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