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what are open word classes?

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continually changing words eg nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs

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common noun

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general idea (non specific)
e.g dog

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concrete nouns

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something physical (can touch)
e.g a pen

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abstract nouns

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an idea
e.g happiness, love

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collective nouns

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describes a collective
e.g team or family

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regular verbs

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to change to past tense you add -ed
e.g walk -> walked

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irregular verbs

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to change to past tense you don’t add -ed
e.g feel -> felt or run -> ran

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finite verbs

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an act that ends
e.g walked

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non-finite verbs

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an act that doesn’t end
e.g sleeping

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primary auxiliary verbs

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be, do and have

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modal auxiliary verbs

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all modal verbs
e.g must, could, should

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dynamic verbs

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indicates an action
e.g run, jump

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stative verb

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expresses a condition
e.g love, care

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pre-modifying adjectives

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before a noun

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post-modifying adjectives

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after the noun

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comparative nouns

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compares two subjects and ends in -er (typically)
e.g more beautiful than

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superlative adjectives

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ends in -st and used to describe an object at the upper/lower limit of quality

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manner adverb

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how something happens
e.g quickly

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time adverbs

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how long/when
e.g usually

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frequency adverbs

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how often
e.g frequently

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place adverbs

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where it happens
e.g everywhere

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degree adverbs

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the intensity of a verb
e.g very

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what are closed word classes?

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changes slowly and stays constant over time
e.g pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions

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reflexive pronouns

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refers back to the subject
e.g themselves

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personal pronouns

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substitutes the proper name of a person
e.g she, yours

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possessive pronouns

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indicates an ownership
e.g ours, mine

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interrogative pronouns

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used to introduce a question
e.g who, whom, what, which, whose

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reciprocal pronouns

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indicates a mutual action
e.g one another

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relative pronouns

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introduces a relative clause
e.g which, that

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demonstrative pronouns

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used to point to specific people or things
e.g this, that

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articles

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provides context and introduces a noun
e.g a, an, the

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definite article

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a specific noun
(the)

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indefinite article

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a general version of the noun
(a,an)

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possessive article

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a noun that belongs to someone else
e.g his, my, hers

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time prepositions

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when something happens
e.g until, before

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place prepositions

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refers to where something is located
e.g in, on, at

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co-ordinating conjunctions

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joins phrases/words of equal value
e.g but, yet, for

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sub-ordinating conjunctions

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links a dependent clause to an independent
e.g once, while, where

39
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colloquial language

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informal language

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registers

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how informal/formal a text is

41
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What is a Simile?

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uses words ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare one object or idea with another suggesting a likeness

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What is a Metaphor?

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states a fact by using a comparison e.g you are what you eat

43
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What is personification?

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where human characteristics are given to an animal or object e.g the trees wept

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What is hyperbole?

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used to sensationalise as it exaggerates e.g he was so hungry he ate the whole cornfield for lunch.

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What are idioms?

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a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements e.g it’s raining cats and dogs

46
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what are cliches?

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an expression used so often it becomes boring e.g many hands make light work

47
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What is a declarative sentence?

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tells about something

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What is an interrogative?

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asks about something

49
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what is an imperative?

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tells someone to do something

50
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what is an exclamatory?

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shows a strong feeling, ends in ‘!’

51
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what is active voice?

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putting the subject at the start of the sentence e.g john smashed the window

52
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what is passive voice?

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putting the subject last in a sentence to remove emphasis e.g the window was smashed by john

53
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What is an SVO structure?

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subject - verb - object

54
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What is an SVA structure?

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subject - verb - adjunct (adverb)

55
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what is the SVC structure?

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Subject - verb - complement
THE SUBJECT AND COMPLEMENT LINK E.G DAWN SEEMS HAPPY

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What is an independent clause?

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where a group of words can stand as a sentence alone

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What is a dependent clause?

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a group of words that can’t stand alone, contains a subject and a verb

58
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What is a conditional clause?

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starts with if, and is hypothetical

59
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what is a relative clause?

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starts with relative pronouns

60
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what is an adverbial clause?

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a dependent clause that functions as an adverb

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What is a time clause?

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says when something happens

62
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what is a purpose clause?

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indicates the purpose of an action

63
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what is a reason clause?

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indicates the reason for something

64
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what is a concession clause?

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makes two statements contrast

65
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what is a place clause?

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talks about the location of something

66
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what is a comparison clause

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states a comparison of size, skill or amount

67
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what is a manner clause

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talks about behaviour or the way something is done

68
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what is a results clause?

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indicates the result of an act or event

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