word classes

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

name people, places, things, qualities, actions

Question 2

common nouns

Answer 2

concrete or abstract.
concrete - objects things you can touch or see
abstract - ideas, emotions, concepts

Question 3

proper nouns

Answer 3

names of specific things (people, places) begins with a capital letter

Question 4

collective nouns

Answer 4

names for groups of animals, people, or things

Question 5

plural nouns

Answer 5

noun with a suffix making it plural

Question 6

adjectives

Answer 6

define or modify nouns

Question 7

adverbs

Answer 7

modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Question 8

verbs

Answer 8

actions, states, processes. can vary based on person (first second third) number (singular plural) and tense. regular verbs form their past tense by adding the suffix ed. irregular verbs form their past tense in a variety of ways “swim - swam”

Question 9

auxiliary verbs

Answer 9

verbs that modify and change some aspect of a main verb. “ WAS dancing” “DO you like pumpkin?” “i DO not like pumpkin”
to be, to do, to have

Question 10

modal verbs

Answer 10

can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must
expresses ability, permission, likelihood, obligation, certainty, uncertainty

Question 11

determiners

Answer 11

introduce noun phrases. the 3 articles, ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’. possessive adjectives ‘my’ ‘your’ ‘our’ ‘their’. demonstratives ‘this’ ‘that’. indefinite determiners ‘each’ ‘every’ ‘all’ ‘some’ . cardinals ‘one’ ‘two’. ordinals ‘second’ ‘first’

Question 12

pronouns

Answer 12

subject pronouns - i, we, they, you, she, it
object pronouns - me, them, us, her, him, it
possessive pronouns - mine, ours, theirs, hers, its
relative pronouns - that, who, whoever, which
demonstrative pronouns - this, that, these, those

Question 13

prepositions

Answer 13

shows relationship between nouns and other words in a sentence. they position things in space or time, or describe the manner in which an action is performed

Question 14

interjections

Answer 14

express sudden or strong emotion or feeling ‘ouch’ ‘oh no’ ‘damn’

Question 15

conjunctions

Answer 15

connect other words.
coordinating conjunctions join things equal in value: FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
subordinating conductions can only join clauses together , intoduce the subordinating clause. causational: ‘because’ ‘since’. conditional: ‘if’ ‘then’ ‘unless’. comparative: ‘while’ ‘whereas’ ‘however’