Understand and Identify the main word classes
Noun (naming word), Verb (doing word), Adjective (describes a noun), Adverb (describes a verb), Preposition (indicate how one thing is connected with another), Conjunction (joins two parts of a sentence together), Pronoun (replaces a noun), Determiner (placed in front of a noun to identify it in some way)
Recognise the different types of nouns/verbs/adjectives/pronouns/conjunctions
Noun - Proper (person, place) Common (just normal) Concrete (can touch it) Abstract (can't touch it) Collective (a word for a group of them e.g. herd)
Verb - Dynamic (actively done) Stative (process) Active (emphasis on who is doing it) Passive (emphasis on the who/what has it done to them)
Adjectives - Pre/post modifying Conjunctions - Co-ordinaing (two ordinary clauses) and sub-ordinating (+subordinate)
Pronouns - Personal (I, me, you), Reflexive (myself, herself, themselves), Relative (who)
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