close class words

Question 1

prepositions

Answer 1

shows position, relationship and indicates when where why and how
occurs before a noun or noun phrase
eg. on, beside, before, to, for, by, of, up

Question 2

conjunctions

Answer 2

join words
introduce new clauses, show relationships btw clauses
coordinating- FANBOYS both IC
subordinating- because, therefore, as, when IC + DC

Question 3

pronouns

Answer 3

stand in for/ replace a noun phrase
personal (1st,2nd,3rd), relative (who, whine, whose, which, that), interrogative ( who,what), reflexive (-self, -selves), indefinite ( some,no,any,every/thing,one ), possessive, demonstrative (this,that,these,those)

Question 4

determiners

Answer 4

come before a noun and introduce a noun phrase
articles (the/an), numbers (two), indefinite (each, every, whatever), quantity (many, several), possessive (my, our, their, his, her, your), demonstrative (this that these those)

Question 5

auxiliary and modal verbs

Answer 5

helping verbs
always occur with another verb
aux= helps show tense (mood and aspect) eg. to do, to have, to be
mod= shows modality = possibility, probability, likelihood, obligation eg. may might must/ can could/ shall should/ will would