Word Classes Flashcards
(7 cards)
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Verbs
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A word that indicates a physical action. ‘Solanke sprinted down the pitch’.
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Nouns
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A noun is a word that represents a person, thing, concept, or place. ‘The tortoise is slow.’
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Determiner
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A determiner is a word that modifies, describes, or introduces a noun.’ An apple fell off the tree.’
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Adjective
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A word which describes a noun. ‘The enormous football stadium was deafening because of the fans.’
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Adverb
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An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb.
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Preposition
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A preposition is a word that is used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place and location. ‘On the table’
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Conjunction
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A conjunction is word which is used to connect words, phrases and clauses. ‘Because I was at Tottenham, I brought my Tottenham shirt.’
