SC Flashcards
Concrete nouns
Denote items that one can identify using any of the five senses
Abstract nouns
Denote nouns that cannot be detected by the five senses.
Ex: pain, hate, truth, love, skill
Proper nouns
Name specific people, places or things. They are capitalised.
Ex: Tom, California, Cairo
Countable noun
A word that can be counted and
has a plural form
Few, many
Un-countable noun
A word that cannot be counted and
that usually doesn’t have a plural form
Less, amount
Use of subject case pronoun
When the pronoun acts as a subject in the sentence
Ex: THEY did this
Use of object case pronoun
When the pronoun acts as an object in the sentence
Ex: Assign the task to HER
Use possessive case pronouns
When you need to show ownership
Ex: THEIR books are torn
Relative pronouns
Connect group of words to specific nouns.
They relate to the noun they modify.
That, which, where, whose, etc.
Indefinite pronouns
Refer to people and things that are not specific
All, everyone, each, everything, anyone, anything
Demonstrative pronouns
Refer to the noun that follows them
This, those, etC.
Reflexive pronouns
Used when the subject of the sentence does something to itself.
end in -self or -selves
OR
used to emphasise subject
Linking verbs
connect the subject to some additional information about the subject.
ex: to seem, to look (difficult)
How to detect linking verbs?
If you can replace a verb in the sentence with is, am or are and the sentence still makes sense
Helping verb
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
Comparative form of adjectives
Adjective is used to compare two entities.
Formed 2 ways:
1) add -er at the end
2) add “more” or “less” before
How to form comparative adj form? (2)
1) add -er at the end
2) add “more” or “less” before
Superlative form of adjectives
Used to compare more than two entities
1) add “est” or “iest” at the end
2) “most” or “least” before
How to form superlative adj form? (2)
1) add “est” or “iest” at the end
2) “most” or “least” before
Difference in usage comparative vs. superlative adj form?
Comp: 2 entities
Super: more than 2 entities
Adverbs
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?
Comparative adverb
1) two entities: add “more” or “less”
2) more than two entities: add “most” or “least”
Prepositions
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
