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86 Cards in this Set
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Proper noun |
Name or place |
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Common noun |
Object |
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Concrete noun |
Can be touched ie table |
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Abstract noun |
Cannot be touched, ie red |
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Attributive adjective |
That’s an expensive watch |
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Predicative adjective |
Follows a linking verb and describes subject, ie your watch looks expensive |
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Comparative adjective |
Compares, ie angrier, earlier |
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Superlative |
Ie funniest, most beautiful, largest |
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Intensifier |
Strengthens the meaning of an expression, ie absolutely, very |
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Pre-modification |
Information before noun |
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Post-modification |
Information after the noun |
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Lexical verba |
Main verb, show state or action |
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Lexical verb |
Main verb, show state or action |
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Dynamic verb |
Action verb rather than state, ie chasing |
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Stative verb |
Feelings, thoughts/opinions, senses, possession, measure/cost |
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Auxillary |
Used to form tense, mood, voice, ie are, be, do, you, have (before verb) |
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Auxillary |
Used to form tense, mood, voice, ie are, be, do, you, have (before verb) |
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Modal auxiliary |
Ie can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would (before verb) |
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Epistemic |
Weakness |
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Deontic |
Absolute/stronger |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Passive verb |
Emphasis on person/object receiving the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Passive verb |
Emphasis on person/object receiving the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Regular verb |
Verbs following the regular tense patterns ie -ed love=loved |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Passive verb |
Emphasis on person/object receiving the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Regular verb |
Verbs following the regular tense patterns ie -ed love=loved |
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Irregular verb |
Verbs that don’t follow the regular tense patterns, ie write=wrote not ‘writed’ |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Passive verb |
Emphasis on person/object receiving the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Regular verb |
Verbs following the regular tense patterns ie -ed love=loved |
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Irregular verb |
Verbs that don’t follow the regular tense patterns, ie write=wrote not ‘writed’ |
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Adverbial of a place |
In Manchester |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Passive verb |
Emphasis on person/object receiving the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Regular verb |
Verbs following the regular tense patterns ie -ed love=loved |
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Irregular verb |
Verbs that don’t follow the regular tense patterns, ie write=wrote not ‘writed’ |
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Adverbial of a place |
In Manchester |
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Adverbial of a state |
In a great way |
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Active verb |
Subject of the sentence that carries out the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Passive verb |
Emphasis on person/object receiving the action, ie the mouse frightened the cat |
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Regular verb |
Verbs following the regular tense patterns ie -ed love=loved |
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Irregular verb |
Verbs that don’t follow the regular tense patterns, ie write=wrote not ‘writed’ |
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Adverbial of a place |
In Manchester |
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Adverbial of a state |
In a great way |
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Adverbial of time |
Ie in May |
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Subject pronoun |
Subject of a verb, ie I, you, he, she, it, we, they, what and who |
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Object pronoun |
Direct/indirect object of a verb, ie me, you, him, her, it, us, them |
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Object pronoun |
Direct/indirect object of a verb, ie me, you, him, her, it, us, them |
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Possessive pronoun |
Indicates ownership, ie mine, yours, hers, theirs |
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Reflexive proboun |
When object is the same as the subject, subject has an reflection. Ie I=myself, you=yourself |
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Reflexive proboun |
When object is the same as the subject, subject has an reflection. Ie I=myself, you=yourself |
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Demonstrative pronoun |
Point to specific things, ie this, that, these, those |
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Reflexive proboun |
When object is the same as the subject, subject has an reflection. Ie I=myself, you=yourself |
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Demonstrative pronoun |
Point to specific things, ie this, that, these, those |
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Interrogative |
Build questions, ie, who, when, where, what, how |
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Reflexive proboun |
When object is the same as the subject, subject has an reflection. Ie I=myself, you=yourself |
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Demonstrative pronoun |
Point to specific things, ie this, that, these, those |
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Interrogative |
Build questions, ie, who, when, where, what, how |
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Relative proboun |
Relates/refers do something/someone ie where, when, what, why, where, whose |
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Reflexive proboun |
When object is the same as the subject, subject has an reflection. Ie I=myself, you=yourself |
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Demonstrative pronoun |
Point to specific things, ie this, that, these, those |
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Interrogative |
Build questions, ie, who, when, where, what, how |
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Relative proboun |
Relates/refers do something/someone ie where, when, what, why, where, whose |
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Indefinite pronoun |
Doesn’t refer to a person, amount of money (or anything in particular) ie anything, everyone |
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Definite article determiner |
The |
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Indefinite article determiner |
In front of a singular noun, ie a, an |
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Possessive determiner |
Indicates ownership, ie my, your, her, their |
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Demonstrative determiner |
Demonstrates identity, is this, that, these, those |
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Demonstrative determiner |
Demonstrates identity, is this, that, these, those |
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Cardinal number |
Numbers before nouns, ie 6 ladies |
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Demonstrative determiner |
Demonstrates identity, is this, that, these, those |
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Cardinal number |
Numbers before nouns, ie 6 ladies |
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Ordinal number |
Position of someone/something, ie 1st, 2nd, 3rd |
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Coordinating conjunction |
Join 2 or more complete sentences into longer (one) sentence, ie for, and, but, yet, or, so |
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Subordinating conjunction |
Usually come before adverb clause. Indicates relationship between independent clause(s) and dependent clause(s) ie after, before, because, as |
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Free morpheme |
Stand alone as a word |
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Free morpheme |
Stand alone as a word |
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Bound morpheme |
Cannot stand alone as a word. Add to free morpheme, ie restart |
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Prefix |
Morpheme added to shaft of a word, ie pre-, de- |
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Suffix |
Morpheme added to end of a word, ie -ing, -ed |
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Suffix |
Morpheme added to end of a word, ie -ing, -ed |
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Derivational suffix |
Change grammatical aspect, ie national, electricity |
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Inflectional suffix |
Used to indicate singular/plural, tense, possession (doesn’t change grammatical aspect) ie cats |