Word class

nouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Adverbs

proper noun: name of something

abstract noun: an idea or emotion

concrete noun: an object that you can touch

Pronouns

material verb: describing an action

stative verb: something that stays still

dynamic verb: something that moves cinstaintly

relative verb: describing states used to being indentified

basic adjective: simple describing word. E.g big

superlative: highest degree of description. E.g biggest

preposition: referring to time or place

manner: describing the action word. E.g quickly, slowly

frequency: how often something happens. E.g. always, sometimes, never

degree: provides information of how much something is done. E.g. a lot,frequently

personal pronouns: I, Me,

possessive pronouns: My,Our

mental: emotion or thought

clauses

sentence types

simple: sentence with only one clause

compound: sentence with a main and subordinate clause joined with a conjuction

complex: a sentence with a main and subordante clause joined with a commor

interrogatives: questions

imperative: an instuction

comparative: second best describing word. E.g bigger

lexis:words

mode: written or spoken

declaratives:statments

clauses that express surprise or shock

time: provides information when something happened. E.g. now, yesterday, today

Place: tells us where something happened. E.g. nowhere, anywhere, outside

minor: incomplete sentnce

phrases

verb phrases: built around a verb

noun phrases: adjective placed before a noun

adjectival phrases: built around an adjective

relative: who,which

reflective: myself, himself

demonstrative: this, these that

determiner: that, them,

auxiliary verb: shows tense or modality

primary axuilary verb: disguises tense, be do have

modal axuialry verb:shows possibility, could, will