AO1 terminology Flashcards
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what are open word classes?
continually changing words eg nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs
common noun
general idea (non specific)
e.g dog
concrete nouns
something physical (can touch)
e.g a pen
abstract nouns
an idea
e.g happiness, love
collective nouns
describes a collective
e.g team or family
regular verbs
to change to past tense you add -ed
e.g walk -> walked
irregular verbs
to change to past tense you don’t add -ed
e.g feel -> felt or run -> ran
finite verbs
an act that ends
e.g walked
non-finite verbs
an act that doesn’t end
e.g sleeping
primary auxiliary verbs
be, do and have
modal auxiliary verbs
all modal verbs
e.g must, could, should
dynamic verbs
indicates an action
e.g run, jump
stative verb
expresses a condition
e.g love, care
pre-modifying adjectives
before a noun
post-modifying adjectives
after the noun
comparative nouns
compares two subjects and ends in -er (typically)
e.g more beautiful than
superlative adjectives
ends in -st and used to describe an object at the upper/lower limit of quality
manner adverb
how something happens
e.g quickly
time adverbs
how long/when
e.g usually
frequency adverbs
how often
e.g frequently
place adverbs
where it happens
e.g everywhere
degree adverbs
the intensity of a verb
e.g very
what are closed word classes?
changes slowly and stays constant over time
e.g pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions
reflexive pronouns
refers back to the subject
e.g themselves
