Word class + terminology

• Common noun


  everyday items
• Proper noun


  the particular names for everyday items
• Concrete noun


  tangible, physically observable things
• Abstract noun


  concepts and ideas
• Active verb


  physical processes
• stative verbs


  internalised processes
• Regular verbs


  verbs conjugated into the past tense by applying '-ed' suffix
• Irregular verbs


  verbs conjugated into the past Temse by changing the verb itself
• Auxiliary verbs


  secondary verbs used alongside main verbs to create certain tenses
• Auxiliary modal verbs


  used alongside main verbs to create certain tenses with added degree of extra certainty or uncertainty
• Demonstrative adjectives


  that car, those cars, these cars etc.
• Possessive adjectives


  my car, your car their car, his car her car, our car
• Interrogative adjectives


  whose car, which car, what car
• Numerical adjectives


  six cars, one car
• Colour adjectives


  blue car, red car
• Qualitative adjectives


  brilliant car, lovely car, crappy car
• Adverbs of manner


  quickly, dark
• Adverbs of place


  I live HERE
• Adverbs of degree


  I love you COMPLETELY
• Adverbs of frequency


  I OFTEN go swimming