At a glance
Parts of Speech
- Nounnames a person, place, thing or idea
- ProperDhaka, Sara
- Commoncity, girl
- Collectiveteam, flock
- Materialgold, water
- Abstractlove, honesty
- Pronounstands in place of a noun
- PersonalI, you, he, she, they
- Possessivemine, yours, hers
- Reflexivemyself, themselves
- Demonstrativethis, that, these
- Interrogativewho, which, what
- Relativewho, which, that
- Indefinitesomeone, nothing
- Distributiveeach, either, neither
- Reciprocaleach other
- Adjectivedescribes a noun
- Qualitybig, red, kind
- Quantitysome, much, enough
- Numberone, first, many
- Demonstrativethis book, those shoes
- Possessivemy, your, their
- Interrogativewhich, what, whose
- ProperJapanese, English
- Articlesa, an, the
- Verban action or a state
- Main verbrun, eat, be
- Helping verbbe, have, do, can, must
- Transitive and intransitiveopen the door / sleep
- Linkingbe, seem, become
- Finite and non-finitegoes / to go, going, gone
- Adverbhow, when, where, how often
- Mannerslowly, well
- Placehere, outside
- Timenow, yesterday
- Frequencyalways, never
- Degreevery, too, almost
- Reasonso, therefore
- Prepositionplace, time, direction
- Simplein, on, at
- Doubleinto, onto
- Compoundbetween, behind
- Phrasebecause of, in front of
- Participleduring, regarding
- Conjunctionjoins words and sentences
- Coordinatingand, but, or, so
- Correlativeeither…or, both…and
- Subordinatingbecause, if, when
- Interjectiona sudden feeling
- JoyHooray!
- SurpriseWow!
- PainOuch!
- SadnessAlas!
- Start
- Does it name a person, place, thing or idea?YesNounSara, school, love
- Does it stand in place of a noun?YesPronounshe, it, they
- Does it describe a noun?YesAdjectivea big dog
- Does it show an action or a state?YesVerbrun, is, have
- Does it tell how, when, where or how often?YesAdverbquickly, now, here
- Does it show place, time or direction before a noun?YesPrepositionin the box
- Does it join words or sentences?YesConjunctionand, but, because
- Interjection: a sudden feelingWow! Ouch!
One sentence, many parts
| Word | Part of speech |
|---|---|
| Wow! | interjection |
| The | article (a kind of adjective) |
| little | adjective |
| girl | noun |
| ran | verb |
| quickly | adverb |
| to | preposition |
| her (mother) | possessive adjective |
| mother | noun |
| and | conjunction |
| hugged | verb |
| her | pronoun |
1 Noun: a naming word
Sara is my sister. (a person)
This is our school. (a place)
I have an apple. (a thing)
Love is important. (an idea)
2 Pronoun: instead of a noun
Tom plays football. He plays every day.
I have a cat. It is black.
3 Adjective: a describing word
a big elephant
a red rose
three cookies
4 Verb: an action or a state
She runs fast.
The baby is asleep.
5 Adverb: how, when, where
The tortoise walks slowly.
Come now!
Please sit here.
6 Preposition: place, time, direction
The ball is in the box.
The ball is under the box.
School starts at eight.
7 Conjunction: a joining word
bread and butter
It is raining, so take an umbrella.
8 Interjection: a feeling word
Wow! What a big cake!
Ouch! That hurts.
The job decides
Practice
Answer the questions. Get 7 out of 10 to finish this lesson.