Word Classes Flashcards
Eight word classes
- Nouns
- Determiners
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Pronouns
- Prepositions
- adjectives
- Conjunctions
Verbs: Modal Auxillury verbs
Level of implied certainty involved
Can/may/should
Dynamic verb
Something visible, a visible action. E.g Walking
Irregular verb
Following pattern (tense)
Base Verb: Blow
Simple past form: Blew
Past participle form: Blown
Regular verb
Follow patterns (tense)
E.g. Walk -> Walked
Static verb
Abstract e.g. to love, to dream
Auxillury verb
‘Helper verbs’
(Will, was, is)
Adverbs
Modifies the verb
Interrogative adverbs
How? When?
Nouns
Names of things
Common noun
Words for types of things, people and places
E.g. Dog, professor
Singular noun
A noun that refers to a single person, place, thing, or idea
E.g. chair
Concrete noun
A noun that refers to a physical thing, person, or place
E.g. Pencil, dog,
Proper Noun
A noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing
E.g. London, Evie
Plural noun
A noun that refers to more than one person, place, thing
E.g. Cats
Abstract noun
A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete objects
E.g. dishonesty
Adjective
Any details about nouns or pronouns
Superlative
Most
Comparative
More
Personal pronouns
I, me, mine
Indefinite pronouns
Each, either
Determiner pronoun
as word placed before a noun to specific which or how many or whose noun is being referred to
E.g. This, her
Possessive pronouns
Your, My
Interrogative pronoun
Who’s, Whom
Articles
Before a noun
Definite article
Specific
The bike.
Indefinite articles
Not specific
A bike.
Prepositions
‘Position words’ - Introduces the object.
I received a postcard -from- Bobby
S - inflections: Possesive
Evie’s
S inflection: Plural
Ducks
(Could just be a part of the verb however, e.g. jumps)
Clause
Basic components of a sentence (chunks of meaning)
-I like bananas- and -I like grapes-
Main clause. Connective. Subordinate clause
Simple sentences
- One clause
- One verb
- One statement
Compound sentences
Contains two independent clauses - both main clauses
Complex sentences
2 or more clauses, more than one main clause and an extra subordinate clause
Conjunctions
Joining words
Contractions
Shortened versions
Mummy’s gone out -> Mummy has gone out
Negation
Can’t (cannot)
Phonemes
Sound chunks of a word
Morphemes
The units of meaning in a word (play + ing)
Syntax
Word order