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Word class AO1 Flashcards

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Common noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects or a concept rather than a particular individual

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Proper noun

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A name used for an individual person, place or organisation spelled with a capital letter

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Abstract noun

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An idea, quality or state

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Concrete noun

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A noun denoting a material object

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Collective noun

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A count noun that denotes a group of individuals

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Modal verb

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Likelihood/extent/possibility of something happening

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Transitive verb

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A verb with a direct object

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Intransitive verb

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A verb with no direct object

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Dynamic verb

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Happen within a limited time (have a definitive beginning and end), usually can be seen/a physical action

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Stative verb

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Continues over a long period of time, is a state rather than an action

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Infinitive verb

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A verb with ‘to’ before

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Predicate adjective

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An adjective in the second position (comes after the noun)

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Comparative adjective

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An adjective providing comparison, usually ending in ‘-er’

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Superlative adjective

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The most of something

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Adverb of frequency

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How often or frequently something is done

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Adverb of manner

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The way something is done

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Adverb of time

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How fast an action is done

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Adverb of place

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Where something is done

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1st person singular pronouns

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Subject= I
Object= Me
Possessive adjective= My
Possessive pronoun= Mine
Reflexive= Myself

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2nd person singular pronouns

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Subject= You
Object= You
Possessive adjective= Your
Possessive pronoun= Yours
Reflexive= Yourself

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3rd person singular pronouns (male)

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Subject= He
Object= Him
Possessive adjective= His
Possessive pronoun= His
Reflexive= Himself

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3rd person singular pronouns (female)

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Subject= She
Object= Her
Possessive adjective= Her
Possessive pronoun= Hers
Reflexive= Herself

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3rd person singular pronouns

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Subject= It
Object= It
Possessive adjective= Its
Possessive pronoun= Its
Reflexive= Itself

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1st person plural pronouns

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Subject= We
Object= Us
Possessive adjective= Our
Possessive pronoun= Ours
Reflexive= Ourselves

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2nd person plural pronouns
Subject= You Object= You Possessive adjective= Your Possessive pronoun= Yours Reflexive= Yourselves
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3rd person plural pronouns
Subject= They Object= Them Possessive adjective= Their Possessive pronoun= Theirs Reflexive= Themselves
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Minor sentence
A sentence with no main verb or no main verb
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Simple sentence
A sentence made up of one clause
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Compound sentence
A sentence made up of 2 or more main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction
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Complex sentence
A sentence with one main clause and at least one subordinate clause
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Compound complex sentence
A sentence with 2 or more man clauses and at least one subordinate clause
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Subject
The thing doing the action
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Object
The thing having the action done to it
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Verb
An action
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Active voice
subject, verb, object
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Passive voice
Object, verb, subject
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Agent deletion
A sentence with no subject
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Co-ordinating conjunctions
Create compound sentences, FANBOYS For And Nor But Or Yet So
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Syntactic parallelism
When the same syntax is used repeatedly withing the same sentence
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Anaphoric reference
When a word or phrase refers to something earlier in the text
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Cataphoric reference
When a word or phrase refers to something later in the text
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Idiom
Metaphorical cliche
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Simile
Comparison of two similar objects using like or as
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Metaphor
Comparing two objects using is
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Personification
Giving a non living object human qualities
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Euphemism
A polite way of saying something
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Dysphemism
A blunt and offensive way of saying something
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Independent clause
Makes a statement or asks a question, can act as a complete sentence
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Dependent clause
Begins with a subordinating conjunction, can't act as a complete sentence
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Deixis
Use of general words to refer to a specific time, person or place in context, words with a varied semantic meaning but fixed denoted meaning
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Politeness strategies
Direct request- face threatening act, not worried about other person's reaction Indirect request- avoids being explicit Positive politeness strategy- addresses positive face, may include compliments Negative politeness strategy- addresses negative face, might include apologising
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Sibilance
Repeated 'S' sound
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Plosive
Explosion of air when creating sound (p,b)
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Fricative
Friction on the air when making the sound (f,v) used to give an airy, breathless sound
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Guttural
Glottal works to create 'g' sound
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Assonance
Repeated vowel sounds used to create rhythm
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Lexical onomatopoeia
Words that make sounds eg slap, bubble
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Non lexical onomatopoeia
Sounds that aren't actual words eg brmmm, chugga chugga
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Pun
When a different phoneme is used to create humour
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Filler
Sound that acts like a pause to signal uncertainty
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False start
When a speaker begins to speak then stops and starts again
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Hedge
Phrases/words which make a statement less forceful, assertive or certain
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Back-channelling
The sounds we make to show the person we are talking to we are listening
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Repair
When a speaker corrects an error in their speech
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Discourse marker
Words that help organise what we are saying
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Adjacency pairs
A simple structure of turns between two speakers
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Skip connector
A word or phrase that returns the conversation to the previous topic
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Ellipsis
When words are omitted because the other person already knows what the shortened utterance means
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Tag question
A short question at the end of a sentence often inviting another speaker
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Personal deixis
Pronouns eg he, she
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Temporal deixis
Time eg then, now
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Spacial deixis
Places eg here, there and demonstratives
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4 sentence moods
Imperative Interrogative Exclamative Declarative
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Synthetic personalisation
Using direct address to create a fake (synthetic) relationship with the audience
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Noun phrase
The/a/an + adjective + noun
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Simple past tense
Danced
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Simple present tense
Dance
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Simple future tense
Will dance
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Past continuous tense
Was dancing - more recent
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Present continuous tense
Am dancing - ongoing events/not finished
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Future continuous tense
Will be dancing
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Past Perfect tense
Had danced - occurred before a completed action
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Present perfect tense
Have danced - has already occurred in past but has immediate ramifications in present
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Future perfect tense
Will have danced - an action that will be completed between now and a certain point in the future
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Past perfect continuous tense
Had been dancing - an action that started in the past but continued into another action or time
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Present perfect continuous tense
Have been dancing - started in past but continues into present
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Future perfect continuous tense
Will have been dancing - focussed on the duration of an action before a specific time in the future
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Inflections
-ed, -ing Change in a word to express grammatical functions eg tense
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Determiners
The / a / an
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Auxiliary verbs
Adds functional or grammatical meaning Eg is, are, am, were, was
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Morpheme
Smallest meaningful unit of language
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Bound morpheme
Doesn’t exist as a word, adds meaning to free morpheme
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Bound morpheme
Can exist as an independent word

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