year 1 grammar

Question 1

what are proper nouns ?

Answer 1

nouns which usually start with a capital letter
they refer to specific people and places
eg. London, James, Othello

Question 2

what is a noun?

Answer 2

nouns are naming words
they are names we give to people, places, objects, ideas etc
eg. leg, John, girl, book, money, Greggs

Question 3

what is an abstract noun?

Answer 3

nouns that refer to things that do not physically exist such as ideas or concepts
eg. happiness, truth, honour, symbolism, love, glory

Question 4

what are concrete nouns?

Answer 4

nouns that physically exist
eg. table, car, scarf, chair, cheese

Question 5

what are comparative and superlative adjectives?

Answer 5

adjectives used to make comparisons

Question 6

what are the prefixes/suffixes for comparatives?

Answer 6

-er
more…than

Question 7

what are the prefixes/suffixes for superlatives?

Answer 7

-est
most…

Question 8

give examples of comparative adjectives

Answer 8

• my feet are bigger
• she is more generous than he is

Question 9

give examples of superlative adjectives

Answer 9

• my feet are the biggest
• she is the most generous

Question 10

what are pre-modifers?

Answer 10

adjectives that come before the noun
eg.
a HOT day
the BIG cat

Question 11

what are complements?

Answer 11

adjectives that come after the verb
eg.
the day was HOT
the cat is BIG

Question 12

what are verbs?

Answer 12

‘doing words’

Question 13

what are dynamic verbs?
give examples

Answer 13

verbs that refer to physical actions
eg. run, hop, skip, jump, blink, sing, eat, write, throw, sneeze

Question 14

what are stative verbs?
give examples

Answer 14

verbs that refer to states of being
eg. believe, know, think, understand, am/is/are

Question 15

what type of verbs are the words; ‘am,is,are’?

Answer 15

stative verbs

Question 16

how can you tell if something is a verb?

Answer 16

put ‘to’ before it and it will work
eg. to run

Question 17

what are auxiliary verbs?

Answer 17

‘helping verbs’ that indicate things such as tense
they are:
-have
-do
-be
eg.
- he WAS thinking of her
- I DIDn’t go
- I AM having a bad day
- they HAVE left
- he IS waiting
- she WILL BE going to the ball

Question 18

what are modal auxiliary verbs?

Answer 18

verbs that are used in conjunction with main verbs and indicate things such as certainty, possibility, probability, requests, permission, advice
eg. could, would, should, may, must, might, will, ought to, can

Question 19

what are adverbs?

Answer 19

adverbs describe the verb. they do this in the same way adjectives describe a noun

eg. slowly, cautiously, quickly, playfully, noisily

Question 20

what 4 things do adverbs indicate?

Answer 20

• manner : quickly, cautiously
• place : down the road, around the corner, along the river
• time : at 3:30, on Sunday morning, before sunset
• number : twice a day, once a year

Question 21

what can adverbs also modify?

Answer 21

adjectives or other adverbs
eg.
a VERY happy birthday
a REALLY good day

Question 22

what are pronouns?

Answer 22

pronouns are words that take the place of nouns
eg. he ,we , you, I

Question 23

describe 1st, 2nd and 3rd person pronouns

Answer 23

singular plural
1st= I, me we, us
2nd= you you
3rd=he,she,it they,
them