Word Classes

Question 1

Nouns

Answer 1

A noun refers to a person, animal or thing.

Question 2

Verbs

Answer 2

A verb refers to an action, event or state.

Question 3

Adjectives

Answer 3

Adjectives give us more information. They modify or describe features and qualities of people, animals and things.

Question 4

Adverbs

Answer 4

We useadverbs to add more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause or a whole sentence and, less commonly, about a noun phrase.

Question 5

Pronouns

Answer 5

We use pronouns in place of nouns and noun phrases

Question 6

Possesive Pronouns

Answer 6

Apronoun indicating possession, for example mine, yours, hers, theirs.

Question 7

Prepositions

Answer 7

Prepositions describe the relationship between words from the major word classes.

Question 8

Determiners

Answer 8

Determiners come before nouns. They show what type of reference the noun is making.

Question 9

Conjunctions

Answer 9

Conjunctions show a link between one word, phrase or clause and another word, phrase or clause.

Question 10

Plural Noun

Answer 10

Plural nouns are normally formed by adding -s to the singular noun

Question 11

Modal Verb

Answer 11

A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood

Question 12

Abstract Noun

Answer 12

A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object

Question 13

Proper Noun

Answer 13

A proper noun is a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing.