Identifying Lexical Categories

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Can be preceded by a determiner (like the, a, this)

Noun

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can be preceded by a possessive (my, your, Sam’s)

Noun

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can be preceded by adjectives

noun

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can take plural morphology

noun

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can be preceded by an auxiliary (ex. may, might, will, can, should)

verb

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can be given past morphology (-ed)

verb

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take progressive morphology  with -ing

verb

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can be preceded by degree words (very, quite, super)

adjective AND adverb

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can occur in comparative constructions (ex. as X as, X than)

adjective AND adverb

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often has suffix -ly

adjective AND adverb

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can appear between a determiner and a noun (ex. the happy kid)

adjective

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can appear after linking verbs (like seem, am, is, are, was, were)

adjective

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can appear in a range of positions in a sentence (before or after verb)

  • slowly she walked away

  • she slowly walked away

  • she walked slowly away

  • she walked away slowly

adverb