Lexicology - Autumn 2004
Handout - week 9
FORM CLASSES: NOUNS

How can nouns be classified?




List some suffixes used to form
concrete nouns:




abstract nouns:





Nouns - number
List some English nouns ending in --s  which are considered as
singular (i.e. take the singular form of a verb):




List some English nouns not ending in --s which are considered as
plural:




Are there any nouns which can be both singular and plural
(without any change in form)? Classify at least three types of
such nouns and give examples.




Nouns - countability
The main grammatical differences between count and noncount
(mass) nouns are:




List some nouns which are noncount in English and count in Czech:





What is the function of partitives?




Nouns - case
What different meanings are expressed by the following genitive
cases?
my mother´s plates             my mother´s cake
Beethoven´s piano concertos          Miss Kožená´s concert
the president´s resignation          the president´s
assassination
a three days´ work             a children´s home

Nouns - gender
What is dual gender? Give examples of such nouns.






Will you use it/which or they/who with the following nouns?
government                    committee
police                       family
headquarters                  team






















Lexicology - Autumn 2004
Handout - week 10
FORM CLASSES: ADJECTIVES  PRONOUNS

ADJECTIVES
Adjectives - central and peripheral: explain and give examples.



What are the basic properties of adjectives?
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Adjectives - stative and dynamic: give examples.

Adjectives - gradability
Which adjectives are not gradable?






PRONOUNS
Pronouns - subclasses
Complete the following dictum:
Central pronouns (i.e. ______________, ______________ and
________________ pronouns) express contrasts of ______________,
______________ and ________________.

What are compound indefinite pronouns?




How many forms do personal pronouns have? What system of cases do
they have, compared with that of nouns?






Which classes of pronouns do not have a person contrast?