1. Adjective
A word that describes a noun, e.g. a big house,
a cold morning.

2. Adverb A word that describes a verb: when, where, how
He walked quickly.
He would arrive soon.
He played outside.

3. Article
The words the, a or an which go before a noun.

4. Clause
A part of a sentence that contains a verb and someone or something doing the action.

5. Conjunction
A word that joins two clauses or sentences, e.g. and, but, so.

6. Main clause
An important part of a sentence that would make sense on its own.

7. Compound sentence
Made up of two or more main clauses linked by a conjunction such as:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

8. Main clause e.g. I went out even though it was raining.
I went out is the main clause because it makes sense on its own.

9. Noun
A word that names something, e.g. scissors, book, tree.

10. Proper noun
A word that names a person or a place, e.g. Paul, London, Wales.

11. A small part of a sentence, usually without a verb,
Phrase
A small part of a sentence, usually without a verb,
e.g. I have met many famous pop stars.

12. Prefix
Letters that can be put in front of a word to change its meaning, e.g. unlock.

13. Preposition
A word that tells you how things are related, e.g. in, above, before.

14. Pronoun
Words that can be used instead of nouns, e.g. I, you, he, it.

15. that, which, whom, who, whose
Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause.
that, which, whom, who, whose

16. Relative Clause
A relative clause is one connected to a main clause by a word such as 
which, that, whom, whose,when, where, or who

17. Main Clause
Every sentence contains at least one main clause. It makes sense on its own:
He was eating a sandwich

18. Subordinate clause
A less important part of a sentence which doesn’t make sense on its own.

19. Subordinate clause e.g. While you were out, I watched TV.
While you were out is the subordinate clause because it doesn’t make sense on its own.

20. Suffix
Letters that can be put after a word to change its meaning, e.g. cheerful.

21. Verb
A doing or being word, e.g. I run,
he went, you are.

22. Comma
Used to separate items in a list and to mark the beginning or end of a clause.

23. Comma
E.g. The train, which was late, pulled into the station.

24. Colon
Used to introduce an idea or a list, e.g. There was only one thing to do: jump!

25. Semi-colon
Used to separate complex items in a list or to separate independent clauses.

26. Semi-colon
E.g. Zach didn’t enjoy playtime; he didn’t like football.

27. Speech marks
Used to show direct speech (also called inverted commas).
“Stop!” she shouted.

28. Apostrophes
Used to show possession,
e.g. The girl’s jumper was in her bag.

29. Apostrophes
Used to show omission,
e.g. wouldn’t, they’re, I’ve.