English Language AO1

what are the 3 forms of adjective

base, comparative, superlative

what is base adjective

the base term e.g small or beautiful

what is comparative adjective

compares 2 things e.g smaller or more beautiful

what is superlative adjective

the most of the thing e.g smallest or most beautiful

what is the word ‘cosy’ doing in ‘cosy house’

pre-modifying

what is a semantic field

a group of things that fit into a catergory

what are the 4 types of noun

abstract, concrete, proper, common

what is an abstract noun

concepts e.g love

what is a concrete noun

a physical thing e.g chair

what is a proper noun

specific name, capital letter e.g Tobin

what is a common noun

something general, no capital letter e.g chair

what are I, me

first personal, personal, singular pronoun

what is you

second person, personal singular or plural pronoun

what are we, us

first person personal plural pronoun

what is beans?

me

what are he she it him her they and them

third person personal singular pronouns

what are they them

third person personal plural pronouns

what is mine

first person possessive singular pronoun

what is ours

firs person possessive plural pronoun

what is myself

first person reflexive singular pronoun

what is ourselves

first person reflexive plural pronoun

what is yours

second person possessive singular or plural pronoun

what is yourself

second person reflexive singualr pronoun

what is yourselves

second person reflexive plural pronoun

what is his hers its

third person possessive singular pronouns

what is theirs

third person possessive plural pronoun

what are himself herself itself

third person reflexive singualr pronouns

what is themselves

third person reflexive plural pronoun

what does pejorative mean

to be disapproving or derogatory

what 4 types of verb are there

material, verbal, relational and mental

what is a material verb

shows actions are events e.g to jump

what is a verbal verb

shows speech e.g to shout

what is a relational verb

states of being e.g to seem

what is a mental verb

shows internal processes e.g to think or to believe

what are the 2 types of modal verb

deontic and epistemic

what does a deontic modal verb show

necessity, obligation, permission

examples of deontic modal verbs

may, can, should, must

what does a epistemic modal verb show

possibility, probability, certainty

examples of epistemic modal verbs

could, may, might, should, will

examples pf figurative language

simile, metaphor, personification, zoomorphism, euphemism, hyperbole, idiom

what are the 4 sentence functions

declarative (full stop sentence) interrogatives (question marks) imperatives (commands) exclamations (exclamation mark)

what is a noun phrase

has a noun in it

what is a verb phrase

can only exist with verbs

what is adjectival phrase

like a group, list of adjectives

what is adverbial phrase

gives extra information on how when or where

what is a minor sentence

a grammatically incomplete sentence e,g horrible. or walking down the street…

what is a simple sentence

made from 1 main clause

what is a compound sentence

2 main clauses linked by a co ordinating conjuction

what is a complex sentence

main clause and a subordinate clause link by a subordinating conjunction

what is active voice

the subject of the sentence is doing the verb e.g the boy ate the chocolate bar

what is passive voice

the subject is having the verb done to it e.g the chocolate bar was eaten by the boy

whats a sentence made up of

subject, object sometimes a complement