Word Classes Flashcards

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NOUNS

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Proper

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A name for an individual person, place or organisation.

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Collective

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Groups of people/animals/things.

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Abstract

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Denotes an idea, quality or state.

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Countable

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Can be formed into a plural and is able to be counted.

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Uncountable/Mass

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Something you are unable to count.

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Concrete

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Something you can visibly touch and see.

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SUBJECT, OBJECT AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS

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Subject

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When the noun in the sentence is doing the action then they are the ‘subject’.

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Object

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When a noun receives the action of a verb, it is the ‘object.’’

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Possessive

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When a noun shows ownership, it is in the ‘possessive’ case.

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PRONOUNS+DETERMINERS

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Pronoun

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Replaces a noun.

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Determiner

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Precedes a noun and is about what the noun is referring to.

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SUBSTRANDS OF PRONOUNS AND DETERMINERS (Find table in book)

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TYPES OF PRONOUNS

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Interrogative

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Which, what, whose, who.

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Demonstrative

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This, that, these, those.

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Reciprocal

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Each other, one another.

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Reflexive

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Myself, yourself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves.

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Relative

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That, which, who, whom, whose.

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ADJECTIVES

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Comparative

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‘Greater”.

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Base

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’Great’.

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Superlative
’Greatest’.
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VERBS
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Possessive
When a noun shows ownership, it is in the ‘possessive’ case.
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PRONOUNS AND DETERMINERS
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Pronoun
Replaces a noun.
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Determiner
Precedes a noun and is about what the noun is referring to.
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LOTS OF SUBSTRANDS TO THESE
Look at the table in book.
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PRONOUN TYPES
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Interrogative
Which, what, whose, who.
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Demonstrative
This, that, these, those.
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Reflexive
Myself, yourself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves.
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Reciprocal
Each other, one another.
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Relative
That, which, who, whom, whose
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ADJECTIVES
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Base
An adjective of the lowest degree or quality. ‘Great’
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Comparative
An adjective used to compare two (and only two) things. ‘Greater’
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Superlative
The adjective of the highest possible degree. ‘Greatest’.
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VERBS
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Dynamic
Action verbs ‘Jump’, ‘throw’, ‘roared’.
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Stative
Any state of being, anything you cannot do physically. ‘…is happy.’ ‘Love’, ‘hate’, ‘like’, ‘know’.
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Main
Refers to the important verb in a sentence. ‘Main stative/dynamic verb’.
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Auxiliary
Goes before the main verb in a sentence to express moods, voice and tenses.
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TYPES OF AUXILIARIES
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Primary
Do, have, be.
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Modal
9 in total: can/could, will/would, shall/should, may/might/must -possibility auxiliaries.
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Adverb
A form of modifier, usually modifying a verb. Usually end with ‘-ly’, lots that dont.
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Base Form
This is called an ‘infinitive’, they are auxiliaries that normally follow ‘to’. E.g ‘to be’, ‘to think’.
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ADVERBS
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