Language Terminology

Question 1

Common noun

Answer 1

all nouns that aren’t proper nouns

Question 2

Proper noun

Answer 2

specific people and places

Question 3

Concrete noun

Answer 3

things that exist physically

Question 4

Abstract noun

Answer 4

things that do not exist physically; feelings, ideas and qualities

Question 5

Collective noun

Answer 5

groups of people, animals or objects

Question 6

Pre-modifying adjectives

Answer 6

come before the noun to describe it

Question 7

Post-modifying adjectives

Answer 7

come after the noun to describe it

Question 8

Comparative adjectives

Answer 8

compare one noun to another

Question 9

Superlative adjectives

Answer 9

the adjective is the least or most

Question 10

Noun phrases

Answer 10

nouns modified by adjectives that could be replaced by a pronoun

Question 11

Dynamic verb

Answer 11

a verb you can physically see

Question 12

Stative verb

Answer 12

a verb that is a state not an action

Question 13

Transitive verb

Answer 13

a type of dynamic verb that requires a noun

Question 14

Intransitive verb

Answer 14

doesn’t require a noun

Question 15

Infinitive verb

Answer 15

a verb you can’t tell the tense from

Question 16

Finite verb

Answer 16

a verb you can tell the tense of

Question 17

Auxiliary verbs

Answer 17

these help us understand the tense of another verb. There are only three – be, do, have

Question 18

Modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 18

these tell you the necessity of possibility attached to a verb

Question 19

Adverbs

Answer 19

modify verbs by telling us the manner, time, place, frequency, degree, quantity or evaluation of a verb

Question 20

Pronouns

Answer 20

replace the noun in a sentence

Question 21

Personal pronoun

Answer 21

replaces the subject of object in a sentence

Question 22

Reflexive pronoun

Answer 22

indicate object of a verb is the same as the subject of the sentence

Question 23

Indefinite pronoun

Answer 23

do not refer to any specific person or thing

Question 24

Demonstrative pronoun

Answer 24

they tend to point to something, only if not placed before the noun

Question 25

Possessive pronoun

Answer 25

show possession, only if not placed before the noun

Question 26

Interrogative pronoun

Answer 26

used when asking a question

Question 27

Relative pronoun

Answer 27

act as linking words in a sentence always placed immediately after the noun they refer to

Question 28

Person

Answer 28

first person involves you personally (I, we, me, us, our, my); second person is (you, your, yours) only; third person involves other people (he, she, they, them, their);

Question 29

Articles

Answer 29

there are only three articles, and they are either definite (the) or indefinite (an or a)

Question 30

Determiners

Answer 30

they are always before the noun, not after it

Question 31

Quantifiers

Answer 31

a type of determiner that show quantity

Question 32

Prepositions

Answer 32

a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else

Question 33

Coordinating conjunctions

Answer 33

join like with like (FANBOYS)

Question 34

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 34

join subordinating clauses to main clauses (although, because, if, since, unless, until, while)

Question 35

Correlative conjunctions

Answer 35

used in pairs to join alternatives or equal elements (either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also)

Question 36

Syntax

Answer 36

the study of sentences and their structure, and the constructions within sentences

Question 37

Grammar

Answer 37

general term referring to the set of rules in a given language

Question 38

Tenses

Answer 38

past, present, future conjugation of verbs