The Study Of Language - George Yule - Chapter 7

Front 1

Nouns

Back 1

* Things : people, objects, creatures, places, qualities (roughness), phenomena (earthquake), abstract ideas (love)

Front 2

Articles

Back 2

* a, an, the

Front 3

Adjective

Back 3

* Words usually accompanying nouns to provide more information about what they're referring to (happy dog)

Front 4

Verbs

Back 4

* Words referring to various kind of actions

Front 5

Adverbs

Back 5

* Usually used with verbs to provide more information about the verb
* sadly, really, very, slowly, yesterday

Front 6

Propositions

Back 6

* words used with nouns in phrases providing information about time, place, and other connections :
* at, in
* on, near
* with, without

Front 7

pronouns

Back 7

* used in place of nouns
she, himself, them, they

Front 8

conjuction

Back 8

Used to make connections and indicate relationships between events
* and, but, because, when

Front 9

Agreement

Back 9

agreement of two words in number(singular, plural), tense, person(first, second, third person), voice(active, passive), and gender