g: The beautiful horse

A sentence of two or more words that make up a simple sentence.

Homophone:

Two words that sound the same but mean different things (and are spelt differently).

e.g: flour and flower

Synonyms:

A group of words that have the same or roughly the same meaning.

e.g: shout and yell, whisper and mumble

Antonyms:

A group of words that have the opposite meaning.

e.g: Shout and whisper, soft and rough

Subordinate clause:

The part of a sentence that doesn't make sense on its own.

e.g: Although he was full,he managed one more piece of chocolate.

Main clause:

The part of a sentence that does make sense on its own. e.g: Although he was full, he managed one more piece of chocolate.

Superlative:

The adjective to its full extent.

e.g: slowest, most fast, best