Lexis

Question 1

Common noun

Answer 1

all nouns that are not proper nouns

Question 2

Proper nouns

Answer 2

specific people and places; Paris, Andrew, Venus

Question 3

Concrete noun

Answer 3

things that exist physically; computer, house, dog

Question 4

Abstract noun

Answer 4

things do not exist physically; feelings, ideas and qualities

Question 5

Collective noun

Answer 5

groups of people, animals, or objects: team, family, flock, gaggle, litter, herd

Question 6

Pre-modifying adjectives

Answer 6

come before a noun to describe it

Question 7

post- modifying adjectives

Answer 7

come after the noun to describe it

Question 8

Comparative adjectives

Answer 8

the adjective is the least or the most eg; biggest, smallest.

Question 9

Noun phrases

Answer 9

Nouns modified by the adjectives that could be replaced by a pronoun eg; the beautiful animal was kept in a cage

Question 10

Dynamic verb

Answer 10

A verb you can physically see e.g. running, walking

Question 11

Stative verbs

Answer 11

A verb that is a state not an action e.g. thinking, wondering

Question 12

Transitive verbs

Answer 12

A type of dynamic verb that requires a noun e.g. ‘she kicked the ball’

Question 13

Intransitive verbs

Answer 13

Don’t require a noun e.g she sneezed, she laughed

Question 14

Infinitive verbs

Answer 14

A verb you can’t tell the tense from e.g. to wake, to run, to love

Question 15

Finite verbs

Answer 15

A verb you can tell the tense of e.g. she was waiting

Question 16

Auxiliary verbs

Answer 16

These help us understand the tense of another verb. There are only three – be, do, have.

Question 17

Modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 17

These tell you the necessity of possibility attached to a verb e.g. should, could, would, may, might

Question 18

Adverbs

Answer 18

Modify verbs by telling us the manner, time, place, frequency, degree, quantity or evaluation of a verb