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 favourite 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 comparative?

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

Tells us where something is happening

Question 22

what is an adverb of direction?

Answer 22

indicate the destination or direction of movement (across, over, under, in, out)

Question 23

what is an adverb of comment?

Answer 23

express the speaker’s or writer’s opinion or point of view about a particular situation, action or idea (definitely, certainly, obviously, simply)

Question 24

what is an adverb of degree?

Answer 24

modifies the intensity of a verb, adjective or adverb (very, much, quite, a little, barely)

Question 25

what is an adverb of affirmation?

Answer 25

confirms or asserts the truth of a statement and conveys certainty (absolutely, definitely, really, undoubtedly)

Question 26

what is an interrogative adverb?

Answer 26

asks a question about a particular aspect of a sentence such at time, place, frequency or manner

Question 27

what is a relative adverb?

Answer 27

Subordinating conjunction that introduces an adverb clause

Question 28

what is a conjunctive adverb?

Answer 28

connects the ideas in different independent clauses or sentences

Question 29

what is a definite article?

Answer 29

a determiner (the) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing mentioned has already been mentioned, or is common knowledge, or is about to be defined

Question 30

what is an indefinite article?

Answer 30

a determiner (a and an) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is non-specific

Question 31

what is a possessive determiner?

Answer 31

indicate ownership or possession (my, your, his, her, its)

Question 32

what is a demonstrative determiner?

Answer 32

used to point to a specific noun or noun phrase and specify its number and distance (this, these, that, those)

Question 33

what is a quantifying determiner?

Answer 33

expresses a relative or indefinite indication of quantity (all, some, much, many, most, a few)

Question 34

what is a personal pronoun?

Answer 34

used to replace yourself or a person’s name (he, me, she)

Question 35

what is a possessive pronoun?

Answer 35

a pronoun indicating possession (mine, yours, hers, theirs)

Question 36

what is a demonstrative pronoun?

Answer 36

points to a a specific noun or noun phrase in a sentence (this, that, these, those)

Question 37

what is an interrogative pronoun?

Answer 37

used to ask questions (what, which, who, whom, whose)

Question 38

what is an indefinite pronoun?

Answer 38

a pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular (anything, something, anyone, everyone)

Question 39

what is a reciprocal pronoun?

Answer 39

Pronoun that expresses a mutual relationship

Question 40

what is a relative pronoun?

Answer 40

introduces a relative clause and connects it to another clause