Word Classes Flashcards

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Nouns

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Naming words (objects, places, feelings, ideas, ect…)

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Proper Noun

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Refers to a specific place or person

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Common Nouns

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Less specific, referring to types of people, places, ect…

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Concrete Nouns

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Refers to things that exist physically

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Abstract Nouns

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Refers to things that do not exist physically

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Collective Nouns

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Refers to groups of people, animals, or objects
(team, family, flock)

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Count Nouns

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Refers to something that can be counted

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Mass Nouns

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Refers to something that cannot be counted

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Comparative Adjectives

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Used to make comparisons
(hotter, better, more warm)

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Superlative Adjectives

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The most ____
(hottest, best, biggest)

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Evaluative Adjective

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Giving an opinion
(Ugly, amazing, disastrous)

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Quantitative Adjective

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Amount/Quantity
(Some, many, few)

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Attributive Adjective

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Gives detail about the quality of a person/thing

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Numeral Adjectives

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First, Secondly, Five

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Verbs

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Action words

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Infinitive

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The form which all other forms of the verb are derived
(to be, to walk, to decide, ect…)

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Main Verb

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The single verb that expresses the main meaning

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Auxiliary Verbs

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The verbs that are placed in front of the main verb
(e.g I must have been thinking)

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Primary Verbs

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be, have, do

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Modal Auxiliaries

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Only ever used in conjunction with a main verb
(can, will, should, shall, may, must, could, would, might)

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Present Tense

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Refers to something currently happening or that is continually happening

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Past Tense

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Refers to events that happened previously

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Active Verbs

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The thing performing the action is emphasized
(The minister has issued an apology)

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Passive Verbs

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Emphasis is on the object of the verb
(An apology has been issued by the minister)

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Material Verbs

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Describes actions or events
(Hit, run, push, read)

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Relational Verbs

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Describes states of being or are used to identify
(Be, appear, become, seem)

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Mental Verbs

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Describes perception, thought, or speech
(Think, speak, believe, love)

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Dynamic Verbs

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Process where there is a change in state over time
(Paint, remove, eat)

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Stative Verbs

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Processes where the situation remains constant
(Love, know, believe)

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Adverbs

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Give more information about the verbs

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Adverbs of Manner

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How something is done
(Well, badly, cleverly)

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Adverb of Place

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Where something is done
(Here, there, everywhere)

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Adverbs of Time

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When something is done
(Now, then, soon, tomorrow)

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Adverbs of Duration

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How long something is done for
(Briefly, always, sometimes)

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Adverbs of Frequency

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How often something is done
(Weekly, daily, always, frequently)

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Adverbs of Degree

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To what extent something is done
(Rather, much, quite, hardly)

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Pronouns

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Words that take the place of nouns

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Possessive Pronouns

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Show possession
(hers, theirs, his)

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Subjective Pronouns

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I, you, he, she, it, we they

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Objective Pronouns

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Me, you, us, him, her, it, them

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Reflexive Pronoun

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Indicate that the object of a verb is the same as its subject
End in -self or -selves
(He congratulated himself)

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Demonstrative Pronoun

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Have a sense of pointing at something or someone
(this, that, these)

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Indefinite Pronouns

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Do not refer to specific things or people
(Anybody, no one, anything, everything)

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Relative Pronouns

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Act as linking words in a sentence and are always placed after the noun they refer to
(A city that has many tourist attractions)

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Interrogative Pronouns

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Used when asking a question
(who, whose, which, what)

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Conjunctions

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Join together different parts of a sentence

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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Used when the parts of the sentence joined together are of equal value
(and, but, or)

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Subordinating Conjunctions

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Connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
(because, although, unless, until)

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Prepositions

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Indicate how one thing is related to something else, can be in position, direction, and time

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Determiners

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Precede nouns and refer directly to them, most commonly ‘the’ and ‘a/an’

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Possessive Determiners

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my, our, your, his, her, its, their

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Demonstrative Determiners

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this, that, these, those

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Enumerator

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Numbers
(Three, ninety-seventh, second, last)

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Interjection

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Interrupts the sentence, primitive expressions of feeling and attitude
(Oh, ah, ugh, oops, yeah ect..)