Vocabulary for IELTS (Basic) - Language and Grammar

the shortened form of a word, etc.

(grammar) the voice in which the subject is the agent that does the action of the verb

(grammar) a word or phrase that adds more information to another word in sense of time, manner, degree or cause

the symbol ' used in writing to show possession or omission of letters or numbers

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

a verb that is used with other verbs to indicate tense, voice, etc., such as do, have, and be

(grammar) a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and functions as a unit within a sentence

(grammar) a word such as and, because, but, and or that connects phrases, sentences, or words

a short form of a word or a group of words used instead of the full form

(grammar) a word coming before a noun or noun phrase to specify its denotation

the symbol ! that marks an interjection, which is a word or phrase indicating surprise, anger, excitement, etc.

connected to the rules or the study of grammar

(grammar) a verb or verb phrase that expresses an order to do something

(phonetics) the rising and falling of the voice when speaking

(grammar) a verb without a direct object

(grammar) a verb that needs a direct object

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

(in grammar) the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is affected by the action of the verb, rather than performing it

the symbol . used to mark the end of a sentence or an abbreviation

(grammar) a letter or a set of letters that are added to the beginning of a word to alter its meaning and make a new word

(grammar) a letter or a set of letters that are added to the end of a word to alter its meaning and make a new word

(grammar) describing a word that indicates that the action of the verb affects the agent performing it

(grammar) referring to a noun, clause or sentence that has come before

to say the exact sentence or group of words someone else used in a movie, book, etc.

(grammar) the name of a place, person, country, etc. with its first letter capitalized

(grammar) a noun that refers to an object or a concept in a category but not to a specific one

either of the symbols " " or ' ' used before and after a word or words to indicate the beginning and the end of a title or quoted remark, or to mark a jargon

(grammar) a noun or noun phrase that is affected by the action of the verb, or is followed by a preposition

(grammar) a noun that denotes a general quality or an idea, rather than a physical object or real world event

an emphasis given to a particular syllable of a word, part of a sentence, or note in a set of musical notes