Precise word classes

What is a noun?

• A describing word

• Name of a person, place or thing

• A doing word

• Name of a person, place, thing or idea that can take a determiner and can be singular or plural

Which words are used to link words to other words and often show the relationship between them?

• Prepositions

• Determiners

• Pronouns

• Parentheses

Which of these are personal pronouns

• We

• They

• This

• Which

Which of the following are determiners?

• The

• And

• These

• In

• Some

Pencil, boat, raspberry, mug, teddy - these are all examples of

• Abstract nouns

• Proper nouns

• Concrete nouns

• Collective nouns

"We would work better without distractions." What are the verbs in this sentence?

• We

• Would

• Work

• Better

• Without

"He sat more carefully this time." How would you label 'more carefully'

• Superlative adjective

• Superlative adverb

• Comparative adjective

• Comparative adverb

What are subordinating conjunctions?

• Links phrases in a sentence where one is subordinate to the other

• Links clauses where one is dependent on the other for its meaning

• Links clauses where both clauses are independent and equal

• Links paragraphs together to make texts more cohesive

What are stative verbs?

• Identify properties or show states of being, eg is, am, appear, seem

• Identify processes of communication, eg shout, whisper, say

• Verbs that help main verbs, eg can, will, should

• Identify verbs that show action, eg jump, run, smile

What can an adjective modify?

• A concrete noun

• An abstract noun

• Nouns

• Verbs