Lexis

Question 1

lexis

Answer 1

refers to vocabulary (words that make up a language)

Question 2

open word classes

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‘open’ to new membership, new words are added as language evolves

Question 3

closed word classes

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consists of words that do not readily admit new members

Question 4

noun

Answer 4

the name of a person, place or thing

Question 5

adjective

Answer 5

describes a noun or a pronoun, tells what kind, how many, or which one

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verb

Answer 6

can tell what action someone or something is doing, can also express a state of being

Question 7

adverb

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describes a verb, adjectives or another adverb. tells how, when, where or to what degree

Question 8

pronoun

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used in place of a noun in a sentence, may take the name of a person, place or thing

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preposition

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combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence

Question 10

article

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the words a, an, and belong to a special group of adjectives called articles, can be used before a noun in a sentence

Question 11

conjunction

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joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence

Question 12

interjection

Answer 12

expresses strong feeling or emotion can be a single word or phrase