word classes forms & functions & descriptions, but not definitions
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WORD CLASSES
FORMS & FUNCTIONS & DESCRIPTIONS, but NOT definitions
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the problem with definitions
COIK
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problem with definitions
COIK
clear only if known
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Open Word Classes
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
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Noun tests
can be marked by articles (a, the, an) and other determiners (such as numbers):
___ farmer(s) went to town.
BUT don’t have to have determiners.Girls just want to have fun.
AND may have adjectives in between: My stupid dad smokes pot.
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Types of nouns abstract (e.g., friendliness,
childhood, chastity) & concrete (e.g.,)dog, mother, tree…
Count (e.g., cat) & non-count (e.g., mankind, purity)
Collective (e.g., class, team, faculty, committee, army)
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Types of nouns, cont’d
Proper (e.g., Jane, Grand Canyon, Main Street) & common (e.g., girl, canyon, street)
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Verbs can put an -ing on it... test sentences:
They want to _________.It is going to ________.
Please ________ (it).
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Grammar Joke of the Day
What did the noun say to the verb?
“Stop telling me what to do!”
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Adjectives describe a noun have comparative and superlative
forms ex. happy/happier/happiest test sentence: The _ dog was very ___. answer these questions:
Which one? How many? Which kind? Whose?
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Adverbs Describe a verb. . .ex. He is already gone. an adjective...ex. He is very happy. or another adverb...ex. He is way too happy, if you ask me.
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Adverbs Answer these questions:
When? Where? How? How often How much? To what degree? Why?
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Adverbs
often end in “-ly”ex. Edward gingerly nuzzled
Bella’s neck.
often are found next to or within the verb
ex. He was really excited, but managed to restrain himself.
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Adverbs vs. Adjectives
the moveability test:Generally, adverbs can move
around in the sentence.Adverbs generally can move.Adverbs can generally move.Adverbs can move, generally.vs.Adjectives can’t be moved.
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BUT… Not just a matter of “forms” Also a matter of “functions”…
Ex: We had fried chicken for dinner.We chickened out.
SO WHAT? You can only truly identify a word’s class within a given sentence.
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How to Bartle Puzballs
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