FRAMEWORK

Question 1

PROPER NOUN

Answer 1

Specific names of people, places etc and are always capitalised

Question 2

COMMON NOUN

Answer 2

Refer to general places, people, things etc

Question 3

ABSTRACT NOUN

Answer 3

General ideas or qualities which don’t have physical existence
EG = speed, kindness

Question 4

CONCRETE NOUN

Answer 4

Refer to things which can be plotted, measured & often touchable
EG = dog, book, windmill

Question 5

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Answer 5

Special name for a group of something

EG = pack of dogs

Question 6

ADJECTIVES

Answer 6

Describe nouns

Question 7

ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES

Answer 7

Adjectives that come before the noun

EG = beautiful Sarah

Question 8

PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES

Answer 8

Adjectives that come after the noun

EG = the storm was terrible

Question 9

COMPARITIVE ADJECTIVES

Answer 9

Help us make comparisons because they help us see the level or “grade” of noun

Question 10

SUPERLATIVES

Answer 10

“More” or “most” basically the comparison

Question 11

GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

Answer 11

Can be used in superlatives and comparitives

Question 12

NON GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

Answer 12

Refer to an absolute quality

Question 13

ADVERBIAL PHRASE

Answer 13

2 word adverbs

Question 14

ADVERBS OF PLACE

Answer 14

Where something happens

Question 15

ADVERBS OF TIME

Answer 15

When something is happening

Question 16

ADVERBS OF DURATION

Answer 16

How long something happens for

Question 17

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Answer 17

How often something takes

Question 18

ADVERBS OF DEGREE

Answer 18

Extent to which something is done

Question 19

ADVERBS OF DIRECTION

Answer 19

Direction something happens in

Question 20

ADVERBS OF MANNER

Answer 20

How something is done

Question 21

DYNAMIC VERB

Answer 21

Doing words, physical and mental actions

EG = run, throw, think

Question 22

STATIVE VERB

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Condition of mental state with no obvious actions

EG = am, seen, believe

Question 23

MAIN VERBS

Answer 23

Single verb in a clause, expresses main meaning

EG = I was thinking about it

Question 24

AUXILLARY VERBS

Answer 24

‘Helping verbs’ placed in front of the main verb

EG = I must have been thinking

Question 25

PRIMARY AUXILLARY VERBS

Answer 25

Be Do Have

Question 26

SEMANTIC FIELD

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Group of words related by their meaning

Question 27

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Answer 27

Word changes it’s meaning over time | EG = gay used to mean happy

Question 28

ANTONYMS

Answer 28

Opposites | EG = night and day

Question 29

SYNONMS

Answer 29

Words meaning the same thing | EG = sofa and couch

Question 30

COLLOCATION

Answer 30

Words that relate to the same thing | EG = wealthy, lots of houses, cash

Question 31

EUPHEISM

Answer 31

Mild/neutral words used instead of something blunt

Question 32

DYPHESISM

Answer 32

Unpleasant term instead of a nerutral one

Question 33

HOMOPHONE

Answer 33

2 or more words having same pronunciation but different meanings

Question 34

HOMONYN

Answer 34

2 or more words having same spelling but different meaning

Question 35

IDIOM

Answer 35

Phrases having a meaning not deductible from those of the individual words EG = over the moon

Question 36

JARGON

Answer 36

Special words used by a profession / group that are difficult for other to understand

Question 37

PUNS

Answer 37

Joke exploiting different possible meanings of a word

Question 38

SEMANTIC PEJORATION

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Where semantic change turns words into a negative meaning | EG = gay

Question 39

OBJECT PRONOUNS

Answer 39

``` Me You Him Her It You Us Them ```

Question 40

DEFINITE ARTICLE

Answer 40

THE | makes something specific

Question 41

FANBOYS

Answer 41

``` For And Neither, nor But Or Yet So ```

Question 42

SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE

Answer 42

Personal thing that activates verb

Question 43

SIMPLE SENTENCE

Answer 43

1 subject and 1 verb/verb phrase

Question 44

CLAUSE

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1 subject and 1 verb | EG = I went out

Question 45

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Answer 45

2 or more clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction

Question 46

COMPLEX SENTENCE

Answer 46

Least 2 clauses joined together, 1 of which is a subordinate clause

Question 47

MAIN CLAUSE

Answer 47

Could stand alone

Question 48

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

Answer 48

Dependent on other sentence for meaning