Introduction Flashcards

basics

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Abstract Nouns

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Non-physical and cant be sensed. Include feels, emotions, characteristics.
e.g. love, happy, beauty, Monday

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Concrete Nouns

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Material which can be perceived by the 5 senses.
e.g. table, pencil, dog

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Proper Nouns

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Words for specific things. Always CAPITALISED.
e.g. London, Patricia, Luton College

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Common Nouns

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Non-capitalised words for types of things, people, places.
e.g. professor, city, cat

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Collective Nouns

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Noun used to name a group of something.
e.g. herds of cows, gang of robbers, litter of puppies

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What are count nouns?

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Nouns that can be counted and made plural.
e.g. bananas, books, chairs

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What are Non-count nouns?

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Nouns that cant be counted or made plural.
e.g. sheep, air, happiness, music

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What are Modifiers?

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Modifiers are all words describing nouns.

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What are the names of two comparing nouns, one made by ‘er’ and the other ‘est’?

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Comparatives formed by adding ‘-er’
Superlatives formed by adding ‘-est’

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What is the Modifier added to form Comparatives?

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‘More’

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What is the Modifier added to form Superlatives?

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‘Most’

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Antonyms

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adjectives with opposite meanings
e.g. good-bad, hot-cold, stupid-smart

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Synonyms

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Adjectives with similar meanings

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Determiners

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words that determine the noun youre talking about
e.g. this, that, the, a, your

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Two types of Verbs

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Dynamic- actions
Stative- state or actions

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What are dynamic verbs?

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actions which can be seen or physically felt

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What are stative verbs?

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refer to the state of a subject or the situation of the subject

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Lexical Verbs

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expresses the meaning in the noun phrase

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What are the three Auxiliary Verbs?

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be = indicate the progressive tense
do = used in interrogative, negative and emphatic structures
have = indicate the perfect tense

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What are Verb Phrases?

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Consists of just one main verb or one main verb with one of more auxiliary verb.

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Modal Verbs
( Modal Auxiliary Verbs )

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can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, must, might

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What is Passive Voice?

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Less direct and focuses on object. Object comes first then subject
Used when the reciever of action is more important than the doer

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Adverb

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Modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or whole sentence
Expresses manner, time, place, frequency.

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Adverbs of Manner

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Tells audience exactly how something happens
e.g. angrily, hard, tightly, so

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Adverbs of Place
Tells where something happens e.g. about, in , up, on, downstairs
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Adverbs of Time
Tells when something happens e.g. tonight, weekly, usually, next
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Adverbs of Degree
Tells to what extent something happens e.g. almost, too, somewhat, enough
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What are the 5 sentence types?
Simple = 1 clause Compound = 1 or more clauses joined with coordinating conjunction Complex = main clause joined with subordinate clauses by subordinating conjunction Compound-Complex = main clause, 1 or more subordinate clause, 1 or more coordinating clauses Minor = incomplete clause, no noun or verb.
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