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what is a cognitive adjective?

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an adjective that gives more information about a noun (eg the black cat, the open door)

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what is an affective adjective?

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gives more opinion about the noun (eg his favorite band, my useless brother)

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what is an attributive adjective?

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an adjective next to a noun (eg a new hobby, something new)

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what is a predicative adjective?

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come after the noun (eg the sea is blue, the children were happy, the cake looked delicious)

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what is a superlative?

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say the noun is the most or least (eg the worst witch, oldest pair of jeans)

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what is a comparitive?

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adjectives that grade the quality of a noun as being somewhere between the most and least (eg the cheaper ticket, a longer ladder)

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what is an intensifier?

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used to add more emphasis to adjectives (eg so tired, very pretty)

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what is the main verb?

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the verb that carries the action (eg drive, say, went)

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what is an auxiliary verb?

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tells us the tense of the verb (eg i will go, he had eaten, i am listening)

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what are the english verb tenses?

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  • simple past (i did my work)
  • simple present (i do my work)
  • simple future (i will do my work)
  • continuous past (i was doing my work)
  • continuous present (i am doing my work)
  • continuous future (i will be doing my work)
  • perfect simple past (i had done my homework)
  • perfect simple present (i have done my work)
  • perfect simple future (i will have done my homework
  • perfect continuous (i had been doing…)
  • perfect continuous present (i have been doing…)
  • perfect continuous future (i will have been doing…)
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what is a modal auxiliary verb?

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tells us how the verb happens (she could try, they might go)

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what is a dynamic verb?

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refers to a physical action (eg dance)

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what is a stative verb?

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involve a state of feeling or a thought process (eg dream, believe, worry)

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what is an active verb?

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when the verb is performed by the subject (eg john kicked the ball)

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what is a passive verb?

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when the verb happens to a subject or object (john was hit by a ball, the letters were sent)

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what is a transitive verb?

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verbs that need to be followed by an object to make sense (eg i need a pen)

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what is an intransitive verb?

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verbs that do not need a direct object (tom’s grades improved)

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what is an adverb of manner?

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how the verb happens (suddenly, nervously etc)

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what is an adverb of time?

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when the verb happens (yesterday, later etc)

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what is an adverb of frequency?

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how often the verb happens (every Saturday, frequently, once a year, never)

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what is an adverb of place?

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where the verb happens (in the main hall, on Facebook)

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what is an adverb of direction?

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where the verb is going (eg forwards)

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what is an adverb of comment?

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what someone thinks about how the verb happens (happily, unfortunately etc)

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what is an adverb of degree?

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the extent to which the verb happens (too heavily, until nearly midnight)

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what is an adverb of affirmation?

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showing agreement with the verb (certainly, by all means, sure)

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what is an interrogative adverb?

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questions about the verb (why is john late? when did john arrive?)

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what is a relative adverb?

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links parts of a sentence together to give clarity (the time when we had no mobile phones, i know why he left)

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what is a conjunctive adverb?

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link parts of the sentences in the same way that conjunctions do (eg Debbie missed the deadline, THEREFORE her bid wasn’t accepted)

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what is a definite article?

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eg ‘the’

30
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what is an indefinite article?

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eg ‘a’ ‘an’

31
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what is a possessive determiner?

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‘my’ ‘your’

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what is a demonstrative determiner?

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‘those’ ‘that’ ‘these’

33
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what is a quantifying determiner?

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‘a few’ ‘many’ ‘plenty of’ ‘6’ ‘3rd’

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what is a personal pronoun?

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I, you, he/she/it, we, they

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what is a possessive pronoun?

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mine, yours, his/hers/its, ours, yours, theirs

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what is a demonstrative pronoun?

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this, that, those, these

37
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what is an interrogative prounoun?

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which, who

38
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what is an indefinite pronoun?

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none, some, several

39
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what is a reciprocal pronoun?

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each other, one another

40
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what is a relative pronoun?

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which, where

41
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what is a reflexive pronoun?

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myself, yourself, himself/herself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

42
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what is a subject pronoun?

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replace the subject of a sentence

43
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what is an object pronoun?

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replaces the object of a sentence

44
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what are greeting interjections?

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hello, hi, goodbye, see ya

45
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what are polite interjections?

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please, thank you, thanks, ta

46
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what are positive interjections?

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yes, yep, right, of course

47
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what are negative interjections?

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no, nope, uh uh, nah

48
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what are expressive interjections?

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whoops, wow, jeez, aha, ohhw, yippee, phew, yuck, whoosh

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what is a preposition?

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they give the relationship or position between 2 nouns. They tell you where or when one noun is in relation to the other

50
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what is a conjunction?

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link parts of a sentence together

51
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what are co-ordinating conjunctions?

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FANBOYS

(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

52
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what are subordinating conjunctions?

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link parts of a sentence but show that one part is less important than the other

eg. than, if, so that, whereas, before, because, even if`

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