Microscope Flashcards
(46 cards)
Attributive adjectives
PRE modifying, e.g. the GREY sky
Predicative adjectives
POST modifying, e.g. revision is BRILLIANT (usually linked to a form of the verb ‘to be’, e.g. ‘I am’, ‘She is’ etc.
Gradable adjectives
3 forms which can be graded upwards with various suffixes like ‘-er’ or ‘-est’ OR by adding ‘more/most’ before adjective
- ABSOLUTE: The base form of an adjective (e.g. big)
- COMPARITIVE: The form that designates comparison between 2 things, e.g. ‘biggER’ or ‘MORE interesting’
- SUPERLATIVE: expresses the highest level of the quality represented by an adjective, e.g. ‘biggEST’ or ‘MOST interesting’
Non-gradable adjectives
Binary adjectives that cannot be graded, e.g. ‘dead’
Adverbs of MANNER
Describes HOW something happened, e.g. she ran QUICKLY
Adverbs of TIME
Describes WHEN something happened, e.g. she went YESTERDAY
Adverbs of PLACE
Describes WHERE something happened, e.g. put it THERE
Adverbs of FREQUENCY
Describes HOW OFTEN something happens, e.g. she ALWAYS buys coffee or she REGULARLY buys coffee
Adverbs of DEGREE
Describes HOW MUCH (quantity) of something, e.g. she REALLY likes coffee
Adverbs of DURATION
Describes HOW LONG something happens for, e.g. the road is TEMPORARILY closed’
Modal auxiliary verbs
Expresses degree of possibility, probability, necessity or obligation, e.g. ‘can’ ‘might’ ‘may’ ‘must’
Primary auxiliary verbs
Denotes change of tense, e.g. ‘had’
Regular verbs
Follows a rule when forming simple past tense by adding ‘-ed’ suffix, e.g. walk -> walked
Irregular verbs
Takes an irregular form when changing to past tense, e.g. ‘swim’ -> ‘swam’
Transitive verbs
Verb processes that need an object, e.g. ‘he KICKED the table’ (has to be something to kick)
Intransitive verbs
Verb processes that don’t need an object, e.g. ‘He YAWNED’
Demonstrative pronouns
A pronoun that represents the literal or metaphorical distance of a thing or things, e.g. ‘this/these’ (near), ‘that/those’ (far)
Possessive pronouns
A pronoun that demonstrates ownership, e.g. ‘mine’, ‘yours’ ‘hers’, ‘ours’
Relative pronouns
A pronoun that used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun, e.g. ‘The man WHO lives next door is miserable’
Coordinating conjunctions
Signals the start of a coordinate clause
FANBOYS : for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Subordinating conjunctions
Signals the start of a subordinate clause
e.g. after, although, as, as if, because, before, how, if, since, than, though, unless, until, when, where and while.
Simple prepositions
Words which show how elements in a sentence relate to each other in terms of space or time
Function is demonstrated in one word, e.g. ‘in’, ‘on’
Complex prepositions or Prepositional phrases
Words which show how elements in a sentence relate to each other in terms of space or time
Function is demonstrated in more than one word, e.g. ‘in front of’
Concrete noun
Nouns that have a physical existence, e.g. ‘table’ ‘chair’
