Word classes/Techniques

Question 1

ADJECTIVE: Evaluative

Answer 1

Offer judgement on a noun.
‘ That work is awful!’ ((Awful))

Question 2

ADJECTIVE: Comparative

Answer 2

Make comparisons
‘ You are prettier/more beautiful ‘ ((Prettier/more beautiful))

Question 3

ADJECTIVE: Superlative

Answer 3

Highest degree of quality
‘ He’s the smartest/most intelligent ‘ ((Smartest/most intelligent))

Question 4

ADJECTIVE: Attributive

Answer 4

Before the nouns they modify.
‘ Is there an available room? ‘

Question 5

ADJECTIVE: Predicative

Answer 5

After a noun with a verb between.
‘ Do you know if this room is available? ‘

Question 6

ADJECTIVE: Post-positive adjectives

Answer 6

Immediatley after the noun.
‘ Is this room available? ‘

Question 7

ADVERB: Adverb of manner

Answer 7

Describe the way in which an action is done
‘ He ran passionately ‘

Question 8

ADVERB: Adverb of time

Answer 8

Tells when something is done or if frequent.
‘ I’ll go to the gym tomorrow/I go to the gym regularly’

Question 9

ADVERB: Particularizing adverb/Adverb of degree

Answer 9

Focus attention to what follows.
‘ I am particularly fond of…/It was mostly… ‘

Question 10

ADVERB: Exclusive adverb

Answer 10

Excludes other possibilities.
‘ You only love yourself ‘

Question 11

ADVERB: Adverbs of place

Answer 11

Says where something happens.
‘ I left my keys somewhere ‘

Question 12

ADVERB: Addative adverb

Answer 12

Adds to something
‘ I like tea - my friend does too ‘

Question 13

CONJUNCTIONS: Coordinating and Subordinating

Answer 13

Coordinating - Connects two clauses
‘ I like tea and coffee! ‘
Subordinating - Connects unequally
‘ I like tea, although I prefer coffee ‘

Question 14

DETERMINERS: Demonstrative determiners

Answer 14

Before a noun to indicate which one.
‘ Look at that painting ‘

Question 15

DETERMINERS: Possessive determiners

Answer 15

Show who owns a noun.
‘ That’s my drink! ‘

Question 16

DETERMINERS: Definite/Indefinite article

Answer 16

Definite - The
Indefinite - A

Question 17

NOUNS: Concrete

Answer 17

Physically exists. Eg. Book

Question 18

NOUNS: Abstract

Answer 18

Ideas and emotions - not physical. E.g. Happiness

Question 19

NOUNS: Proper nouns

Answer 19

Names of places. First letter is always capitalised. E.g. Egypt

Question 20

NOUNS: Collective

Answer 20

Refer to a group. E.g. class

Question 21

PREPOSITIONS

Answer 21

How a thing relates to another.
‘ See you after dinner ‘

Question 22

PRONOUNS: Personal

Answer 22

Replaces a noun.
‘ I love ABBA, they are so cool! ‘

Question 23

PRONOUNS: Possessive

Answer 23

Show ownership.
‘ This house is mine ‘

Question 24

PRONOUNS: Reflexive

Answer 24

Refer to a previous noun.
‘ Suit yourself. ‘

Question 25

PRONOUNS: Reciprocal

Answer 25

Reciprocity. Each other and One another

Question 26

PRONOUNS: Demonstrative

Answer 26

Indicate who is referred to. ‘ That’s it! ‘ / ‘ This is what I’m talking about ‘

Question 27

PRONOUNS: Indefinite

Answer 27

Uncertain. ‘ Somebody stole my bag! ‘

Question 28

PRONOUNS: Interrogative

Answer 28

Start of interrogative statements. ‘ Who are you? ‘

Question 29

PRONOUNS: Relative pronouns

Answer 29

Follow after a noun. ‘ Poole is the town that I live in. “

Question 30

VERBS: Dynamic verbs

Answer 30

An action ‘I punched him.’

Question 31

VERBS: Stative verbs

Answer 31

States or feelings ‘ I am annoyed. ‘ / ‘ I want that ‘

Question 32

VERBS: Progressive verbs

Answer 32

An action in process (-ing verbs) ‘ He’s coming around the corner ‘

Question 33

VERBS: Perfective verbs

Answer 33

An action that has happened. ‘ He has hit me ‘

Question 34

VERBS: Progressive-perfective verbs

Answer 34

Combination of perfective and progressive. ‘ He had been hitting me ‘

Question 35

VERBS: Modal verbs

Answer 35

Auxillery verbs for necessity or possibility ‘ I will do it. ‘

Question 36

PHRASES: Adjectival

Answer 36

An adjective in a sentence. The head word will be an adjective. ‘ You are incredibly clever ‘

Question 37

PHRASES: Adverbial

Answer 37

An adverb in a sentence. The head word will be an adverb. ‘ He left the meeting very quickly. ‘

Question 38

PHRASES: Noun phrase

Answer 38

A noun in a sentence. The head word will be a noun. ‘ English language is the best A-level subject. ‘

Question 39

PHRASES: Verb phrase

Answer 39

A verb in a sentence. The head word will be a verb. ‘ She ran quickly down the stairs. ‘

Question 40

CLAUSES: Main

Answer 40

A complete sentence, must have a verb. ‘I like eating junk food’

Question 41

CLAUSES: Coordinate

Answer 41

A main clause in the form of a compound sentence. ‘I like eating junk food and you do too. ‘