AO1 terms Paper 1

• Common noun


  Names any person, place, thing, or idea
• Proper noun


  Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea
• Concrete noun


  Thing that can be seen, heard, smelt, touched or tasted
• Abstract noun


  Names an idea or feeling
• Base adjective


  Adjectives without a suffix
• Comparative adjective


  'er' suffix added
• Superlative adjective


  'est' suffix added
• Main verb


  Main action of the clause
• Auxiliary verb


  Helps the main verb
• Modal auxiliary verb


  Expresses possibility
• Copular verb


  Links subject to noun or adjective
• Dynamic verb


  Actions that can start and end
• Types of dynamic verbs


  • Material
  • Verbal
  • Mental
• Stative verb


  Describe constant states
• Types of stative verbs


  • Intrinsic process
  • Relational
• Intransitive verb


  Verbs don't have a direct object
• Transitive verb


  Verbs have a direct object
• Active voice


  Subject performs the action
• Passive voice


  Subject being acted on
• Indicative mood


  Indicates a fact
• Conditional mood


  Expresses a proposition
• Subjunctive mood


  Describes a hypothetical situation
• Adverb


  Modify verbs
• Types of adverbs


  • Place
  • Time
  • Frequency
  • Manner
• Personal pronoun


  Take the place of nouns referring to people
• Possessive pronoun


  Show possession
• Reflexive pronoun


  Refer back to the noun
• Relative pronoun


  Link the noun to a clause
• Demonstrative pronoun


  Direct attention towards something
• Definite article


  Referring to something specific - the
• Indefinite article


  Referring to something general - an
• Quantifiers


  Display a quantity
• Co-ordinating conjunction


  Join two of the same clauses
• Sub-ordinating conjunction


  Join a main + subordinate clause
• Homophone


  Words pronounced the same
• Homograph


  Words spelt the same
• Homonym


  Words spelt and pronounced the same
• Synonym


  Words that have the same meaning
• Antonym


  Words with opposite meaning
• Free morpheme


  Can stand alone