word classes

Question 1

what is a cognitive adjective?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

what is an affective adjective?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

what is an attributive adjective?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

what is a predicative adjective?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

what is a superlative?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

what is a comparitive?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

what is an intensifier?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

what is the main verb?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

what is an auxiliary verb?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

what are the english verb tenses?

Answer 10

• 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…)

Question 11

what is a modal auxiliary verb?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

what is a dynamic verb?

Answer 12

refers to a physical action (eg dance)

Question 13

what is a stative verb?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

what is an active verb?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

what is a passive verb?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

what is a transitive verb?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

what is an intransitive verb?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

what is an adverb of manner?

Answer 18

how the verb happens (suddenly, nervously etc)

Question 19

what is an adverb of time?

Answer 19

when the verb happens (yesterday, later etc)

Question 20

what is an adverb of frequency?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

what is an adverb of place?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

what is an adverb of direction?

Answer 22

where the verb is going (eg forwards)

Question 23

what is an adverb of comment?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

what is an adverb of degree?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

what is an adverb of affirmation?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

what is an interrogative adverb?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

what is a relative adverb?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

what is a conjunctive adverb?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

what is a definite article?

Answer 29

eg 'the'

Question 30

what is an indefinite article?

Answer 30

eg 'a' 'an'

Question 31

what is a possessive determiner?

Answer 31

'my' 'your'

Question 32

what is a demonstrative determiner?

Answer 32

'those' 'that' 'these'

Question 33

what is a quantifying determiner?

Answer 33

'a few' 'many' 'plenty of' '6' '3rd'

Question 34

what is a personal pronoun?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

what is a possessive pronoun?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

what is a demonstrative pronoun?

Answer 36

this, that, those, these

Question 37

what is an interrogative prounoun?

Answer 37

which, who

Question 38

what is an indefinite pronoun?

Answer 38

none, some, several

Question 39

what is a reciprocal pronoun?

Answer 39

each other, one another

Question 40

what is a relative pronoun?

Answer 40

which, where

Question 41

what is a reflexive pronoun?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

what is a subject pronoun?

Answer 42

replace the subject of a sentence

Question 43

what is an object pronoun?

Answer 43

replaces the object of a sentence

Question 44

what are greeting interjections?

Answer 44

hello, hi, goodbye, see ya

Question 45

what are polite interjections?

Answer 45

please, thank you, thanks, ta

Question 46

what are positive interjections?

Answer 46

yes, yep, right, of course

Question 47

what are negative interjections?

Answer 47

no, nope, uh uh, nah

Question 48

what are expressive interjections?

Answer 48

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

Question 49

what is a preposition?

Answer 49

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

Question 50

what is a conjunction?

Answer 50

link parts of a sentence together

Question 51

what are co-ordinating conjunctions?

Answer 51

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

Question 52

what are subordinating conjunctions?

Answer 52

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`