The document defines and provides examples of the main word classes or parts of speech in English. It lists and briefly describes the 9 main word classes: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, determiner, and exclamation. Each word class plays a specific role in a sentence and the document provides representative examples to illustrate their functions.
The document defines and provides examples of the main word classes or parts of speech in English. It lists and briefly describes the 9 main word classes: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, determiner, and exclamation. Each word class plays a specific role in a sentence and the document provides representative examples to illustrate their functions.
The document defines and provides examples of the main word classes or parts of speech in English. It lists and briefly describes the 9 main word classes: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, determiner, and exclamation. Each word class plays a specific role in a sentence and the document provides representative examples to illustrate their functions.
The document defines and provides examples of the main word classes or parts of speech in English. It lists and briefly describes the 9 main word classes: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, determiner, and exclamation. Each word class plays a specific role in a sentence and the document provides representative examples to illustrate their functions.
an event – snow, happen a situation – be, seem, have a change – evolve, shrink, widen ADJECTIVE
An adjective is a word that describes a noun, giving
extra information about it. For example:
an exciting adventure a green apple a tidy room ADVERB An adverb is a word that’s used to give information about a verb, adjective, or other adverb. They can make the meaning of a verb, adjective, or other adverb stronger or weaker, and often appear between the subject and its verb (She nearly lost everything.)
• They sang loudly
• She’s very pretty
• He writes really well PRONOUN Pronouns are used in place of a noun that is already known or has already been mentioned. This is often done in order to avoid repeating the noun. For example:
Laura left early because she was tired.
Anthony brought the avocados with him. That is the only option left. Something will have to change.
Personal pronouns are used in place of nouns referring to specific
people or things, for example I, me, mine, you, yours, his, her, hers, we, they, or them. They can be divided into various different categories according to their role in a sentence, as follows:
on, and with. Prepositions are usually used in front of nouns or pronouns and they show the relationship between the noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. They describe, for example, the position of something, the time when something happens, or the way in which something is done. Prepositions describe, for example,
• the position of something,
His flat was over the shop.
• the time when something happens,
They arrived on Sunday. The class starts at 9 a.m.
• the way in which something is done.
We went by train. They stared at each other without speaking.
Some prepositions are made up of more than one word, for example:
They moved here because of the baby.
We sat next to each other. The hotel is perched on top of a cliff. CONJUNCTION
A conjunction (also called a connective) is a word such
as and, because, but, for, if, or, and when. Conjunctions are used to connect phrases, clauses, and sentences.
There are two main kinds of conjunction.
Coordinating conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions join items that are of equal importance in a sentence: You can have ice cream or strawberries He plays football and cricket The weather was cold but clear.
Subordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions connect subordinate clauses to the main
clause of a sentence:
I waited at home until she arrived.
He went to bed because he was tired. DETERMINER
A determiner is a word that introduces a noun, such
as a/an, the, every, this, those, or many
(as in a dog, the dog, this dog, those dogs, every dog, many dogs). The determiner the is sometimes known as the definite article and the determiner a (or an) as the indefinite article. EXCLAMATION
An exclamation (also called an interjection) is a word or
phrase that expresses strong emotion, such as surprise, pleasure, or anger. Exclamations often stand on their own, and in writing they are usually followed by an exclamation mark rather than a full stop.
