Lexis

• Morpheme


  The meaningful units of language that make up a word
• Proper nouns


  Words used to describe specific people and places
• Concrete Nouns


  Words used to describe a thing that exists physically
• Abstract Nouns


  Words used to describe feelings, ideas and qualities
• Collective Nouns


  Words used to describe groups of an object
• Attributive Adjective


  An adjective that comes before the noun
• Predicative Adjective


  An adjective that comes after the noun
• Comparative Adjective


  An adjective that compares two nouns to each other
• Superlative Adjective


  An Adjective that describes a noun being to the highest or lowest degree
• Dynamic Verb


  A verb that describes a physical action
• Stative Verb


  A verb that describes a state of mind
• Transitive Verb


  A dynamic verb that requires an object
• Finite Verb


  A verb which has a subject and a tense
• Auxiliary Verb


  A verb used to form the tense, mood and voices of other words
• Manner Adverb


  An adverb which shows how a verb is being done
• Time Adverb


  An adverb which shows when a verb is being done
• Place Adverb


  An adverb which shows where a verb is being done
• Frequency Adverb 


  An adverb which shows how often a verb is being done
• Degree Adverb


  An adverb which shows to what extent and intensity the verb is being done
• Quantity Adverb 


  An adverb which shows the quantity that the verb is being done
• Evaluative Adverb


  An adverb which express the attitude of the writer for the following clause
• Personal Pronouns


  Pronoun used to in replace the subject or object
• Reflexive Pronouns 


  Pronouns used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same
• Indefinite Pronoun


  Pronouns that don't refer to a specific thing
• Demonstrative Pronoun


  Pronouns used to stand in for a noun
• Possessive Pronouns


  Pronouns used to show the person's relation to the object
• Interrogative Pronouns


  Pronouns used when asking a question
• Relative Pronouns


  Pronouns used as linking words in sentences e.g whom
• Definite Determiners


  Determiners used when the noun is definite
• Indefinite Determiner


  Determiner used when the noun isn't specific
• Numerical Determiner


  Determiner used to show the number of a noun
• Quantifier Determiner


  Determiner used to show the quantity of a noun
• Demonstrative Determiner


  Determiner used to refer to specific objects/people
• Prepositions


  A word that describes the location of an object
• Coordinating Conjunctions


  Words used to join a noun to another noun
• Subordinating Conjunctions


  Words used to join clauses together
• Correlative Conjunctions


  Pair of words used to connect two or more words