10 Questions
Which of the following is an example of a lexical word?
Noun
What type of words are limited in number and often highly frequent?
Grammatical words
Which of the following is a grammatical word located in the grammar and not in the lexicon?
Possessive
What type of words do we use to name the people, animals, things, and places that participate in the state of affairs talked about?
Nouns
Which type of words can be marked with suffixes for number (singular vs. plural)?
Nouns
Which of the following word classes freely admit new members into the vocabulary?
Verbs
What type of words are located in the lexicon and drawn from vocabulary?
Adjectives
Which of the following word classes are limited in number and often highly frequent?
Articles
What type of words do we use to name the people, animals, things, and places that participate in the state of affairs talked about?
Nouns
According to Aarts & Aarts, which word class also includes conjunctions, numerals, and quantifiers?
Adverbs
Learn about the different classes of words in English grammar, including open (major) classes such as noun, verb, adjective, and adverb, as well as closed (minor) classes like preposition, pronoun, and article. Explore the classifications according to Aarts & Aarts, which also include conjunctions, numerals, and quantifiers.
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