Grammar Words- Vocabulary Test

Master essential grammar vocabulary! Test your knowledge of key terms like synonyms, antonyms, and more.

Grammar System and structure of a language or of languages in general. Synonym A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close. Antonym a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good ). Suffix added at the end of a word to form a different tense, e.g., -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis Prefix An element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning (e.g. ex-, non-, re- ) Compound Word(s) Words formed when two or more words are put together to form a new word with a new meaning. Conjunction a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (examples include; and, but, if ). Preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” Punctuation the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning. Homonym each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins (examples include son & sun)