lexicology

Question 1

what are open class words?

Answer 1

content words that can accept new words

Question 2

what are closed class words?

Answer 2

structural and function words
determine sentence structure
are fairly fixed in number

Question 3

types of nouns

Answer 3

concrete, abstract, collective, count/mass

Question 4

concrete nouns

Answer 4

common nouns and proper nouns

Question 5

abstract nouns

Answer 5

describe intangible items e.g. love, freedom

Question 6

collective nouns

Answer 6

refer to groups of people, animals or things

Question 7

count/mass

Answer 7

count nouns: able to be counted and have a plural

mass nouns: cannot be counted

Question 8

types of adjectives

Answer 8

attributive adjectives and predicative adjectives, comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives

Question 9

attributive adjectives

Answer 9

Usually before the noun and it modifies the verb

Question 10

predicative adjective

Answer 10

comes after linking verb

Question 11

types of verbs

Answer 11

lexical verbs, auxiliary verbs and copula verbs

Question 12

lexical verbs

Answer 12

main verbs

the primary verb in a sentence that shows the action or state of being of a subject

Question 13

auxiliary verbs

Answer 13

verbs that support main verbs:
primary auxiliary verbs: is/was, had/has
modal verbs: indicate likelihood of verb happening
copular: linking verbs, connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or an adjective. Links distinct elements in a sentence together

Question 14

stative verbs vs dynamic verbs

Answer 14

stative: express states of being or processes in which there is no obvious action
dynamic: express actions

Question 15

transitive verbs

Answer 15

Must be followed by a direct object to make sense. The direct object will be a noun phrase.

Question 16

intransitive verbs

Answer 16

do not need a direct object to complete their meaning. Unlike other types of verbs, intransitives can end sentences

Question 17

ditransitive verb

Answer 17

have both a direct and an indirect object

Question 18

types of adverbs

Answer 18

circumstance adverbs
interrogative adverbs
negative adverbs
degree adverbs

Question 19

circumstance adverbs

Answer 19

modify verbs, giving details of the circumstances

Question 20

interrogative adverbs

Answer 20

introduce a sentence that asks a question, when, where why

Question 21

negative and affirmative adverbs

Answer 21

negative adverbs deny or contradict a statement and affirmatives do the opposite

Question 22

degree adverbs

Answer 22

modify or intensify adjectives or verbs

Question 23

types of determiners

Answer 23

articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, possessives

Question 24

articles

Answer 24

a, an, the

Question 25

demonstratives

Answer 25

this, that, these, those

Question 26

possessives

Answer 26

my, your, his, their