Y7 grammar basics Flashcards
What is a verb? When is it used?
A verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence.
When writing, make sure every sentence includes a verb.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Verbs can be used to describe an action, that’s doing something. For example, like the word ‘jumping’ in this sentence:
The rabbit was jumping in the field.
They can also be used to describe a state of being, that’s feeling something. For example, the word ‘likes’ here:
The monster likes rollercoasters.
Or a verb can be used to describe an occurrence, that’s something happening. For example, the word ‘became’ in this sentence:
The caterpillar became a butterfly.
When writing, make sure every sentence includes a verb.
What is a modal verb?
You should provide lots of examples please.
A modal verb is a ‘helping’ (auxiliary) verb.
Modal verbs support other verbs in a sentence to indicate possibility or necessity.
They tell us how possible or necessary an action is.
Modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may and might.
What is the difference between a stative verb and a dynamic verb?
You may include some examples in your answer.
Stative verbs show a state of being, or emotion, or express a less physical action: students are in the hall; the dog likes its food; Nick understood the lesson from Mummy (but not Daddy).
Dynamic verbs
You may have heard a verb described as a ‘doing’ word: he walks; Ben is trampolining; the dog wagged its tail. Nick is working hard; these clauses all include dynamic verbs.
What is an adverbial?
What is a fronted adverbial?
Can you give some examples?
Adverbials are words or phrases that give more information to the sentence. Adverbial = place/time/manner.
A fronted adverbial is when the adverbial word or phrase is moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb.
Earlier today, I made some flashcards for my lovely ickle boy. ‘earlier today’ is a fronted adverbial.
What is a noun?
Name the types of noun
A noun is the name of a thing, such as an object, a place, or a person.
Nouns are often described as naming words.
There are different types of nouns, such as:
concrete,
abstract,
proper
collective.
What is a concrete noun?
Concrete nouns are physical things that you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell. In other words, they can be experienced through the five senses.
Things like sweets, television, cardboard, sunshine, candle, piano.
What is an abstract noun
Abstract nouns are things that don’t have a physical form, but are still things.
Abstract nouns might be concepts, ideas, or emotions: knowledge, intelligence, friendship, kindness, betrayal.
What is a proper noun?
How are they written?
Proper nouns name a specific object, person or place.
They require a capital letter, because they give us the actual name of something or someone. Examples include: London, September, Wednesday, Joshua, Sarah.
What is a collective noun?
Collective nouns describe a group or collection of objects, people or places:
A flock of birds, an anthology of poems, a cast of actors; an angriness of siblings (I made that one up) .
What is a common noun?
Common nouns refer to an object, person or place. Examples include, table, teacher, school.
Common nouns can be divided into concrete or abstract nouns
What are pronouns?
Name the main examples
Pronouns take the place of nouns in sentences.
A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun.
Examples of pronouns are: he, she, it, they, I, you, them, .
We use pronouns so that we don’t need to keep repeating the same nouns; for example, rather than repeat the noun ‘the car’ in this sentence, we use a pronoun :
We took the car to the garage because the car needed fixing.
We took the car to the garage because it needed fixing.
For people - I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us and them
For things - they, them, it.
Possessive - mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, whose); others must be used with a noun (my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose).
Tell me what you know about adjectives:
What are they?
Why are they used?
What are the difference classifications?
Where do they appear in a sentence?
Adjectives can add detail to a noun (such as a person, place, or thing) to make descriptions clearer or more interesting.
Adjectives describe nouns to tell you more about something.
Using adjectives is particularly important in descriptive writing.
Adjectives come in several varieties, including superlative and comparative.
Often, they appear directly before a noun in a sentence:
In the noisy classroom some lively discussions took place.
Adjectives can also appear after the noun in some sentences:
The corridor was clean and bright.
What is the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives?
Can you give some examples of each?
Comparative adjectives
One way to describe nouns is by comparing them to something else. One cat might be fiercer, hungrier, faster, softer, fluffier or shyer than another.
The words describing the cat are called comparative adjectives and usually end in –er.
Here are some more examples:
Summer days are longer than winter ones.
My sunflower is taller than yours.
Superlative adjectives
We can also compare nouns by using superlative adjectives, which mean that something has more of a particular quality than any other of its kind; that it can’t be beaten. Superlative adjectives usually end in –est:
She is the strongest player on the best team in the greatest league.
