All Key Terms

Question 1

Concrete Noun

Answer 1

Anything that physically exists
E.g. table, oxygen, chair, etc.

Question 2

Abstract Noun

Answer 2

Anything that exists in the mind (mental constructs)
E.g. happiness, sadness, beauty, etc.

Question 3

Collective Noun

Answer 3

Used to refer to groups or people or things
E.g. an (army) of ants

Question 4

Proper Noun

Answer 4

Names, Names of places, Months / Day

Question 5

Dynamic Verb

Answer 5

Physical actions we can see
E.g. running, sitting, etc.

Question 6

Stative Verb

Answer 6

Action which are a state of mind and cannot be seen
E.g. think, determine, etc.

Question 7

Lexical Verb

Answer 7

A verb in which no action occurs; can identify tense
(Similar to an aux. verb being used alone)
E.g. my head was sore

Question 8

Auxiliary Verb

Answer 8

A verb which aids a main verb; can identify tense
Modal verbs fall into this category
E.g. Kady is walking (is)

Question 9

Modal Verb

Answer 9

Predicts / Determines future events

Question 10

Main Verb

Answer 10

Main Action

Question 11

Attributive Adjective

Answer 11

Gives a noun a plain description
E.g. “a red car” (red)

Question 12

Comparative Adjective

Answer 12

Used to compare one thing to another.
more / less / er
E.g. slower

Question 13

Superlative Adjective

Answer 13

Used to push nouns to their most extreme form
most / least / est
E.g. cutest, least cool, etc.

Question 14

Possessive Pronoun

Answer 14

Shows possession
E.g. His / Hers / Theirs

Question 15

Reflexive Pronoun

Answer 15

Links back to subject / object
- Add self/selves
E.g. they drove themselves insane

Question 16

Main Clause

Answer 16

Works independently in a sentence

Question 17

Subordinate Clause

Answer 17

Cannot work alone in a sentence

Question 18

Simple Sentence

Answer 18

Has no conjunction
- Just a simple clause

Question 19

Compound Setence

Answer 19

Consists of only main clauses

Question 20

Complex Sentence

Answer 20

Has either / both of the clauses

Question 21

Subject

Answer 21

What or who does the action

Question 22

Object

Answer 22

What or who is affected by the verb

Question 23

Complement

Answer 23

Additional info in a sentence

Question 24

Imperative Sentences

Answer 24

Commands / Demands others to do something

Question 25

Interrogative Sentences

Answer 25

Questions

Question 26

Exclamative Sentences

Answer 26

Expressions

Question 27

Declarative Sentences

Answer 27

Conveys information

Question 28

Free Morpheme

Answer 28

Morpheme that can stand alone (typically is a word) - Can miss / replace singular letters

Question 29

Bound Morpheme

Answer 29

Cannot work alone - Must be connected to a free morpheme

Question 30

Affix & Types of

Answer 30

A grammatical element that is combined with a word stem to to produce derived or inflected forms - Prefix / Infix / Suffix / Circumfix

Question 31

Suffix

Answer 31

An affix placed at the end of a word stem - e.g. slow(ly) / cat(s) / ask(ed)

Question 32

Prefix

Answer 32

An affix placed at the beginning of a word stem - Typically changes the meaning of a word (happy -> unhappy)

Question 33

Inflectional Morphology

Answer 33

When morphology is used to show plurals / tense - e.g. present to past tense: skip -> skipped - e.g. singular to plural: lion -> lions

Question 34

Derivational Morphology

Answer 34

When morphology is used to alter word class - e.g. adjective to noun: slow -> slowness

Question 35

Circumfix

Answer 35

An affix consisting of two parts; one placed at the end of a word stem and one at the beginning (prefix and suffix together) - e.g. enlighten (en)

Question 36

Adfix

Answer 36

An affix attached to the outer stem of a word to form a new word

Question 37

Productive Affixes

Answer 37

Word formation process: New words are coined by the use of affixes - e.g. ness; can be applied to the majority of words to change meaning

Question 38

Infix

Answer 38

A word is placed between 2 morphemes for rhetorical effect - e.g. abso-bloody-lutely

Question 39

Present Simple Tense

Answer 39

An action in the present that happens often or is factual - Often formed by suffix 's' / 'es' E.g. He speaks

Question 40

Present Continuous Tense

Answer 40

An action in the present only taking place for a limited time / arranged for the future - Am / is / are E.g. He is speaking

Question 41

Present Perfect Tense

Answer 41

A past action that is related to or continue into the present - Have / has E.g. He has been speaking

Question 42

Adverb of Manner

Answer 42

How something is done E.g. furiously / quickly / etc.

Question 43

Adverb of Degree

Answer 43

Extent to which something is done E.g. Hardly / almost / etc.

Question 44

Adverb of Time / Temporal Adverb

Answer 44

When something is done E.g. Today / Tomorrow / etc.

Question 45

Adverb of Frequency

Answer 45

How often something happens E.g. Sometimes / Always / etc.