Grammar and Word Classes - created from Mind Map

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nouns

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Pronouns

proper nouns - names of people and places

common nouns - names of objects, materials and animals

proper nouns - names of people and places (eg. Phoebe, New York)

common nouns - names of objects, materials and animals (eg. Carpet, Dog, Sugar)

abstract nouns - name ideas, feelings and qualities (eg. beauty, anger, education)

Collective nouns - name groups: family, crowd, herd, swarm (eg. a family)

stative verbs - refer to states, mental progress or sensations

dynamic verbs - refer to actions or events (eg. run, drink, analyse

verbs can be in the past, present or future

verbs can also ask, request or demand

eg. i see, i saw, i will see

(imperative mood): stop, go, open, relax, give, visit

they modify nouns

pre-modification - the adjective comes before the noun it describes

comparatives - 'er' adjectives (eg. bigger, smaller, less funny)

superlatives - 'est' adjectives (eg. oldest, most beautiful, least expensive)

eg. small, green, clever, quick, happy, fat

post-modification the adjective comes after the adjective it describes

eg. the extremely nice American girl

eg. the American girl was extremely nice

personal pronouns - him, yours, ours, them, us, she

relative pronouns - who, whom, whomever, that, which (replaces object)

indefinite pronouns - another, anyone, anybody, anything, everybody, everything, nobody

demonstrative pronouns - this, that, these those

reflexive pronouns - myself, himself, herself, yourself, itself, ourselves

interrogative pronoun - who, whom, which, what, whose

neither, no one, nothing, each, one, someone, somebody, something, both, few, many, several, all, most, none, some

refers back to something reflecting