Word Classes Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Nouns

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Naming words (objects, places, feelings, ideas, ect…)

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Proper Noun

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Refers to a specific place or person

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Common Nouns

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Less specific, referring to types of people, places, ect…

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Concrete Nouns

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Refers to things that exist physically

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Abstract Nouns

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Refers to things that do not exist physically

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Collective Nouns

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Refers to groups of people, animals, or objects
(team, family, flock)

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Count Nouns

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Refers to something that can be counted

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Mass Nouns

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Refers to something that cannot be counted

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Comparative Adjectives

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Used to make comparisons
(hotter, better, more warm)

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Superlative Adjectives

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The most ____
(hottest, best, biggest)

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Evaluative Adjective

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Giving an opinion
(Ugly, amazing, disastrous)

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Quantitative Adjective

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Amount/Quantity
(Some, many, few)

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Attributive Adjective

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Gives detail about the quality of a person/thing

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Numeral Adjectives

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First, Secondly, Five

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Verbs

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Action words

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Infinitive

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The form which all other forms of the verb are derived
(to be, to walk, to decide, ect…)

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Main Verb

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The single verb that expresses the main meaning

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Auxiliary Verbs

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The verbs that are placed in front of the main verb
(e.g I must have been thinking)

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Primary Verbs

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be, have, do

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Modal Auxiliaries

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Only ever used in conjunction with a main verb
(can, will, should, shall, may, must, could, would, might)

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Present Tense

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Refers to something currently happening or that is continually happening

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Past Tense

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Refers to events that happened previously

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Active Verbs

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The thing performing the action is emphasized
(The minister has issued an apology)

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Passive Verbs

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Emphasis is on the object of the verb
(An apology has been issued by the minister)

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Material Verbs
Describes actions or events (Hit, run, push, read)
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Relational Verbs
Describes states of being or are used to identify (Be, appear, become, seem)
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Mental Verbs
Describes perception, thought, or speech (Think, speak, believe, love)
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Dynamic Verbs
Process where there is a change in state over time (Paint, remove, eat)
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Stative Verbs
Processes where the situation remains constant (Love, know, believe)
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Adverbs
Give more information about the verbs
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Adverbs of Manner
How something is done (Well, badly, cleverly)
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Adverb of Place
Where something is done (Here, there, everywhere)
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Adverbs of Time
When something is done (Now, then, soon, tomorrow)
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Adverbs of Duration
How long something is done for (Briefly, always, sometimes)
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Adverbs of Frequency
How often something is done (Weekly, daily, always, frequently)
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Adverbs of Degree
To what extent something is done (Rather, much, quite, hardly)
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Pronouns
Words that take the place of nouns
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Possessive Pronouns
Show possession (hers, theirs, his)
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Subjective Pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we they
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Objective Pronouns
Me, you, us, him, her, it, them
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Reflexive Pronoun
Indicate that the object of a verb is the same as its subject End in -self or -selves (He congratulated himself)
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Demonstrative Pronoun
Have a sense of pointing at something or someone (this, that, these)
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Indefinite Pronouns
Do not refer to specific things or people (Anybody, no one, anything, everything)
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Relative Pronouns
Act as linking words in a sentence and are always placed after the noun they refer to (A city *that* has many tourist attractions)
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Interrogative Pronouns
Used when asking a question (who, whose, which, what)
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Conjunctions
Join together different parts of a sentence
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Coordinating Conjunctions
Used when the parts of the sentence joined together are of equal value (and, but, or)
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Subordinating Conjunctions
Connect a subordinate clause to a main clause (because, although, unless, until)
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Prepositions
Indicate how one thing is related to something else, can be in position, direction, and time
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Determiners
Precede nouns and refer directly to them, most commonly 'the' and 'a/an'
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Possessive Determiners
my, our, your, his, her, its, their
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Demonstrative Determiners
this, that, these, those
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Enumerator
Numbers (Three, ninety-seventh, second, last)
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Interjection
Interrupts the sentence, primitive expressions of feeling and attitude (Oh, ah, ugh, oops, yeah ect..)