KS5 Word Classes

What is an abstract noun?

• A noun that is not quite finished.

• A noun that has been drawn.

• An idea that has not been finished.

• A concept or idea rather than something concrete.

What is a concrete noun?

• Name of a person or place

• Name of an object, something that is tangible

• Name of an emotion and feeling

• Name of a group of people, animals or objects

What is an adjective?

• Describes an action

• Modifies an action

• Describes and modifies a naming word

• Words that indicate location

What is a predicative adjective?

• An adjective that comes before a noun

• An adjective that compares a noun to another noun

• An adjective which comes after the verb 'to be' or linking verbs 'to become'

• An adjective that demonstrates tense

What is a comparative adjective?

• An adjective that compares a noun to another noun

• An adjective that shows the greatest degree of a noun

• A word that refers to a group of people or places

• Words that indicate location

What is a relational verb?

• Describes actions or events

• Describe perception, thought or speech

• Describes a situation as being constant

• Describe states of being or are used to identify

What is a mental verb?

• Describe states of being or are used to identify

• Describe perception, thought or speech

• Describe actions or events

• Describes situations where there is a change in state

What are the different types of non-finite verbs?

• Past participle, present participle and infinitive form

• Past participle, present participle and future participle

• Modal auxiliary, material and mental

• Stative, dynamic and infinitive

Which is an example of a present participle?

• swam

• running

• bath

• London

What is an example of an auxiliary verb?

• ran

• it

• under

• was