Word Classes Flashcards

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Concrete Noun

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A thing you can touch

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Abstract Noun

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A thing- but not a thing you can touch

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Proper Noun

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The specific name of something/someone

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First person/Possesive

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I/My

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Plural first person

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We/Us

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Second Person

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You/Yours

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Third Person Singular

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Him/Her; He/She

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Third Person Plural

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Them/They/Their

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Reflexive Pronoun

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Myself/Yourself/Themselves

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Indefinite Pronoun

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Someone/thing/body
Anybody/one
Nobody
Everything/one

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Impersonal Pronoun

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It

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12
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Adjectives

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Always Modify Nouns

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Attributive Adjective

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Pre-modify nouns

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Predicative Adjective

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Post-modify nouns

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Comparative Adjective

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Adjective made comparative with the addiction of the suffix “-er” or by the use of the word “more”.

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Superlative Adjective

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Made superlative with the addition of “est” or “most”

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Adverbs

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Modifying words. Always modify verbs
Information on:
Place/Time/Manner/Frequency
Often have “-ly” endings

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Indefinite Determiner

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Indicates a non-specific amount

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Numerical Determiner

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Numbers

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Definite Article

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The

21
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Indefinite Article

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A/An

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Demonstrative Determiner

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This; That; These

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Auxiliary Verbs

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Helping Verbs

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Primary Auxiliary Verbs

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To be (I am; are; was; were)
To have (I have; has; had)
To do (I do; does; did)

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Modal Auxiliary Verbs

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May/might/must
Would/will
Could/can
Should/shall

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Lexical Verbs

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Express actions or states of being

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Dynamic Verbs

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Actions (often ending “-ed”)

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Stative Verbs

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States of being/To be

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Regular Verbs

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Infinitive - To walk
3rd Person - Walks
Past Tense - Walked
Present - Walking

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Irregular Verbs

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Infinitive - To write
3rd Person - Writes
Past Tense - Wrote
Past Participle - Have written
Present - Writing

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Prepositions

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PLACE
TIME
SOURCE
DIRECTIONS
COMPARISON
PURPOSE

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Co-ordinating Conjunctions

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And; Or; But; Nor; Neither

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Subordinate Conjunctions

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“…”