6 Terms
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passive voice
Language; Grammar
A verb form in which the subject receives the verb's action. Contrast with active voice. The passive voice is used when the subject is being acted upon rather than doing something. It's created by ...
active voice
Language; Grammar
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action. For example, "She visited her friends in Chicago."
auxiliary verb
Language; Grammar
A verb that is used with a main verb to provide further information about the action. For example, '''be''', '''do''' and '''have''' are auxiliary verbs. The words '''can''', '''may''', '''must''' ...
helping verb
Language; Grammar
A verb that is used with a main verb to provide further information about the action. For example, '''be''', '''do''' and '''have''' are auxiliary verbs. The words '''can''', '''may''', '''must''' ...
modal verb
Language; Grammar
An auxiliary verb such as '''can''', '''may''', '''must''' that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility and probability, etc.
modal auxiliary verb
Language; Grammar
An auxiliary verb such as '''can''', '''may''', '''must''' that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility and probability, etc.
part of speech
Language; Grammar
A part of speech is the grammatical or functional classification of words in a given language. In the English language, there are eight parts of speech: '''noun''', '''verb''', '''pronoun''', ...
