LEXIS

Question 1

POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS: PLURAL

Answer 1

1st person= Our
2nd person= Your
3rd person= Their

Question 2

POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS: SINGULAR

Answer 2

1st person: My
2nd person: Your
3rd person: His Her It’s

Question 3

MODAL VERBS

Answer 3

Might
Could
May
Should
Must

Question 4

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Answer 4

Everything-Anything
Everyone-Anyone
Everybody-Anybody
Something-Nothing
Someone-No-one
Somebody-Nobody

Question 5

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN+DETERMINER

Answer 5

These+This

Question 6

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

Answer 6

Who
Whose
Which
That

Question 7

POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS: PLURAL

Answer 7

Our

Their

Question 8

INITIALISM

Answer 8

First letter of a group of words+pronounced seperately

E.g.

BBC. MTV. ITV. BBC2. OMG. BMW.

Question 9

ACRONYM

Answer 9

Using first letter of each word but pronounced as one word

E.g.

LOL. NASA. UNISEF

Question 10

PROCLITIC CONTRACTIONS

Answer 10

The word that is shortened comes before the word given in full

E.g.

‘Tis. ‘Twas. ‘Twere

Question 11

ENCLITIC CONTRACTIONS

Answer 11

Word that is shortened comes after word given in full

E.g.

Would’ve, it’ll, this’ll

Question 12

SEMANTIC FIELDS

Answer 12

A group of words that share the same theme/topic

E.g.

War
Guns
Explosion

Question 13

CONCRETE + ABSTRACT NOUNS

Answer 13

Concrete= can touch/ see
E.g. computer. Book. Sock.

Abstract= can not touch or see
E.g. Music. Fart. Magic.

Question 14

PROPER NOUN

Answer 14

Refer to people and places:

Paris, Naomi, Scotland

Question 15

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Answer 15

Comparatives= mainly ER ending
E.g. hotter, better, brighter

superlatives= normally EST ending
E.g. hottest, best, brightest

Biggest, craziest, mildest

Question 16

PREPOSITIONS

Answer 16

Position= At, On, Opposite
Direction= Into, Past, To
Time= Before, During, After

Question 17

HYPERBOLE

Answer 17

Exaggerated statements