⭐• Grammatical Terminology Flashcards

Question

What is an abstract noun?

Answer 1

A noun that describes something that is more of a concept such as emotions/ feelings/ expressions e.g. childhood, truth, beauty, sadness etc...

Answer 2

A noun that describes a person, place or thing by its name e.g. Disneyland, Bob, Google etc...

Answer 3

If its capitalised then its probably a name of something/ someone/ somewhere, therefore its a proper noun

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A noun to describe a group of something/ people e.g. a murder of crows

Answer 5

A word that modifies a noun to show ownership - possession

Answer 6

* My * Your * His * Her * Its * Our * Their * Whose

Answer 7

A type of adjective that compares something to another by becoming modified to display a greater degree of quality than the other

Answer 8

A type of adjective used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (above comparitive, the most of that thing)

Answer 9

* **Base:** old * **Comparative:** older * **Superlative:** oldest

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* **Base:** good * **Comparative:** better * **Superlative:** best

Answer 11

An adjective that describes a state that cannot be used in comparative or superlative form as it sounds too strange

Answer 12

* dead - cant have superlative or comparative form - deader, deadest❌ * perfect - cant have superlative or comparative form - perfecter, perfectest❌ * unique - cant have superlative or comparative form - uniquer, uniquest❌

Answer 13

By adding words before and after it e.g. quantitive lexis such as 'almost' 'completely' 'absolutely'e.g. 'absoultely perfect'✅ 'perfectest'❌

Answer 14

An adjective used to identify or express the relative positon of a noun in time/ space e.g. this, that, these, those

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An adjective thrat describes the amount of something, the quantity e.g. one, two, four, one hundred

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Adding a word before/ after another to add to its meaning/ connotations as a scentence

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When the description/ modification comes before the object/ subect

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When the description/ modification comes after the object/ subect

Answer 19

The **helpless** victim Modification came before the subject

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The victim was **helpless** Modification came after the subject

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Places the modification/ description/ adjective first, making that the primary focus so by the time you read the object you already have an understanding of their state

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Places the modification/ description/ adjective after reading the object, this keeps the initial focus on the object with modification adding to the image of object afterwards

Answer 23

They indicate the location or position of an object e.g. in. under, over, below etc...

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They describe how an action is preformed e.g. with, without, etc...

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They specify when an action takes place e.g. during, for, since, after etc...

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They indicate the movement or direction of something e.g. across, through, along etc...

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Minor verbs used along with a main verb to express tense or mood e.g. in the statement 'it is raining', 'is' functions as an auxiliary verb indicating that the action of the main verb ('raining') is ongoing

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Verbs that express a wide range of actions that fall into 3 main sections that are seen to have a measureable duration + are commonly used in the present continous form -ing

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* physical (to run) e.g. running * mental (to think) e.g. dreaming * perceptual (to see) e.g. visualising

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A verb that purley expresses a state in which there is not obvious action and the state is unchanging + often sound strange in the present continuous form -ing e.g. please, include, dislike, desire, recognise etc...

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Verbs that show a level of agreement or commitment

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

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A past participle is a verb form that indicates an action that has been completed in the past (past tense refers direclty to a time this just states action was completed, no specifics)

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Verbs whose past participle are formed by adding the suffix '-ed' e.g. walk -> walked therefore its a regular verb

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Verbs whose past participle are formed by changing the whole word entirely e.g. swim -> swam therefore its a irregular verb

Answer 36

A transitive verb needs an **object** to complete its meaning. * It answers the question "what?" or "whom?" Example: **She kicked the ball.** (What did she kick? The ball — “the ball” is the object)

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An intransitive verb **does not need an object** to complete its meaning. * It makes sense on its own and doesn’t answer "what?" or "whom?" Example: **He sleeps peacefully.** (There is no object — "sleeps" is complete by itself)

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A material verb shows a **physical action** — something you can see someone doing. * It's about doing something in the real world. Example: She **runs** every morning. They **built** a house.

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A mental verb shows an **internal process** — like thinking, knowing, or feeling. * It's about thinking or sensing things. Example: I **believe** you. He **knows** the answer. She **loves** music.

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A relational verb **links** the subject to more information — it shows what something is or what it has. * It’s about being or having. Example: She **is** a doctor. They **have** a car.

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* adverbs of manner * adverbs of time * adverbs of frequency * adverbs of place

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now, then, yesterday, soon, later

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here, there, everywhere, inside, outside

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quickly, slowly, happily, carefully, loudly

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always, often, sometimes, rarely, never

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The arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence/ paragraph - syntax e.g. word placement can alter the interpretation of a sentence

Answer 47

The process of addressing mass audiences as though they were individuals through inclusive language or text through the use of posessive pronouns (not posessive adjectives as although same lexical items, posessive adjectives refer directly to a noun, still could be used, not as common)

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* personal prounouns * direct adress

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When a sentence structure is repeated but the words within it are different

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When a similar structure/ wording is repeated at the beginning of sentences

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When a similar structure/ wording is repeated but the second half uses deixis to refer back to the subject - e.g. words that refer to and replace other words used later in a text

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A word or expression thats meaning is dependent on the context in which it is used (such as here, you, me, that one there)

Answer 53

When a similar structure/ wording is repeated at the end of sentences

Answer 54

When something is directly opposite something else (essentially juxtaposition)

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