word classification

Question 1

common/concrete nouns

Answer 1

an easy way to identify a common noun is whether it is a name for something you can touch (man,fruit,glove)

Question 2

proper noun

Answer 2

a naming word for a particular person, place or thing. It always begins with a capital letter (Barry, Harry Potter, Paris , Friday)

Question 3

abstract nouns

Answer 3

the name of a quality,state of mind, physical condition or idea (capitalism, intelligence, sadness,love)

Question 4

collective noun

Answer 4

a name denoting a collection or group of people,animals or things that are. regarded as a whole(jury,crowd,herd,team)

Question 5

active verbs

Answer 5

active verbs denote physical processes (to kill,to sleep,to jump)

Question 6

stative verbs

Answer 6

stative verbs denote emotional processes( to love,to believe, to think)

Question 7

determiner (adjective)

Answer 7

this,that,those,my,your

Question 8

distributive(adjective)

Answer 8

each,every,either,neither

Question 9

interrogative (adjective)

Answer 9

which,what

Question 10

numerical(adjective)

Answer 10

one,two,three

Question 11

indefinite ( adjective )

Answer 11

all,many,several

Question 12

qualitative( adjective)

Answer 12

male,english,large,fat,amazing

Question 13

adverbs

Answer 13

a word that describes or modifies any word class apart from nouns and pronouns(they generally modify verbs and end in -ly)

Question 14

adverbs of time

Answer 14

soon,then,soon,yesterday

Question 15

adverbs of place

Answer 15

here,there,outside,above,between

Question 16

adverbs of manner

Answer 16

slowly,quickly,angrily,badly

Question 17

adverbs of degree

Answer 17

very,fairly,almost,too

Question 18

adverbs of number

Answer 18

once,twice,firstly,secondly

Question 19

adverbs of certainty/uncertainty

Answer 19

certainly,surely,tentatively,perhaps

Question 20

interrogative adverbs,

Answer 20

how,when,where,why

Question 21

pronouns

Answer 21

pronouns replace nouns(or the role of nouns,being the subjects or objects of sentences)

Question 22

personal

Answer 22

can be 1st 2nd or 3rd. i,me,us,you

Question 23

demonstrative

Answer 23

this,those,that,these

Question 24

indefinite

Answer 24

can be used to group non-specific things

Question 25

interrogative

Answer 25

who,what,why,when,how

Question 26

reflexive

Answer 26

any pronoun that utilises the suffix ‘self’ or ‘selves’

Question 27

emphatic

Answer 27

when a reflexive pronoun refers back to a noun or pronoun within the sentence for emphasis

Question 28

possessive

Answer 28

yours,ours,mine,hers,his