Word Classes Flashcards
Concrete Noun
A thing you can touch
Abstract Noun
A thing- but not a thing you can touch
Proper Noun
The specific name of something/someone
First person/Possesive
I/My
Plural first person
We/Us
Second Person
You/Yours
Third Person Singular
Him/Her; He/She
Third Person Plural
Them/They/Their
Reflexive Pronoun
Myself/Yourself/Themselves
Indefinite Pronoun
Someone/thing/body
Anybody/one
Nobody
Everything/one
Impersonal Pronoun
It
Adjectives
Always Modify Nouns
Attributive Adjective
Pre-modify nouns
Predicative Adjective
Post-modify nouns
Comparative Adjective
Adjective made comparative with the addiction of the suffix “-er” or by the use of the word “more”.
Superlative Adjective
Made superlative with the addition of “est” or “most”
Adverbs
Modifying words. Always modify verbs
Information on:
Place/Time/Manner/Frequency
Often have “-ly” endings
Indefinite Determiner
Indicates a non-specific amount
Numerical Determiner
Numbers
Definite Article
The
Indefinite Article
A/An
Demonstrative Determiner
This; That; These
Auxiliary Verbs
Helping Verbs
Primary Auxiliary Verbs
To be (I am; are; was; were)
To have (I have; has; had)
To do (I do; does; did)
