terminology

Question 1

material verb

Answer 1

AKA dynamic verb.
show events or actions e.g. hit, jump, wash

Question 2

Relational verbs

Answer 2

identify properties or show states of being e.g. be, appear

Question 3

Mental verbs

Answer 3

show internal processes such as thinking e.g. think, believe

Question 4

Verbal verbs

Answer 4

shows processes of speech e.g. say, shout

Question 5

Primary auxiliary verbs

Answer 5

be, have, do

Question 6

what do we use the verb ‘to be’ for?

Answer 6

the progressive aspect e.g. is, were

Question 7

what do we use the verb ‘to have’ for?

Answer 7

perfect tense e.g. have, had

Question 8

what do we use the verb ‘to do’ for?

Answer 8

negate a sentence and ask questions e.g. don’t, did

Question 9

Modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 9

shows the attitude of the subject towards the verb e.g. should, shall, can

Question 10

deontic modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 10

forceful

Question 11

Epistemic

Answer 11

not forceful

Question 12

Instrumental power

Answer 12

power of authority

Question 13

Influential power

Answer 13

power to influence

Question 14

concrete nouns

Answer 14

objects you can touch

Question 15

copular verb

Answer 15

links subject to noun e.g. is

Question 16

transitive verb

Answer 16

have an object

Question 17

intransitive verb

Answer 17

no object

Question 18

abstract nouns

Answer 18

ideas/quality/state

Question 19

countable noun

Answer 19

can be counted

Question 20

uncountable noun

Answer 20

cant be counted

Question 21

common noun

Answer 21

name of a thing

Question 22

proper noun

Answer 22

place/person

Question 23

collective noun

Answer 23

group

Question 24

Irregular verb

Answer 24

the base verb has another inflection other than the standard one.
e.g . past tense verbs have ‘-ed’ but i drink = i drank.

Question 25

Active voice

Answer 25

subject performs the action denoted by the verb e.g. she loved him

Question 26

Passive voice

Answer 26

subject of the verb receives the action of the verb e.g. he is loved by her.

Question 27

simple aspect verb

Answer 27

doesn't have '-ing' ending

Question 28

Progressive aspect verb

Answer 28

ends in '-ing' - it is a continuous thing

Question 29

base adjective

Answer 29

key adjective

Question 30

comparative adjective

Answer 30

e.g. smaller, more awesome

Question 31

superlative adjective

Answer 31

e.g. smallest, most awesome

Question 32

attributive adjective

Answer 32

before noun

Question 33

predicative adjective

Answer 33

after noun

Question 34

descriptive adjective

Answer 34

describes

Question 35

What are the 5 adverbs?

Answer 35

Time, place, frequency, degree, manner

Question 36

adverb of time

Answer 36

e.g. tomorrow, yesterday

Question 37

adverb of frequency

Answer 37

e.g. sometimes, a lot

Question 38

adverb of place

Answer 38

e.g. everywhere, here

Question 39

adverb of degree

Answer 39

e.g. entirely, almost

Question 40

adverb of manner

Answer 40

e.g. quietly

Question 41

3 types of personal pronouns

Answer 41

subjective, objective, possessive

Question 42

subjective personal pronoun

Answer 42

acts as a subject e.g. i, you, he

Question 43

objective personal pronoun

Answer 43

acts as an object e.g. me, you, her, us

Question 44

possessive personal pronoun

Answer 44

show possession e.g. mine, yours, theirs

Question 45

demonstrative pronoun

Answer 45

identifies a noun/pronoun e.g. this, these, that, those

Question 46

interrogative pronoun

Answer 46

used to ask questions e.g. who, whom, which, what

Question 47

relative pronoun

Answer 47

links one phrase to another e.g. who, whom, that, which

Question 48

indefinite pronoun

Answer 48

identifiable but not a specific person/thing e.g. all, another, any, few, nobody

Question 49

reflexive pronoun

Answer 49

reference back tot the subject e.g. myself, herself, ourselves

Question 50

complex sentence

Answer 50

a sentence with one independent clause + at least one dependent clause. e.g. after the movies ended, they went out for ice cream.

Question 51

Declarative sentence

Answer 51

makes a statement

Question 52

Compound sentence

Answer 52

has 2 or more co-ordinate independent clauses, often joined with 1 or more conjunctions e.g. john thought he had a good chance to get the job for it had been a long interview.

Question 53

Clause of condition

Answer 53

a clause by conjunctions like 'if' + 'unless' suggesting that something will happen only if certain conditions are met. e.g. if you rest, you will feel better'