Language Analysis Terms Flashcards
What are the 7 types of common nouns
- Abstract
- Collective
- Compound
- Concrete
- Non-countable
- Gender specific
- Verbal
What is a collective noun? Give an example
Nouns that describe groups
e.g. - team, choir, squad, class
What is an abstract noun? Give an example
Things you cannot physically see or touch
e.g. - love, hate, happiness, sadness
What is a compound noun? Give an example
Nouns made up of more than one word
e.g. - court-martial, water bottle
What is a gender-specific noun? Give an example
A word that is definitely male or female
e.g. - actress, actor, waitress, waiter
What is a non-countable noun? Give an example
Nouns that cannot be counted
e.g. - food, music
What is a verbal noun? Give an example
Nouns derived from verbs
e.g. - a building, an attack
What is a pronoun? Give an example
A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun
What are the 8 different types of pronouns?
- Personal
- Interrogative
- Demonstrative
- Reflexive
- Possessive
- Reciprocal
- Indefinite
- Relative
What type of pronoun are these:
‘this’, ‘these’, ‘that’
Demonstrative
What type of pronoun are these:
‘all’, ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘several’, ‘anyone’
Indefinite
What type of pronoun are these:
‘who’, ‘which’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘how’
Interrogative
What type of pronoun are these:
‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, ‘our’
Possessive
What type of pronoun are these:
‘which’, ‘that’, ‘whom’
Relative
What type of pronoun are these:
‘each other’, ‘one another’
Reciprocal
What type of pronoun are these:
- words ending in ‘self’ or ‘selves’
Reflexive
What is a preposition? Give an example
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between two other words
e.g. - on, in, around, above, near, underneath, from
What is a conjunction? Give an example
Conjunctions join words (or groups of words) together
e.g. - and, but, or, also
What are the 3 types of conjunctions, describe each ones function, and give an example of each
- Coordinating - used to join individual words, phrases and independent clauses e.g.- and, or, but
- Subordinating - used to show the relationship between a dependent and independent clause e.g.- although, as, after, if
- Correlative - conjunctions that appear in pairs e.g.- either…or, neither…nor
What is a determiner? Give an example
A word that appears in front of a noun to modify it
e.g. - the, every, this, those, many
What is an adjective?
Describing word
What are the 3 main and then 2 minor types of adjectives?
- Demonstrative
- Indefinite
- Possessive
- Numbers
- The articles
What is the main grammatical function of an adjective?
To modify pronouns
What is an adverb?
A word used to modify a verb or an adjective
What are the 7 types of adverbs?
- Time
- Manner
- Place
- Degree
- Condition
- Concession
- Reason
In this sentence, identify the adverb and the adjective
‘He ran the race remarkably quickly’
Adverb: ‘quickly’
Adjective: ‘remarkably’
What type of adverbs are these:
‘now’, ‘never been’, ‘daily’
Time
What type of adverbs are these:
‘everywhere’, ‘there’, ‘here’
Place
What type of adverbs are these:
‘easily’, ‘stealthily’
Manner
What type of adverbs are these:
‘farthest’, ‘more cleverly’
Degree
What type of adverbs are these:
‘if’, ‘unless’
Condition
What is an interjection? Give an example
A word added to a sentence to convey an emotion or sentiment suddenly
e.g. - No, Hey!, Indeed, Good, Jeepers
What is a verb?
A doing word
What are the 7 main types of verb?
- Transitive
- Intransitive
- Modal
- Phrasal
- Auxiliary
- Stative
- Action
What is an action verb? Give an example
A verb expressing an activity that someone can actually do
e.g. - eat, play, run, dig,
What is a stative verb? Give an example
A verb expressing a state of being, rather than an action
e.g. - believe, feel, be
What is a transitive verb? Give an example
A verb that acts on something, it has a direct object
e.g. - Lee ATE the pie (the transitive verb ate and the direct object is ‘the pie’)
