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Question 1

Concrete nouns

Answer 1

Denote items that one can identify using any of the five senses

Question 2

Abstract nouns

Answer 2

Denote nouns that cannot be detected by the five senses.

Ex: pain, hate, truth, love, skill

Question 3

Proper nouns

Answer 3

Name specific people, places or things. They are capitalised.
Ex: Tom, California, Cairo

Question 4

Countable noun

Answer 4

A word that can be counted and
has a plural form
Few, many

Question 5

Un-countable noun

Answer 5

A word that cannot be counted and
that usually doesn’t have a plural form
Less, amount

Question 6

Use of subject case pronoun

Answer 6

When the pronoun acts as a subject in the sentence

Ex: THEY did this

Question 7

Use of object case pronoun

Answer 7

When the pronoun acts as an object in the sentence

Ex: Assign the task to HER

Question 8

Use possessive case pronouns

Answer 8

When you need to show ownership

Ex: THEIR books are torn

Question 9

Relative pronouns

Answer 9

Connect group of words to specific nouns.
They relate to the noun they modify.
That, which, where, whose, etc.

Question 10

Indefinite pronouns

Answer 10

Refer to people and things that are not specific

All, everyone, each, everything, anyone, anything

Question 11

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 11

Refer to the noun that follows them

This, those, etC.

Question 12

Reflexive pronouns

Answer 12

Used when the subject of the sentence does something to itself.
end in -self or -selves
OR
used to emphasise subject

Question 13

Linking verbs

Answer 13

connect the subject to some additional information about the subject.
ex: to seem, to look (difficult)

Question 14

How to detect linking verbs?

Answer 14

If you can replace a verb in the sentence with is, am or are and the sentence still makes sense

Question 15

Helping verb

Answer 15

Consists of more than one word.
Main verb + auxiliary or helping verb

be, is, are, am, was, were, 
has, have, had, 
do, does, did
must
being
has been / have been / had been
can/could
may/might
will/would
should/shall

Question 16

Comparative form of adjectives

Answer 16

Adjective is used to compare two entities.
Formed 2 ways:
1) add -er at the end
2) add “more” or “less” before

Question 17

How to form comparative adj form? (2)

Answer 17

1) add -er at the end

2) add “more” or “less” before

Question 18

Superlative form of adjectives

Answer 18

Used to compare more than two entities

1) add “est” or “iest” at the end
2) “most” or “least” before

Question 19

How to form superlative adj form? (2)

Answer 19

1) add “est” or “iest” at the end

2) “most” or “least” before

Question 20

Difference in usage comparative vs. superlative adj form?

Answer 20

Comp: 2 entities
Super: more than 2 entities

Question 21

Adverbs

Answer 21

Words that describe or modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or a clause.
Generally answer these four questions:
1) How?
2) When?
3) Where?
4) Why?

Question 22

Comparative adverb

Answer 22

1) two entities: add “more” or “less”

2) more than two entities: add “most” or “least”

Question 23

Prepositions

Answer 23

Words that link or connect a noun or a pronoun to other words to show the relation of that noun or pronoun with other words