Lexis Flashcards
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Lexis
Words
Giant sparkly happy
Noun phrase
A group of words that describe a noun -
The happy man
Concrete noun
A physical thing
Table
Proper noun
A name of a person/ place
London,Sinead
Abstract noun
A concept / idea
Love sadness
Collective noun
A collection/ crowd
Group heard
Modifier
Changes noun
Sensational,terrible
Determiner
Determines noun
The, a, an
Compound word
Two words that make one
She-hulk, ant - man
Indefinite article
Word for ‘a’
Some
Intensifier
Makes modifier even stronger
Very,really
Pronoun
Word that stands in place of a noun
‘Sinead’s ‘
Possessive pronoun
Owned by someone
( my, mine , his’
Relational verbs
Being
( james was upset ‘
Action verbs
Happening
‘ the peach SWELLED’
Cognition perception
Seeing feeling
‘James FELT upset’
Speech verbs
Speaking verbs
‘Aunt sponge SHOUTED’
Pre - positional phrase
Position / relation to
by her , next to her
Benignly
Good intentions / harmless
Malign
Bad intentions / harmful
Negation
The contradiction or denial of somthing
Present simple
It happens now
‘I smile’
Present continuous
It’s still happening
‘I am smiling’
Present perfect
It happens commonly
I have smiled