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Phrase<br />
A group of words in a sentence which does not have<br />
a finite verb (i.e. a verb with a subject)<br />
For example: The girl with red hair played well.<br />
(adjectival phrase)<br />
During the school holidays we visited<br />
the museum. (adverbial phrase)<br />
Plural<br />
A word to indicate more than one<br />
For example: three apples<br />
lots of people<br />
Possessive determiner<br />
A determiner used before a noun to show ownership<br />
For example: my book, his shoes<br />
Possessive pronoun<br />
A pronoun used to show ownership<br />
For example: That book is mine. The yellow one is<br />
yours.<br />
Note: Possessive pronouns do not have an<br />
apostrophe.<br />
Prefix<br />
A word part added at the beginning of a word to<br />
alter the meaning or make a new word<br />
The general rule concerning a prefix is to simply<br />
add it to the word.<br />
For example: happy, unhappy<br />
clockwise, anticlockwise<br />
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