Word Classes Flashcards
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Proper nouns
People, names, and places.
Common nouns
Name objects, materials and animals.
Abstract nouns
Name ideas feelings and qualities
Collective nouns
Refer to a group family
Indefinite article
A/an ‘i would like an apple’
Definite article
The ‘i would like the apple’
Personal pronouns
Him, yours and ours etc
Relative pronouns
Who, whom, whomever ect
Indefinite pronouns
Another, anyone, anybody, anything
Demonstrative pronouns
This, that and these ect
Interrogative pronouns
Who, whom ect
Reflective pronouns
Myself, himself, herself ect
Pre-modification
The ‘Extremely nice’ American Girl
Adjective -decribing
Post-modification
The present ‘wrapped in shiny green paper’
Comparatives
Bigger, smaller, less funny
Superlatives
Oldest, most beautiful
Compound adjectives
(peakcock-blue, double-sided)
Stative verbs
States, mental processes or sensations :sleep
Verbs
Can be in the past present or future
Auxiliary verbs
Little verbs which are used to support the meaning of other verbs
Modal auxiliaries
Expresses ability, nessisity, possibilities
Time adverbs
He arrived ‘promptly, now, yesterday, Thursday’
Manner adverbs
Cougars walk ‘silently, quickly, with style.’
Degree adverbs
She was quite, very so miserable
