Parts of speech
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- Parts of Speech
- Noun
- Refers to words that are used to name people, things, animals, places, ideas or events.
- Proper- Always start with a capital letter and refer to names of people, places or things.
- eg. Volkswagen Beetle, Shakey's Pizza, Game of Thrones
- Common- Opposite of proper nouns. Just generic names of people, places or things.
- eg. car, pizza parlour, TV series
- Concrete- Nouns which you can perceive through your five senses.
- eg. folder, sand, board
- Abstract- Nouns of which you cannot perceive through your five senses.
- eg. happiness, grudge, bravery
- Collective- Refers to a group of people, animals or things
- eg. faculty (group of teachers), class (group of students), pride (group of lions)
- Adverbs
- Like adjectives but they describe adjectives, verbs or other adverbs
- Adverb of Manner- Refers to how something happens or how something is done.
- eg. Annie danced GRACEFULLY.
- Adverb of Time- Describes when something happens or when something is done.
- eg. She came YESTERDAY
- Adverb of Place- Tells us where something happens or where something is done.
- eg. "Of course, I looked EVERYWHERE!"
- Adverb of degree- States the intensity or the degree to which a specific thing happens or is done.
- eg. The child is VERY talented.
- Adjectives
- A word naming an attribute of a noun
- Modifiers- Modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun
- eg. small, blue, beautiful
- Attributive- Used before the noun
- eg. A black cat
- Predicative- Used after a noun
- eg. The cat was black
- Comparative- Used for comparing two people or things
- eg. He is taller than me
- Superlative- Comparing one person or thing with every other member of the group
- eg. He was the tallest boy in the class
- Referential- Give factual information
- eg. The building is tall
- Evaluative- Offer an opinion
- eg. The exam was difficult
- Verbs
- Main- Describes an action
- eg. ran, run, thought, thinking
- Auxiliary- Supporting verbs
- eg. might, have, been
- Dynamic- Describes activities or events that can begin or finish
- eg. play, melt, hit
- Stative- Refer to a state or condition which is unchanging
- eg. hate, belive, contain, own
- Primary Auxiliary- Used with other verbs to form tenses, moods and voices of other verbs.
- eg.be, do and have
- Modal Auxiliary- Combined with words to express necessity, possibility or ability
- eg. must, shall, will, can, could
- Action Word
- Main- Describes an action
- Prepositions
- Shows the relationship between a noun, pronoun and any other words in a sentence.
- eg. like, to, through, at, by, on, before
- Conjunction
- A connector
- eg. and, but, because, so, although.FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
- Interjections
- Demonstrates the feeling or emotions of the author
- eg. whah, oops, cheerio
- Pronoun
- Substitute for a noun or noun phrase e.g. me, you, it, which, my
- Possessive- Used to show ownership, no apostrophe
- eg. my, yours, hers
- Interrogative- Used to ask a question
- eg. who, whom, which
- Demonstrative- Used to single out one or more nouns referred to in the sentence
- eg. this, that, these, those
- Indefinite- does not refer to a specific person or thing
- eg. someone,everybody,everyone
- Reflexive-Personal pronouns that have '-self' or '-selves' on the end
- eg. He finished his homework himself
- Personal-refer to a specific person or thing
- eg. She was hungry
- Noun
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