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English Language
A level
Question | Answer |
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Give examples of different types of nouns. | Proper,common,collective,concrete and abstract. |
What is a proper noun? | Names-Cat |
What is a collective nouns? | Group of things. |
What is a concrete noun? | Physical-table |
What is a abstract noun? | Idea-thought,dream |
What is an adjective? | Word which modifies a noun.Functions to describe.Can come before or after a noun. |
What are the types of adjectives? | Descriptive,Evaluate,Comparative and superlative. |
Give an example of a descriptive a adjective? | Hairy bear |
Give an example of an evaluative adjective | Scary bear |
Give an example of an comparative adjective? | Big,bigger |
Give an example of a superlative adjective? | More beautiful,most beautiful |
What is a noun phrase? | When you modify a noun it becomes a noun phrase. |
What is a verb? | A verb is a word or a doing word. |
Give an example of a verb. | To run,to jump,to sit. |
Subject + Verb | The dog barked. |
Give examples of verbs. | Dynamic and stative. |
What is a dynamic verb? | A dynamic verb is one which relates to action. |
Give an example of a dynamic verb. | To run. |
What is stative verb? | A stative verb is one which expresses being or thought processes rather than actions. |
Give an example of a stative verb. | To be,to seem. |
What is regular verbs? | Regular verbs have four forms:Example,infinitive,third person,past tense and present tense. |
What is irregular verbs? | Irregular verbs often have five forms:example,infinitive,third person,past tense,present tense and past participle. |
What are the three primary verbs? | To be,to do,to have. |
What are auxiliary verbs? | They come before main verbs. |
What are the modal verbs? | Can,could,shall,should,would,will,may,might,must. |
What are imperatives? | Gives instructions or commands. |
Give examples of imperative. | Don't be afraid,play quickly. |
What are adverbs? | An adverb s a word that modifies a verb. |
What are the types of adverbs? | Manner,time and place. |
Give an example of a adverb of manner. | Jason quickly read the book. |
Give an example of adverb of time. | We went to the store yesterday. |
Give an example of manner of place. | He puts the paper here. |
What are pronouns? | Pronouns are used instead of nouns. |
What are personal pronouns? | When a pronoun replaces an object an object pronoun is used. |
What are possessive pronouns? | These are used when you need to show possession of something. |
What are reflexive pronouns? | These are used when this same person is the subject and object in a sentence. |
What is demonstrative pronouns? | These are used to point the relationship between the speaker and the character. |
What is interrogative pronouns? | These are used to ask questions. |
What is relative pronouns? | These directly follow the nouns they describe. |
What is indefinite pronouns? | These have a less certain reference point than the other pronouns. |
Interrogative sentence | Questions |
Imperative sentence | Commands |
Exclamation | Short sentence ,e.g-(good luck) |
Declarative | Saying what someone is doing,e.g-(Sophie couldn't sleep) |
Neatening | Language change during time |
Plurals | In old English there are many ways of forming a plural. |
Verbs | Irregular:I had Strong:I shone Weak:I save |
Pronouns | Thou and thee Who and whom |
Word order | Standard English: Subject, verb and order |
Negative construction | E.g - Never did nothing |