Word Classes

Question 1

Evaluative adjective

Answer 1

Offer judgement on a noun being described- e.g. The students work was ‘awful’

Question 2

Comparative adjective

Answer 2

Usually ends in ‘er’ or have ‘more’ in front comparing- e.g. prettier, more stupid

Question 3

Superlative adjective

Answer 3

Highest degree of a quality- e.g. most stupid, smartest

Question 4

Adverbs of manner

Answer 4

Describe the way in which something is done- e.g. he kissed me ‘passionately’, I bit his lip ‘hard’

Question 5

Adverbs of time

Answer 5

The time something happens- e.g. tomorrow, regularly

Question 6

Adverbs of degree (intensifiers)

Answer 6

Intensify the meaning of a word- e.g. very, so

Question 7

Conjunction

Answer 7

Connect together words or clauses- e.g. and, but

Question 8

Co-ordinating conjunction

Answer 8

Connect together words/clauses of ‘equal’ status- e.g. I like you ‘and’ you like me

Question 9

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 9

Connect clauses of ‘unequal’ status- e.g. ‘If’ you eat cheese, I’ll spit on you

Question 10

Determiner

Answer 10

Determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has. They always come before the noun- e.g. this is ‘the’ best day of my life, ‘this’ feeling is wonderful

Question 11

Demonstrative determiner

Answer 11

They don’t take place of a noun, they come before one- e.g. look at ‘that’ idiot

Question 12

Possessive determiner

Answer 12

Indicate possession- e.g. this is ‘my’ food

Question 13

Definite article

Answer 13

The name for the word ‘the’

Question 14

Indefinite article

Answer 14

The name for the word ‘a’

Question 15

Noun

Answer 15

Describes people, places or things- e.g. Gemma, London, Ball

Question 16

Concrete noun

Answer 16

Things that physically exist- e.g. table

Question 17

Abstract noun

Answer 17

Things that don’t physically exist- e.g. emotions ‘love, hate, anger’

Question 18

Proper noun

Answer 18

Names of places/people- e.g. Jack, Morocco

Question 19

Collective noun

Answer 19

Groups- e.g. class, flock, herd

Question 20

Adjective

Answer 20

Gives us extra information about nouns- e.g. the ‘beautiful’ man

Question 21

Adverb

Answer 21

Gives us extra information about verbs and adjectives- e.g. he ran ‘quickly’ (verb), he was ‘especially’ ugly (adjective)

Question 22

Preposition

Answer 22

Tell you how one thing relates to another- e.g. I’ll see you ‘after’ dinner, He is ‘in’ there

Question 23

Pronoun

Answer 23

Can take the place of a noun in a sentence- e.g. Ben loves The Beatles and ‘he’ wants to see ‘them’ live

Question 24

Personal pronouns

Answer 24

Usually take the place of people- e.g. ‘I’ went to work and met ‘him’ and ‘he’ took ‘me’ to see ‘her’

Question 25

Possessive pronouns

Answer 25

Show ownership- e.g. This house is ‘mine’, not ‘yours’

Question 26

Reflexive pronouns

Answer 26

Refer back to a previous noun or pronoun, and end in ‘self’ or ‘selves’- e.g. You can suit ‘yourself’

Question 27

Reciprocal pronouns

Answer 27

Only two- ‘each other’ and ‘one another’

Question 28

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 28

Indicates the thing/person we’re referring to- e.g. this, that, these, those

Question 29

Indefinite pronouns

Answer 29

Allows us to be non-precise- e.g. anybody, somebody

Question 30

Interrogative pronoun

Answer 30

Found at the start of an interrogative sentence- e.g. what, who, why, where

Question 31

Verb

Answer 31

Describes an action, state or occurrence- e.g. I ‘kicked’ him

Question 32

Dynamic verb

Answer 32

Describe physical actions- e.g. You ‘punched’ him

Question 33

Stative verb

Answer 33

Describes states or feelings- e.g. I ‘am’ irritated, I ‘love’ him with all my heart

Question 34

Progressive verb

Answer 34

End in ‘-ing’ and express action in progress- e.g. He was ‘hitting’ me

Question 35

Perfective verbs

Answer 35

Express completed actions- e.g. He ‘has hit’ me, She ‘had come’ round the corner

Question 36

Progressive-perfective verb

Answer 36

‘been’ combined with an ‘-ing’- e.g. He ‘had been hitting’ me

Question 37

Modal verbs

Answer 37

Type of auxiliary verb and express necessity or possibility- e.g. You ‘can’ see me later, I ‘will’ go to bed

Question 38

Modal auxiliary verbs (9)

Answer 38

shall, should, can, could, will, would, may, must, might