Terminology Flashcards
Concrete noun
Things you can touch/see
Table
Proper noun
Capitalised words
Andrew
Paris
Abstract nouns
Things don’t exist physically
Dreams
Collective nouns
Groups
Flock, family
Superlative adjectives - what do you add?
Add est
Hottest/biggest
Comparative adjectives
Add er
Hotter, bigger
Personal pronouns
Replace subject or object
I or HE would be changed from ME or HIM
Possessive pronouns
Shows possession
This is HERS
Reflexive pronouns
Object same as subject
SELF or SELVES
Demonstrative pronouns
Pointing in a direction
THIS THAT THESE THOSE
Indefinite pronouns
Not specific things
EVERYTHING, NO-ONE
Relative pronouns
Linking word, immediately after noun
WHO WHOM WHOSE WHICH THAT
Interrogative pronouns
Used when asking questions
WHO WHOSE WHICH WHAT
Co-ordinating conjunction
Used when parts of sentences are joined/equally important
AND BUT OR
Subordinating conjunction
Connect subordinate clause to main
BECAUSE ALTHOUGH UNLESS UNTIL
Positional prepositions
Positions of things
AT ON OPPOSITE
Directional prepositions
INTO PAST TO
Time prepositions
BEFORE AFTER DURING
Indefinite article
BEFORE NOUN
A AN
Definite article
BEFORE NOUN
THE
Possessive determiner
BEFORE NOUN
MY OUR YOUR HIS HER ITS THEIR
Demonstrative determiner
BEFORE NOUN
THIS THAT THESE THOSE
Dynamic verb
Relates to action
RUN HIT SPEAK
Stative verb
Expresses state of being/thought
BE SEEM KNOW
Transitive verb
Followed by a direct object
DONT SAY ‘the dog bit’ without a direct object
Intransitive verb
Cannot take a direct object
‘The dog barked’
Register
Variety of language appropriate to a purpose/text (informal or formal)
Field
General purpose of an act of communication
Tenor
Relationship between producer and reader
Iconic graphology
Direct picture showing its representation
Symbolic graphology
Have to think about the meaning
Complement
Follow STATIVE VERBS
My friend is SICK
My friend is a HAIRDRESSER
Auxiliary verbs
BE
HAVE
DO
Modal auxiliary verbs
Can could Will would Shall should Must ought May might
Descriptive adjectives
Gives detail of colour, size, shape, feel
SMALL WHITE
Evaluative adjectives
Makes a judgement or an opinion
GOOD BAD
Emotive adjective
Shows an intense feeling
HORRIBLE
Noun modifiers
2 nouns together
TABLECLOTH RAGDOLL
Pre modifier
Comes before the head word
The SANDY beach
Post modifier
Comes after the head word
The beach NEARBY
Elision
Loss of sound
COS LIVIN
Collocation
Words that go together
FISH AND CHIPS SALT AND PEPPER
Assonance
Same vowel with diff consonants
time/light
Same consonants with diff vowel
Mystery/moistery
Sentence moods
Imperative
Declarative
Interrogative
Exclamative
Sentence types
Minor - no verb
Simple - 1 main clause
Compound - 2 main clause/conjunct
Complex - main clause/1+ conjunct
