Wk 11 text creators

Question 1

What are verb groups?

Answer 1

doings and happenings in the world

Question 2

What are the 5 kinds of verbs?

Answer 2

action= what we do.

sensing= What we feel, think, perceive. (thought, wish,know) Perceiving verbs= felt, heard, smell, listened.

saying= what we say.

relating= how we link info. (is, refers to, has,represents)

existing= How we identify things that simply ‘exist’.

Question 3

What is a noun?

Answer 3

the name of a person, place, thing, or idea

Question 4

How to identify nouns

Answer 4

• add ‘my’ or ‘the’ before the noun.

- Can be pluralised

Question 5

What are noun groups?

Answer 5

Noun group: Represents the participants (who/what is taking part) and additional information about the participant.

Question 6

3 parts of a noun group?

Answer 6

Pre modifier: Words that come right before the core noun.
Noun.
Any post modifiers: words that come right after the noun.

Question 7

Noun groups consist of pre modifiers. What are they?

Answer 7

• a pointer= Which?
• Quantifier= how many?
• Describer= What like?
• Classifier= what type?

Question 8

Noun group post modifiers are?

Answer 8

• Thing= who/what.

- Qualifier= more info?

Question 9

What are pre positional phrases?

Answer 9

Prepositional phrase
• e.g. the cats on the roof, the birds in the sky
These phrases consist of a preposition (e.g. on, in, at, to, from,
with) followed by a noun group.

Question 10

Embedded clauses/ dependent clauses usually start with..

Answer 10

> That
Who
Which