Lexis and Semantics

Question 1

Evaluative adjectives

Answer 1

Offer a judgement

Question 2

Comparative adjectives

Answer 2

End in ‘-er’ or have ‘more’ infront

Question 3

Superlative adjectives

Answer 3

Express highest degree of quality
ends in ‘est’

Question 4

Superlative adjectives

Answer 4

Express highest degree of quality
ends in ‘est’

Question 5

Dynamic verb

Answer 5

Physical action e.g. run, hit

Question 6

Static verb

Answer 6

States or feelings e.g. agree, think, understand

Question 7

Auxiliary verb

Answer 7

helping verb (am/is/has)

Question 8

Progressive verbs

Answer 8

an action in process e.g. eating, watching ‘ing’

Question 9

Intensifiers

Answer 9

adverb or adverbial phrases that strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show emphasis e.g. completely, highly, really, too

Question 10

Subordinating conjunction

Answer 10

the word/words that is used to join a subordinating clause to another clause or sentence. e.g. because, although, when

Question 11

Personal pronoun

Answer 11

i, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them

Question 12

Reflexive pronoun

Answer 12

refers back to a person or thing e.g. myself, yourself, itself, ourselves..

Question 13

Reciprocal pronoun

Answer 13

doing something to one another e.g. each other, one another

Question 14

Modifier

Answer 14

word next to the word it describes
e.g. ‘a red hat’ -> ‘red’ is a modifier describing the noun ‘hat’