Word Classification Flashcards

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4 Different Noun Types

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Concrete noun- Something you can touch
Abstract noun- Something you can’t e.g. a feeling
Proper nouns- names of something e.g. Harry Potter
Collective nouns- a group of nouns

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Verbs and the different types

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Active verb- A physical process
Stative verb- An emotional process
Auxiliary verb- ‘to be’ or ‘to have’ goes with another verb e.g. ‘I am going’

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The Types of adjectives

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Determiners- This, That, Hers, His, Theirs
Distributive- each, every, either, neither
Interrogative- Which? What?
Numerical- one, two, three
indefinite- all, many, several
Qualitative- male, English, fat

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Adverb types

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They modify or describe a word class apart from nouns/pronouns but mainly verbs they can also describe adjectives e.g. 'fairly cheap' and prepositions
Adverbs of time- now, then, soon
Adverbs of place- here, there
Adverbs of manner- slowly, shiftily
Adverbs of degree- very, fairly
Adverbs of number- once, twice
Adverbs of certainty- surely, probably
Interrogative adverb-  How? When?
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Conjunction types

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Connect sentences or lists
Co-ordinating- and, but
Sub-ordinating- because, although, until

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Pronoun types

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They replace nouns
Personal- she, he, they, we, us
Demonstrative- this, that, these
Indefinite- groups non-specific things; e.g. All of us will complete it
Interrogative: who, what, why 
Reflexive- utilizes a suffix- yourself
Emphatic- when a reflexive refers back tot the noun or pronouns
Possessive; mine, his, ours
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Prepositions

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Create a spatial place: behind, around, above

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