IELTS Académique (Band 5 et en Dessous) - Langue et grammaire

(grammar) a unit of language that has a specific meaning

mot

a group of words that forms a statement, question, exclamation, or instruction, usually containing a verb

phrase

the study or use of words and the way they are put together or changed to make sentences

grammaire

a group of words put together in a meaningful way

expression, syntagme

(grammar) a word or phrase used to describe an action, state, or experience

verbe

a word that is used to name a person, thing, event, state, etc.

nom

a type of word that describes a noun

adjectif

a word that gives more information about a verb, adjective, or another adverb

adverbe

(grammar) a word that can replace a noun or noun phrase, such as she, it, they, etc.

pronom

(grammar) any type of determiner that shows whether we are referring to a particular thing or a general example of something

article

(grammar) a word that comes before a noun or pronoun to indicate location, direction, time, manner, or the relationship between two objects

préposition

a list or an arrangement of inflected forms of a verb

conjugaison

(grammar) a form of the verb that indicates the time or duration of the action or state of the verb

temps

a group of words or a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal interpretation of its individual words, often specific to a particular language or culture

expression idiomatique

(grammar) any of the grammatical classes that words are categorized into, based on their usage in a sentence

partie du discours

a well-known statement or phrase that expresses a general truth or gives advice

proverbe

the use of marks such as a period, comma, etc. in writing to divide sentences and phrases to better convey meaning

punctuation

(grammar) the form of a verb that indicates whether the subject does something or something is done to it

voix

all the words used in a particular language or subject

vocabulaire

the process of changing written or spoken words from one language to another while maintaining the same meaning

traduction

a book or electronic resource that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings, or gives the equivalent words in a different language

dictionnaire

the act or the ability of putting letters in the correct order to form a word

orthographe

a word or phrase that has an opposite or contrasting meaning to another word or phrase

antonime

a word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language

synonyme