Zusammenfassung der Ressource
English Language - Word Classes
- Verb - actions,
events and states
- Main - actions, events and
states; usually followed by
objects
- Copular - not followed by objects, by
phrases about subject
- Auxiliary - come before
main verbs
- Primary auxiliary verb - most used (be, do, have)
- Modal - describe degree
of certainty or necessity
- Modal verb of necessity - a recommendation
- Modal verb of obligation - a demand
- Modal verb of possibility - a suggestion
- Imperatives - commands
- Finite - definite relation to subject or noun, main verb,
only in past/present tense, can indicate active/passive
voice and quantity
- Non-finite - no relation to subject or noun, no indication of
tense, mood or gender, often act as other classes
- Gerund - verb as noun
- Infinitive - verb with 'to'
- Participle - verb as adjective, -ing or -ed ending
- Dynamic - refers to a
physical action or event
- Intransitive verb - can stand alone
- Phrasal verb - an action, event or
state expressed in a phrase
(informal)
- Progressive verb form - a
verb with -ing at the end
- Transitive verb - requires an object to make sense
- Simple verb form - a
verb by itself
- Stative verb - refers to a state
- Noun - Object,
Person, Place or Idea
- Common - everyday,
general noun
- Proper - naming a
specific place or thing
- Concrete - something
you can touch or see
- Abstract - opposite
of concrete
- Countable - with plural
- Uncountable - no plural
- Regular - add 's' when plural
- Irregular - word changes when plural
- Collective - includes more than one thing
- Compound - multiple nouns in one word
- Open
- Hyphenated
- Closed
- Pronoun - referring to a person
- Personal - only 1st/2nd person
Person - all 'persons'
- 1st person - I, Me, Mine, We , Us Our
- 2nd person - You, Your
- Singular
- Subject - actor in verb process
- Object - affected by verb process
- Plural
- Possessive -
demonstrates
ownership
- Reflexive - used when subject and object
are the same
- Demonstrative - identifies objects
- Relative - Refers to a previously used noun and
introduces relative clauses
- Indefinite - not specifying a person
- Gerund - verby noun
- Adjective -
describes a noun
- Pre-modifying - before the noun
- Post-modifying - after the noun
- Possessive - describes belonging
- Qualitative - describes noun's qualities
- Comparative - compares two or more ideas
- Superlative - describes something as
the most
- Demonstrative - identifies objects
- Quantitative - describes quantity
- Adverb - describes
an action, event or state
- Adverb of degree -
describes the extent to
which a verb happens
- Adverb of frequency -
describes how often a verb
happens
- Adverb of manner - describes how a
verb happens
- Adverb of place - describes
where a verb happens
- Adverb of time - describes when a verb happens
- Conjunction - connects
clauses or sentences
- Coordinating - links two equal clauses
- For
- And
- Nor
- But
- Or
- Yet
- So
- Subordinating - links dependent
and independent clauses
- Determiner - indicates what a
noun is referring to
- Article - determines specifity
- Definite - the
- Indefinite - a, an
- Quantifier - determines quantity
- Possessive - determines ownership
- Demonstrative - the others
- Preposition - indicates
location in time or space