Module 1: Lesson 1 - Words Flashcards
Basics - understanding the foundations
What is a noun?
A word that describes people, places and objects.
Examples: person, turmeric, laptop, house, Vancouver, bush
Mark is carrying a suitcase.
What is a verb?
A doing word that describes an action or state.
Examples: sit, stand, run, breathe
They play tennis.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
Examples: smart, funny, shiny, bright, yellow
He is such a happy dog.
What is an adverb?
A word that describes an adjective, verb, or another adverb.
Five types: manner, place, time, frequency, degree.
Examples: manner = gently, place = there, time = then, frequency = everyday, degree = a lot
She carefully stepped over the puddle yesterday.
What is a preposition?
Word(s) that describe the physical position of something.
Examples: under, on top, over, besides, next to
The bowl is under the sink.
What is a determiner?
A word that introduces a noun.
Examples: a, an, the, this, some
She walks into the room
What is a conjunction?
Word(s) that connect thoughts or sentences.
Examples: and, but, or, either, both
She was going to go to the concert, but something came up.
What is a pronoun?
A word that can function as a noun and that refers to a person or thing.
Examples:
Person: the boy likes his toy.
Thing: This is the tree I like.
What are the two verbs called in the past simple tense?
Regular: ends in -ed: bathed, played, jumped, wanted.
Irregular: no set rule: ran, ate, thought.
Regular: They played football on Saturday.
Irregular: They stole the fruit from the tree.
Name 5 verb forms with an example.
Base Form: run / jump
Past Simple: ran / jumped
Past Participle: run / jumped
Present Participle: running / jumping
Third person singular: runs / jumps
Name 2 types of nouns with examples.
Countable noun: pen(s), chair(s)
Uncountable noun: water, rain, sand
Name 7 types of pronouns with an example.
Subject & Object pronouns - replaced subject or object:
I, you, we, they, he, she, it
Possessive: shows something is owned and by whom:
mine, yours, ours, theirs, his, hers
Reflexive: used when object and subject are the same:
myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves, himself, herself, itself
Interrogative: used to create questions:
who, what, why, where, when, how, whether
Demonstrative: tells you where the noun is:
here, there
Possessive adjective: used to show possession, but requires a noun:
my, your, our, their, his, her, its
Name 2 types of adjectives with examples.
Comparatives when comparing two things by adding -er to the adjective or more/less + adjective to adjectives depending on the word.
Superlatives when comparing three or more things by adding -est to the adjective or most/least + adjective depending on the word.
C: South Africa is more touristy than Kenya.
S: This car is the brightest of them all.
Name the 12 tenses.
Past: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous
Present: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous
Future: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous
