Word classes

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

naming word

Question 2

Proper noun

Answer 2

serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing. capital letters used.

Question 3

Common noun

Answer 3

if a noun isn’t proper its common. there are 2 types abstract and concrete.

Question 4

Abstract noun

Answer 4

ideas and concepts.

Question 5

Concrete noun

Answer 5

actual thing.

Question 6

Count noun

Answer 6

something you can count.

Question 7

Non-count noun

Answer 7

cant count or have an or a.

Question 8

Aggregate noun

Answer 8

only exists in plural form eg scissors.

Question 9

Collective noun

Answer 9

group of individuals eg flock.

Question 10

What is a noun phrase?

Answer 10

a noun modified by one or more other words, usually an adjective.

Question 11

Adjective

Answer 11

a word that describes or modifies a noun.

Question 12

Comparative adjective

Answer 12

use ‘er’ or ‘more’ to compare things.

Question 13

Superlative adjective

Answer 13

use ‘est’ or ‘most’ to show that a noun is the extreme/ultimate of the description.

Question 14

Absolute adjective

Answer 14

cannot be graded. perfect, dead.

Question 15

Attributive

Answer 15

come before the noun.

Question 16

Predicative

Answer 16

come after the noun.

Question 17

Verb

Answer 17

doing word

Question 18

Regular verb

Answer 18

follows the usual pattern when changed for tenses. walks, walked , walking

Question 19

Irregular verbs

Answer 19

do not follow the regular pattern. swim swum , swims

Question 20

Dynamic verbs

Answer 20

actions such as run, jump , think

Question 21

Stative verbs

Answer 21

states or processes where there is no obvious action eg believe, remember.
not to be used as commands and do not occur after ‘to be’

Question 22

Auxiliary verbs

Answer 22

secondary words in a sentence i have eaten brownies. often ‘to be’ or ‘to have’

Question 23

Modal verbs

Answer 23

are auxiliary and express the possibility of something or an attitude

Question 24

Transitive verbs

Answer 24

must be followed by an object. carried, found, make,

Question 25

Intransitive

Answer 25

objects do not have to be followed by an object. laughed.

Question 26

Adverb

Answer 26

changes the meaning of a verb/adjective

Question 27

Adverb of manner

Answer 27

tells us how you do something. wildly, casually.

Question 28

Adverb of frequency

Answer 28

how often. never, always, often.

Question 29

Adverbs of degree

Answer 29

how much you do it. very, really slightly

Question 30

Adverbs of comment

Answer 30

how much you feel about it. fortunatley, luckily.

Question 31

Determiners

Answer 31

go before a noun

Question 32

Pronouns

Answer 32

replace a noun

Question 33

Possessive pronouns

Answer 33

indicate ownership
mine
yours
his/hers
ours

Question 34

Reflexive pronouns

Answer 34

used when the person is the subject and object of the sentance
myself
yourself
herself

Question 35

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 35

used to point to things. have a ‘deitic’ function. must be there to understand.

this/these=close
that/those=further away

Question 36

Interrogative pronouns

Answer 36

used to ask questions.
what
which
who

Question 37

Relative pronouns

Answer 37

follow directly the noun they describe

The man who lives over there is ugly.

Question 38

Indefinite pronouns 2 types

Answer 38

compound. ‘of’.

Question 39

Compound pronouns