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English Language Revision of Word Classes

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What is a concrete noun?

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A concrete noun is something that has physical properties and you can touch it For example, dog or table

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Which word can you usually put in front of a noun?

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You can usually put ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ in front a noun. A and an - indefinite article. The - definite article

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What is an abstract noun?

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Abstract nouns can’t be measured and don’t have physical properties. E.g - truth, beauty, justice

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Give a term for the following word class. “The”

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Definite article

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Give the two indefinite articles.

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A and An

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You can put ____ in front of an adjective to make it comparative

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more

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You can affix __ to the end of an adjective to make it comparative

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er

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You can put ____ in front of an adjective to make it superlative

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most

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You can put ___ at the end of an adjective to make it superlative

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est

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Participle adjectives end in?

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ing

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Main verbs can be inflected in 5 different ways. Give the term for the inflection. The first one is infinitive. What are the other 4?

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Present participle, 3rd person singular present tense, past tense, past participle.

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Adverbs can describe 3 things. What are they?

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Verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

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Adverbs tell you about 4 things. What are they?

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Time, place, manner, degree.

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What is the 1st person singular possessive pronoun?

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Mine

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What is the 1st person plural possessive pronoun?

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Ours

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What is the 3rd person plural possessive pronoun?

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Theirs

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What is the 2nd person singular possessive pronoun?

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Yours

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What is the 1st person singular possessive determiner?

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my

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What are the 3rd person singular possessive determiners?

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His, hers and its.

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What are the 4 demonstrative pronouns?

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This, that, these, those.

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What are the 4 demonstrative determiners?

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This, that, these, those.

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Proposition show the relationship between things in ____ or _____

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Time or space

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Some prepositions are made up of more than one word. What are they called?

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Phrasal prepositions

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The subject of the clause is whatever is _____ or _____ the action

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Doing or being

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List all of the inflections of the verb "be". There are 8.
Am, Are, Is, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been
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There are two types of conjunctions. What are these conjunctions called?
Co-ordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions.
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What is an adjective
An adjective describes nouns and pronouns
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What is a proper noun?
A noun which refers to specific individuals, or a thing of which there is only one. e.g. London.
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What is a collective noun?
A word used for groups
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Can collective nouns be singular?
Yes, as in 'the gang is angry' or the plural: 'the gang are angry'
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What may collective nouns suggest?
Unity, or a sense of great scale or range.
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What are the two types of adjectives?
Pre-modifying (before the noun)Complement (after the copular verb e.g. the car is big.)
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What are the two types of main verbs?
Stative copular e.g. be, become. Dynamic verbs e.g. run, think
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What two things do verbs tell you?
The action being done or about something's existence
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What do modal auxiliaries do?
They 'help' the main verb by conveying certainty about the ability, intention or obligation of the verb.
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What are the 9 modal auxiliaries?
Can, could, shall, should, will, would, might, must, may.
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What do personal subject pronouns do?
They perform the action in a sentence.
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Name the 8 possible subject pronouns.
I/we, You/You, Him/Her, It/Them.
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What do personal object pronouns do in a sentence?
They are acted upon.
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Name the 8 personal object pronouns
Me/us, You/You, Him/Her, It/Them.
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What are the 8 reflexive pronouns?
myself, oursleves, yourself, yourselves, himself/herself/itself, themselves.
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What can main auxiliary verbs do?
They can act as either the main verb, or act as an auxiliary and 'help' the main verb.
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What are the three main auxiliary verbs?
Have, be, do
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What is a phrase?
Phrases are multiple words that act to do the job of one word class.
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Turn the following verb into a participle verb: "run"
running
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Turn the following verb into an infinitive verb: "run"
to run
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Turn the following verb into a past tense verb: "punch"
punched
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Turn the following verb into a past participle verb: "run"
have/had ran
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Turn the following verb into a 3rd person singular present tense verb: "cry"
cries
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Identify the adjective in the following sentence and label the type of adjective it is. "Robert bought a tall house"
tall - premodifying adjective
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Identify the adjective in the following sentence and label the type of adjective it is. "The film was great"
great - complement adjective
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Identify the adjective in the following sentence and label the type of adjective it is. "The jumping man fell over"
jumping - participle adjective
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What do we call adjectives that don't have a comparative form?
non-gradable adjectives
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Identify the non-gradable adjective in the following sentence? "The man is dead"
dead is the non-gradable adjective
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What term do we use to describe speech habits that are specific to an individual?
Idiolect
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Some adjectives have a superlative form. Turn the following adjective into a superlative adjective: crazy
craziest
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What do adjectives describe?
nouns and pronouns
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Some adjectives have a comparative form. Turn the following adjective into a comparative adjective: tall
taller
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Some adjectives don't have a comparative form such as "dead" or pregnant". What do we call these adjectives?
non-gradable adjectives
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Some adjectives look like a verb, For example "the running man". What do we call these types of adjectives?
participle adjectives
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Identify the adjective in the following sentence and label the type of adjective it is: Donald kicked the large ball"
large - premodifying adjective
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What the name of the term we use for an adjective that comes before the noun its describing.
premodifying
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What the name of the term we use for an adjective that comes after the noun its describing.
complement adjective
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shall is an example of which type of verb?
modal auxiliary verb
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Turn the following verb into a present participle verb. "run"
running
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What do we call the type of verb that we put "have/had" before it?
past participle verb
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Turn the following verb into an infinitive verb. "jump"
to jump
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What are the three main auxiliary verbs.
'Have', 'be' and 'do'
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Negate the following modal auxiliary verb. "should"
should not
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Negate the following main auxiliary verb: "is"
Is not
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shall is an example of which type of verb?
modal auxiliary verb
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Identify the collective noun in the following sentence. "I saw a herd of elephants"
herd
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Adverbs describe 3 things. What are they?
Verbs, adjective and adverbs
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Identify the adverb in the following sentence: "he reacted quickly"
Quickly
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How do we know that 'fairly' is an adverb in the following sentence: "he is fairly clever"
Because adverbs describe only verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In this case clever is an adjective so 'fairly' has to be an adverb.
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Adverbs can be put into 4 categories. What are they?
Time, place, manner, degree.
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Identify the adverb in the following sentence and label the type of adverb it is: "She arrived early"
Early - time adverb
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Identify the adverb in the following sentence and label the type of adverb it is: "He went away"
Away - place adverb
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What is a preposition?
Prepositions are small words that tell us about the relationship between things in time and space or place
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What is a phrasal preposition?
A phrasal preposition is contains more than one word and usually consists of more than one preposition
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What do prepositional phrases consist of?
A preposition and a noun or noun phrase
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Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "Tia was over the moon"
Over the moon

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