Word Classes Flashcards
My HOUSE was close by
noun
Last night, I gave Fin a BIG kiss
Adjective
UNFORTUNATELY, I left my phone at the bar
Adverb
Madi DATED so many boys, still no succes
Lexical verb
Toby IS my dog
Copula verb
The boy WAS to see the doctor
Primary auxiliary verb
He MIGHT be late for tonight’s match
Modal auxiliary verb
The
Definite article
A/an
Indefinite article
THEY would like to be spoken to as ‘they’
Personal pronoun
No one bought anything nice for Sophie, so she treated HERSELF with a new wardrobe
Reflexive pronoun
HER friend Nicole passed the linguistic exam
Dependent possessive pronoun
I think that beer is YOURS
Independent possessive pronoun
THIS is fucked up
Demonstrative pronoun
WHICH car is yours? Mine is the red Subaru Forester 2005
Interrogative pronoun
I do not understand how NONE of you get what I am trying to say here
Quantifier
Carly is a Bimbo from Perth WHO dedicated her life to wine
Relative pronoun
Holloway is such an idiot that he broke his nose at least THREE times, what an idiot!
Cardinal numeral
Naomi was bothered by 2 men, the SECOND man said “Jamaican me crazy” on which she replied “Jamaican me uncomfortable
Ordinal numeral
I enjoy diving AND kite surfing. BUT, I do not like horse back riding
Coordination conjunction
They do not require a complement SINCE they suck arse
Subordinating conjunction