Word Classes Flashcards
Noun
Person,Place or thing
Verb
. A verb refers to an action, event or state.
Adjectives
a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical
It is a word that modifies (describes) a verb
Adverb
It is a word that refers to either the people talking (“I” or “you”) or someone or something that is being talked about
Pronoun
a pronoun indicating possession, for example mine, yours, hers, theirs.
Possesive pronoun
a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
Prepostion
a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several.
Determiner
a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
Conjunction
Plural noun
a noun that refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea
an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can.
Modal Verb
a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, e.g. truth, danger, happiness.
Abstract Noun
a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing
Proper Noun
Imperitive verb
The imperative verb is an action a speaker or writer wants someone else to do.