Lexical Word Classes Flashcards
What is a concrete noun?
A tangible object, “car”, “castle”
What is an abstract noun?
A concept, “love”, “hate”
What is a proper noun?
A name, “Sony”, “Cass”
What is a collective noun?
A name for a group of objects/things, “herd”, “gaggle”
What is a verb?
An action word, “to run”
What is an adverb?
A word that gives more information to a verb/ group of words, “suddenly”, “never”
What is an adjective?
A word that is attributed to a noun, “Robert dashed”, “old dog”
What is a pronoun?
A word that functions as a word phrase by itself to refer to a person, “he”, “it”
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins clauses, “and”, “but”
What is a preposition?
A word that shows a relationship to the noun “on”, “at”
What is a determiner?
A word that modifies a noun to give more information on that noun, “the”, “some”
