A - Easy Flashcards
We
Subject first plural pronoun
You
Subject second singular/plural pronoun
Object second singular/plural pronoun
He/she/it
Subject third subject pronoun
They
Subject third plural pronoun
Me
Object first singular pronoun
Us
Object first plural pronoun
Him/her/it
Object third singular pronoun
Them
Object third plural pronoun
I
Subject first singular pronoun
Adjective
Describing word. Commonly used to describe a noun.
Stupid
Comparative adjective
Used for comparing two people or things.
Better
Superlative adjective
Used for comparing one person or thing with every member of their group.
Greatest
Common Noun
Classify things into general types of things.
Dog
Proper Noun
Refer to specific people and places - Capital letter
Hannah
Abstract Noun
Refer to ideas, processes, occasions, times and qualities that can’t be seen.
Love
Count Noun
Can be counted and so have plural form - can’t be used after determiner much
Sheep
Non-count Noun
Refer to substances and qualities that can’t be counted. No plural form. Can’t follow determiner ‘a’ but can follow ‘much’.
Joy
Collective Noun
Singular in form and refer to groups of people, animals or things.
Company
Personal Pronoun
Replace the noun
he, she, it
Possessive Pronoun
Used to show possession of something.
Mine, Ours, theirs, yours
Reflexive pronoun
Used when the same person is the subject and object in the sentence. Can create emphasis.
Myself, ourselves, yourself, herself
Demonstrative Pronoun
Refer to particular people or things and are used to ‘point’ to them.
This, That, Those, These
Interrogative pronoun
Used to ask questions
What, Which, Who, Whom and Whose.
Indefinite Pronoun
Refer to people or things in general.
All of, Both of, each of, neither of, every, some, -one, - body, no+thing
Relative Pronoun
Follow the nouns they describe directly. Create relative clauses.
Who, Whom, Which, Whose, That
Verb
Doing word
Dynamic Verb
Indicated action, process or sensation
Brought
Stative Verb
Describes a state, situation or condition
Own
Transitive Verb
Followed by a direct object.
Sells
Intransitive Verb
Doesn’t have an object
sat
Lexical Verb
Full or main verb. Any Verb in english that isn’t a auxiliary verb. Conveys a real meaning and doesn’t rely on another verb.
Rained
Auxiliary Verb
Helping verb. Determines the mood or tense of another verb.
3 common ones - Have, Do, Be
Primary Verb
The main auxiliary Verbs - Have, Do, Be
“ The Primary Auxiliary Verb ‘have’….
Modal Auxiliary Verb
Describes an action. There are 9.
Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Would, Will, Should, Shall, Ought.
Adverb
Modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, noun phrase, clause, or sentence. Typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty.
I worked “yesterday”
Circumstance Adverb
These tell us about the particular circumstances in which the action or the state or the change took place.
Quickly, there, often
Degree Adverb
Tell us about the intensity or degree of an action, an adjective or another adverb.
Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely.
Sentence Adverb
Expresses a writer’s or speaker’s attitude to the content of the sentence in which it occurs (such as frankly, obviously ), or places the sentence in a particular context (such as technically, politically ).
Determiner
Determiners are words which come at the beginning of the noun phrase. They tell us whether the noun phrase is specific or general.
Definite Article
The
Indefinite Article
A, An
Possessive Determiner
Show Possession.
My, your, his, her, its; our, their, whose
Demonstrative Determiner
Refer to particular people or things.
This, that, these, those
Indefinite Determiner
?
Cardinal
Refer to quantity.
one, two, three, etc
Ordinal
Refer to distribution.
first, second, third, etc
Conjunction
Used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause .
and, but, if
Co-ordinating Conjunction
Placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank
and, but, or.
Subordinating Conjunction
Introduces a subordinating clause.
although, because.
Phrase
Small group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause.
Present Participle
The form of a verb, ending in -ing
Past Participle
The form of a verb, typically ending in -e
Noun Phrase
A noun phrase or nominal phrase (abbreviated NP) is a phrase which has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head word.
Headword
Word in initial position of clause that determines the nature of a phrase
Pre-modifier
Word, especially an adjective or a noun, that is placed before a noun and describes it or restricts its meaning in some way.
The “ugly” cat…
Post-modifier
Word, especially an adjective or a noun, that is placed after a noun and describes it or restricts its meaning in some way.
The cat was “ugly”…
Intensifier
Gives additional emotional context to the word it modifies.
Amazing
Qualifier
Used to attribute a quality to another word, especially a noun.
Main Clause
Can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb.
Subordinate Clause
A clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause
Simple Sentence
A sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
Compound Sentence
A sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
Complex Sentence
A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
Minor Sentence
A minor sentence is a sentence that is either not fully formed or is an incomplete sentence.
Declarative
Used to convey information or to make statements.
Imperative
Imperative sentences are used in issuing orders or directives
Interrogative
Interrogative sentences are used in asking questions
Exclamative
Exclamative sentences are used to make exclamations
Compliment
A polite expression of praise or admiration
Adverbial
A word (an adverb) or a group of words (an adverbial phrase or an adverbial clause) that modifies or tells us something about the sentence or the verb.
Active Voice
The subject performs the action denoted by the verb.
Maddie sent the letter.
Passive Voice
Subject is no longer active, but is, instead, being acted upon by the verb
The letter was sent by Maddie.
