Key Words

Question 1

An example of a cardinal number is?

Answer 1

1,2,3 …

Question 2

However, an ordinal number indicates ?

Give an example

Answer 2

order

1st/2nd/3rd

Question 3

Amelioration is when a word takes on a more ____ meaning over time

EG?

Answer 3

positive

“nice” used to mean foolish

Question 4

The opposite of Amelioration is ?

Answer 4

Pejoration

Question 5

Give an example of pejoration

Answer 5

“silly” - used to mean that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated

Question 6

A co-ordinating conjunction connects parts of what type of sentence?

Answer 6

compound sentence

Question 7

What is an enumerator?

Answer 7

number/statistics

Question 8

A euphemism has what effect on language?

Answer 8

softens what is said

Question 9

An example of a euphemism is?

Answer 9

to say that someone “passed away”

Question 10

A homonym is two words that sound the same but differ in?

Answer 10

meaning

Question 11

EG of a homonym?

Answer 11

bear - animal
&
bear - endure

Question 12

a HOMOPHONE on the other hand is two words that sound the same but have a different?

Answer 12

spelling

Question 13

An example of a homophone would be?

Answer 13

Flower & Flour

Question 14

There are 4 first person, PLURAL pronouns

what are they?

Answer 14

• We
• us
• our
• ourselves

Question 15

Initialism refers to ?

{Clue: Initial…}

Answer 15

letters pronounced separately within a word

Example: WTF

Question 16

The THREE main intensifier are very, so & ….

Answer 16

really

Question 17

What do you call a group of words that come from the same word class?

Answer 17

Lexical Set

Question 18

If the meaning of a word changes over time, this is called?

Answer 18

semantic change

Question 19

An auxiliary verb indicates what?

Answer 19

tense