Language Analysis Terms

Question 1

What are the 7 types of common nouns

Answer 1

1. Abstract
2. Collective
3. Compound
4. Concrete
5. Non-countable
6. Gender specific
7. Verbal

Question 2

What is a collective noun? Give an example

Answer 2

Nouns that describe groups

e.g. - team, choir, squad, class

Question 3

What is an abstract noun? Give an example

Answer 3

Things you cannot physically see or touch

e.g. - love, hate, happiness, sadness

Question 4

What is a compound noun? Give an example

Answer 4

Nouns made up of more than one word

e.g. - court-martial, water bottle

Question 5

What is a gender-specific noun? Give an example

Answer 5

A word that is definitely male or female

e.g. - actress, actor, waitress, waiter

Question 6

What is a non-countable noun? Give an example

Answer 6

Nouns that cannot be counted

e.g. - food, music

Question 7

What is a verbal noun? Give an example

Answer 7

Nouns derived from verbs

e.g. - a building, an attack

Question 8

What is a pronoun? Give an example

Answer 8

A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun

Question 9

What are the 8 different types of pronouns?

Answer 9

1. Personal
2. Interrogative
3. Demonstrative
4. Reflexive
5. Possessive
6. Reciprocal
7. Indefinite
8. Relative

Question 10

What type of pronoun are these:

‘this’, ‘these’, ‘that’

Answer 10

Demonstrative

Question 11

What type of pronoun are these:

‘all’, ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘several’, ‘anyone’

Answer 11

Indefinite

Question 12

What type of pronoun are these:

‘who’, ‘which’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘how’

Answer 12

Interrogative

Question 13

What type of pronoun are these:

‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, ‘our’

Answer 13

Possessive

Question 14

What type of pronoun are these:

‘which’, ‘that’, ‘whom’

Answer 14

Relative

Question 15

What type of pronoun are these:

‘each other’, ‘one another’

Answer 15

Reciprocal

Question 16

What type of pronoun are these:

• words ending in ‘self’ or ‘selves’

Answer 16

Reflexive

Question 17

What is a preposition? Give an example

Answer 17

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between two other words

e.g. - on, in, around, above, near, underneath, from

Question 18

What is a conjunction? Give an example

Answer 18

Conjunctions join words (or groups of words) together

e.g. - and, but, or, also

Question 19

What are the 3 types of conjunctions, describe each ones function, and give an example of each

Answer 19

1. Coordinating - used to join individual words, phrases and independent clauses e.g.- and, or, but
2. Subordinating - used to show the relationship between a dependent and independent clause e.g.- although, as, after, if
3. Correlative - conjunctions that appear in pairs e.g.- either…or, neither…nor

Question 20

What is a determiner? Give an example

Answer 20

A word that appears in front of a noun to modify it

e.g. - the, every, this, those, many

Question 21

What is an adjective?

Answer 21

Describing word

Question 22

What are the 3 main and then 2 minor types of adjectives?

Answer 22

1. Demonstrative
2. Indefinite
3. Possessive
4. Numbers
5. The articles

Question 23

What is the main grammatical function of an adjective?

Answer 23

To modify pronouns

Question 24

What is an adverb?

Answer 24

A word used to modify a verb or an adjective

Question 25

What are the 7 types of adverbs?

Answer 25

1. Time 2. Manner 3. Place 4. Degree 5. Condition 6. Concession 7. Reason

Question 26

In this sentence, identify the adverb and the adjective 'He ran the race remarkably quickly'

Answer 26

Adverb: 'quickly' Adjective: 'remarkably'

Question 27

What type of adverbs are these: 'now', 'never been', 'daily'

Answer 27

Time

Question 28

What type of adverbs are these: 'everywhere', 'there', 'here'

Answer 28

Place

Question 29

What type of adverbs are these: 'easily', 'stealthily'

Answer 29

Manner

Question 30

What type of adverbs are these: 'farthest', 'more cleverly'

Answer 30

Degree

Question 31

What type of adverbs are these: 'if', 'unless'

Answer 31

Condition

Question 32

What is an interjection? Give an example

Answer 32

A word added to a sentence to convey an emotion or sentiment suddenly e.g. - No, Hey!, Indeed, Good, Jeepers

Question 33

What is a verb?

Answer 33

A doing word

Question 34

What are the 7 main types of verb?

Answer 34

1. Transitive 2. Intransitive 3. Modal 4. Phrasal 5. Auxiliary 6. Stative 7. Action

Question 35

What is an action verb? Give an example

Answer 35

A verb expressing an activity that someone can actually do e.g. - eat, play, run, dig,

Question 36

What is a stative verb? Give an example

Answer 36

A verb expressing a state of being, rather than an action e.g. - believe, feel, be

Question 37

What is a transitive verb? Give an example

Answer 37

A verb that acts on something, it has a direct object e.g. - Lee ATE the pie (the transitive verb ate and the direct object is 'the pie')