EDUC 197 finals

• Word Categories

  • Noun
  • Pronoun
  • Verb
  • Adjective
  • Adverb
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Interjection
  • Determiners
• Proper noun


  Name of specific nouns, which are always capitalized
• Common noun


  The word used for a class of person, place, or thing
• Countable noun


  Noun that can be counted in numbers
• Uncountable noun


  Noun without a plural form
• Concrete noun


  Things which we can see or touch physically
• Abstract noun


  Things you cannot see or touch, do not have physical existence
• Compound noun


  Nouns made up of more than one word
• Collective noun


  Words that denote groups' collection or multitude of something
• Pronoun


  A word that replaces a noun in a sentence
• Types of Pronouns

  • Personal Pronouns
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Intensive Pronouns
  • Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
• Personal Pronouns


  We use them as a substitute for a person's name
• Indefinite Pronouns


  Refer to something that is not definite in a sentence, do not refer to a particular thing or person
• Relative Pronouns


  A pronoun that joins clauses and relate or refer back to their antecedent
• Intensive Pronouns


  Emphasize or intensify nouns and pronouns, end in -self or -selves
• Demonstrative Pronouns


  Take the place of a noun that's already been mentioned in a sentence, can be singular or plural
• Reflexive Pronouns


  Used when the subject and the object of a sentence refer to the same person or thing, end in -selves or -self
• Verb


  Shows the happening or state of something, an action word
• Simple Past


  • Indicates a past habit or an action already completed
• Simple Present


  • Expresses habits or general truth, indicates a future event on a designated date as part of a plan or arrangement
• Simple Future


  • Indicates an action, condition, or circumstance which hasn't taken place yet
• Past Progressive

  • Indicates uncompleted action of the past, indicates persistent habits of the past
• Future Progressive

  Indicates what will be going on at some time in the future, indicates planned future events
• Past Perfect Progressive

  Indicates an action in the past that began before a certain point in the past and continued up until that point in time
• Present Perfect Progressive

  Indicates an action which started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete
• Future Perfect Progressive

  • Indicates an action that will have happened for some time and will not be complete yet at a certain point in the future
• Past Perfect


  • Indicates a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place
• Present Perfect


  • Indicates past action which is not defined by a time of occurrence, indicates an action that started in the past and has continued up until now
• Future Perfect


  • Indicates an action that will be complete before another event takes place
• Adjective


  A word which modifies a noun or pronoun
• Gradable Adjective


  • Many adjectives describe qualities that can be measured in degrees, such as size, beauty, age, etc.
• Non-gradable Adjective


  • Some adjectives describe qualities that are completely present or completely absent.
  • They do not occur in comparative and superlative forms and cannot be used with adverbs such as very or extremely.
• Gradable Adjective


  • angry, busy, happy
• Non-gradable Adjective


  • Impossible, foreign
• Adverb


  A word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb
• Types of Adverbs

  • Adverbs of Time
  • Adverbs of Place
  • Adverbs of Frequency
  • Adverbs of Degree
  • Adverbs of Affirmation
  • Adverbs of Manner
• Adverb Placement

  Usual word order when two or more adverbs modify a verb: MANNER - PLACE - FREQUENCY - TIME - CAUSE/REASON
• Conjunction


  Words that join words, phrases, and clauses
• Types of Conjunction

  • Coordinating Conjunction
  • Subordinating Conjunction
  • Correlative Conjunction
• Preposition


  Shows location or position of noun or pronoun and other parts of speech