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