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Words don’t only mean something; they also do something. In the English language, words are grouped into word classes based on their function, i.e. what they do in a phrase or sentence. In total, there are nine word classes in English.
Word class meaning and example
All words can be categorised into classes within a language based on their function and purpose.
An example of various word classes is ‘The cat ate a cupcake quickly.’
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The = a determiner
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cat = a noun
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ate = a verb
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a = determiner
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cupcake = noun
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quickly = an adverb
Word class function
The function of a word class, also known as a part of speech, is to classify words according to their grammatical properties and the roles they play in sentences. By assigning words to different word classes, we can understand how they should be used in context and how they relate to other words in a sentence.
Each word class has its own unique set of characteristics and rules for usage, and understanding the function of word classes is essential for effective communication in English. Knowing our word classes allows us to create clear and grammatically correct sentences that convey our intended meaning.
Word classes in English
In English, there are four main word classes; nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. These are considered lexical words, and they provide the main meaning of a phrase or sentence.
The other five word classes are; prepositions, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, and interjections. These are considered functional words, and they provide structural and relational information in a sentence or phrase.
Don’t worry if it sounds a bit confusing right now. Read ahead and you’ll be a master of the different types of word classes in no time!
| All word classes | Definition | Examples of word classification |
| Noun | A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. | cat, house, plant |
| Pronoun | A word that is used in place of a noun to avoid repetition. | he, she, they, it |
| Verb | A word that expresses action, occurrence, or state of being. | run, sing, grow |
| Adjective | A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. | blue, tall, happy |
| Adverb | A word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb. | quickly, very |
| Preposition | A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. | in, on, at |
| Conjunction | A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses. | and, or, but |
| Interjection | A word that expresses strong emotions or feelings. | wow, oh, ouch |
| Determiners | A word that clarifies information about the quantity, location, or ownership of the noun | Articles like ‘the’ and ‘an’, and quantifiers like ‘some’ and ‘all’. |
The four main word classes
In the English language, there are four main word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Let’s look at all the word classes in detail.
Nouns
Nouns are the words we use to describe people, places, objects, feelings, concepts, etc. Usually, nouns are tangible (touchable) things, such as a table, a person, or a building.
However, we also have abstract nouns, which are things we can feel and describe but can’t necessarily see or touch, such as love, honour, or excitement. Proper nouns are the names we give to specific and official people, places, or things, such as England, Claire, or Hoover.
Cat
House
School
Britain
Harry
Book
Hatred
‘My sister went to school.‘
Verbs
Verbs are words that show action, event, feeling, or state of being. This can be a physical action or event, or it can be a feeling that is experienced.
Lexical verbs are considered one of the four main word classes, and auxiliary verbs are not. Lexical verbs are the main verb in a sentence that shows action, event, feeling, or state of being, such as walk, ran, felt, and want, whereas an auxiliary verb helps the main verb and expresses grammatical meaning, such as has, is, and do.
Run
Walk
Swim
Curse
Wish
Help
Leave
‘She wished for a sunny day.’
Adjectives
Adjectives are words used to modify nouns, usually by describing them. Adjectives describe an attribute, quality, or state of being of the noun.
Long
Short
Friendly
Broken
Loud
Embarrassed
Dull
Boring
‘The friendly woman wore a beautiful dress.’
Fig 1. Adjectives can describe the woman and the dress
Adverbs
Adverbs are words that work alongside verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They provide further descriptions of how, where, when, and how often something is done.
Quickly
Softly
Very
More
Too
Loudly
‘The music was too loud.’
All of the above examples are lexical word classes and carry most of the meaning in a sentence. They make up the majority of the words in the English language.
The other five word classes
The other five remaining word classes are; prepositions, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, and interjections. These words are considered functional words and are used to explain grammatical and structural relationships between words.
For example, prepositions can be used to explain where one object is in relation to another.
Prepositions
Prepositions are used to show the relationship between words in terms of place, time, direction, and agency.
In
At
On
Towards
To
Through
Into
By
With
‘They went through the tunnel.’
Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of a noun or a noun phrase in a sentence. They often refer to a noun that has already been mentioned and are commonly used to avoid repetition.
Chloe (noun) → she (pronoun)
Chloe’s dog → her dog (possessive pronoun)
There are several different types of pronouns; let’s look at some examples of each.
- He, she, it, they — personal pronouns
- His, hers, its, theirs, mine, ours — possessive pronouns
- Himself, herself, myself, ourselves, themselves — reflexive pronouns
- This, that, those, these — demonstrative pronouns
- Anyone, somebody, everyone, anything, something — Indefinite pronouns
- Which, what, that, who, who — Relative pronouns
‘She sat on the chair which was broken.’
Determiners
Determiners work alongside nouns to clarify information about the quantity, location, or ownership of the noun. It ‘determines’ exactly what is being referred to. Much like pronouns, there are also several different types of determiners.
- The, a, an — articles
- This, that, those — you might recognise these for demonstrative pronouns are also determiners
- One, two, three etc. — cardinal numbers
- First, second, third etc. — ordinal numbers
- Some, most, all — quantifiers
- Other, another — difference words
‘The first restaurant is better than the other.’
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words that connect other words, phrases, and clauses together within a sentence. There are three main types of conjunctions;
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Coordinating conjunctions — these link independent clauses together.
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Subordinating conjunctions — these link dependent clauses to independent clauses.
- Correlative conjunctions — words that work in pairs to join two parts of a sentence of equal importance.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so — coordinating conjunctions
After, as, because, when, while, before, if, even though — subordinating conjunctions
Either/or, neither/nor, both/and — correlative conjunctions
‘If it rains, I’m not going out.’
Interjections
Interjections are exclamatory words used to express an emotion or a reaction. They often stand alone from the rest of the sentence and are accompanied by an exclamation mark.
Oh
Oops!
Phew!
Ahh!
‘Oh, what a surprise!’
Word class: lexical classes and function classes
A helpful way to understand lexical word classes is to see them as the building blocks of sentences. If the lexical word classes are the blocks themselves, then the function word classes are the cement holding the words together and giving structure to the sentence.
Fig 2. Lexical and functional word classes
In this diagram, the lexical classes are in blue and the function classes are in yellow. We can see that the words in blue provide the key information, and the words in yellow bring this information together in a structured way.
Word class examples
Sometimes it can be tricky to know exactly which word class a word belongs to. Some words can function as more than one word class depending on how they are used in a sentence. For this reason, we must look at words in context, i.e. how a word works within the sentence. Take a look at the following examples of word classes to see the importance of word class categorisation.
The dog will bark if you open the door.
The tree bark was dark and rugged.
Here we can see that the same word (bark) has a different meaning and different word class in each sentence. In the first example, ‘bark’ is used as a verb, and in the second as a noun (an object in this case).
I left my sunglasses on the beach.
The horse stood on Sarah’s left foot.
In the first sentence, the word ‘left’ is used as a verb (an action), and in the second, it is used to modify the noun (foot). In this case, it is an adjective.
I run every day
I went for a run
In this example, ‘run’ can be a verb or a noun.
Word Class — Key takeaways
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We group words into word classes based on the function they perform in a sentence.
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The four main word classes are nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. These are lexical classes that give meaning to a sentence.
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The other five word classes are prepositions, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, and interjections. These are function classes that are used to explain grammatical and structural relationships between words.
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It is important to look at the context of a sentence in order to work out which word class a word belongs to.
Frequently Asked Questions about Word Class
A word class is a group of words that have similar properties and play a similar role in a sentence.
Some examples of how some words can function as more than one word class include the way ‘run’ can be a verb (‘I run every day’) or a noun (‘I went for a run’). Similarly, ‘well’ can be an adverb (‘He plays the guitar well’) or an adjective (‘She’s feeling well today’).
The nine word classes are; Nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, interjections.
Categorising words into word classes helps us to understand the function the word is playing within a sentence.
Parts of speech is another term for word classes.
The different groups of word classes include lexical classes that act as the building blocks of a sentence e.g. nouns. The other word classes are function classes that act as the ‘glue’ and give grammatical information in a sentence e.g. prepositions.
The word classes for all, that, and the is:
‘All’ = determiner (quantifier)
‘That’ = pronoun and/or determiner (demonstrative pronoun)
‘The’ = determiner (article)
Final Word Class Quiz
Word Class Quiz — Teste dein Wissen
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A word can only belong to one type of noun. True or false?
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This is false. A word can belong to multiple categories of nouns and this may change according to the context of the word.
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Name the two principal categories of nouns.
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The two principal types of nouns are ‘common nouns’ and ‘proper nouns’.
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Which of the following is an example of a proper noun?
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Name the 6 types of common nouns discussed in the text.
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Concrete nouns, abstract nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, collective nouns, and compound nouns.
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What is the difference between a concrete noun and an abstract noun?
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A concrete noun is a thing that physically exists. We can usually touch this thing and measure its proportions. An abstract noun, however, does not physically exist. It is a concept, idea, or feeling that only exists within the mind.
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Pick out the concrete noun from the following:
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Pick out the abstract noun from the following:
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What is the difference between a countable and an uncountable noun? Can you think of an example for each?
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A countable noun is a thing that can be ‘counted’, i.e. it can exist in the plural. Some examples include ‘bottle’, ‘dog’ and ‘boy’. These are often concrete nouns.
An uncountable noun is something that can not be counted, so you often cannot place a number in front of it. Examples include ‘love’, ‘joy’, and ‘milk’.
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Pick out the collective noun from the following:
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What is the collective noun for a group of sheep?
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The collective noun is a ‘flock’, as in ‘flock of sheep’.
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The word ‘greenhouse’ is a compound noun. True or false?
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This is true. The word ‘greenhouse’ is a compound noun as it is made up of two separate words ‘green’ and ‘house’. These come together to form a new word.
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What are the adjectives in this sentence?: ‘The little boy climbed up the big, green tree’
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The adjectives are ‘little’ and ‘big’, and ‘green’ as they describe features about the nouns.
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Place the adjectives in this sentence into the correct order: the wooden blue big ship sailed across the Indian vast scary ocean.
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The big, blue, wooden ship sailed across the vast, scary, Indian ocean.
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What are the 3 different positions in which an adjective can be placed?
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An adjective can be placed before a noun (pre-modification), after a noun (post-modification), or following a verb as a complement.
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In this sentence, does the adjective pre-modify or post-modify the noun? ‘The unicorn is angry’.
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The adjective ‘angry’ post-modifies the noun ‘unicorn’.
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In this sentence, does the adjective pre-modify or post-modify the noun? ‘It is a scary unicorn’.
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The adjective ‘scary’ pre-modifies the noun ‘unicorn’.
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What kind of adjectives are ‘purple’ and ‘shiny’?
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‘Purple’ and ‘Shiny’ are qualitative adjectives as they describe a quality or feature of a noun
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What kind of adjectives are ‘ugly’ and ‘easy’?
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The words ‘ugly’ and ‘easy’ are evaluative adjectives as they give a subjective opinion on the noun.
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Which of the following adjectives is an absolute adjective?
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Which of these adjectives is a classifying adjective?
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Convert the noun ‘quick’ to its comparative form.
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The comparative form of ‘quick’ is ‘quicker’.
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Convert the noun ‘slow’ to its superlative form.
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The comparative form of ‘slow’ is ‘slowest’.
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What is an adjective phrase?
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An adjective phrase is a group of words that is ‘built’ around the adjective (it takes centre stage in the sentence). For example, in the phrase ‘the dog is big’ the word ‘big’ is the most important information.
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Give 2 examples of suffixes that are typical of adjectives.
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Suffixes typical of adjectives include -able, -ible, -ful, -y, -less, -ous, -some, -ive, -ish, -al.
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What is the difference between a main verb and an auxiliary verb?
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A main verb is a verb that can stand on its own and carries most of the meaning in a verb phrase. For example, ‘run’, ‘find’. Auxiliary verbs cannot stand alone, instead, they work alongside a main verb and ‘help’ the verb to express more grammatical information e.g. tense, mood, possibility.
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What is the difference between a primary auxiliary verb and a modal auxiliary verb?
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Primary auxiliary verbs consist of the various forms of ‘to have’, ‘to be’, and ‘to do’ e.g. ‘had’, ‘was’, ‘done’. They help to express a verb’s tense, voice, or mood. Modal auxiliary verbs show possibility, ability, permission, or obligation. There are 9 auxiliary verbs including ‘could’, ‘will’, might’.
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Which of the following are primary auxiliary verbs?
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Is
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Play
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Have
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Run
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Does
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Could
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The primary auxiliary verbs in this list are ‘is’, ‘have’, and ‘does’. They are all forms of the main primary auxiliary verbs ‘to have’, ‘to be’, and ‘to do’. ‘Play’ and ‘run’ are main verbs and ‘could’ is a modal auxiliary verb.
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Name 6 out of the 9 modal auxiliary verbs.
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Answers include: Could, would, should, may, might, can, will, must, shall
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‘The fairies were asleep’. In this sentence, is the verb ‘were’ a linking verb or an auxiliary verb?
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The word ‘were’ is used as a linking verb as it stands alone in the sentence. It is used to link the subject (fairies) and the adjective (asleep).
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What is the difference between dynamic verbs and stative verbs?
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A dynamic verb describes an action or process done by a noun or subject. They are thought of as ‘action verbs’ e.g. ‘kick’, ‘run’, ‘eat’. Stative verbs describe the state of being of a person or thing. These are states that are not necessarily physical action e.g. ‘know’, ‘love’, ‘suppose’.
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Which of the following are dynamic verbs and which are stative verbs?
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Drink
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Prefer
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Talk
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Seem
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Understand
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Write
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The dynamic verbs are ‘drink’, ‘talk’, and ‘write’ as they all describe an action. The stative verbs are ‘prefer’, ‘seem’, and ‘understand’ as they all describe a state of being.
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What is an imperative verb?
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Imperative verbs are verbs used to give orders, give instructions, make a request or give warning. They tell someone to do something. For example, ‘clean your room!’.
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Inflections give information about tense, person, number, mood, or voice. True or false?
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What information does the inflection ‘-ing’ give for a verb?
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The inflection ‘-ing’ is often used to show that an action or state is continuous and ongoing.
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How do you know if a verb is irregular?
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An irregular verb does not take the regular inflections, instead the whole word is spelt a different way. For example, begin becomes ‘began’ or ‘begun’. We can’t add the regular past tense inflection -ed as this would become ‘beginned’ which doesn’t make sense.
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Suffixes can never signal what word class a word belongs to. True or false?
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False. Suffixes can signal what word class a word belongs to. For example, ‘-ify’ is a common suffix for verbs (‘identity’, ‘simplify’)
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A verb phrase is built around a noun. True or false?
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False. A verb phrase is a group of words that has a main verb along with any other auxiliary verbs that ‘help’ the main verb. For example, ‘could eat’ is a verb phrase as it contains a main verb (‘could’) and an auxiliary verb (‘could’).
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Which of the following are multi-word verbs?
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Shake
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Rely on
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Dancing
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Look up to
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The verbs ‘rely on’ and ‘look up to’ are multi-word verbs as they consist of a verb that has one or more prepositions or particles linked to it.
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What is the difference between a transition verb and an intransitive verb?
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Transitive verbs are verbs that require an object in order to make sense. For example, the word ‘bring’ requires an object that is brought (‘I bring news’). Intransitive verbs do not require an object to complete the meaning of the sentence e.g. ‘exist’ (‘I exist’).
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An adverb is a word that gives more information about a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a full clause.
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What are the 3 ways we can use adverbs?
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We can use adverbs to modify a word (modifying adverbs), to intensify a word (intensifying adverbs), or to connect two clauses (connecting adverbs).
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What are modifying adverbs?
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Modifying adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They add further information about the word.
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‘Additionally’, ‘likewise’, and ‘consequently’ are examples of connecting adverbs. True or false?
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True! Connecting adverbs are words used to connect two independent clauses.
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What are intensifying adverbs?
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Intensifying adverbs are words used to strengthen the meaning of an adjective, another adverb, or a verb. In other words, they ‘intensify’ another word.
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Which of the following are intensifying adverbs?
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Calmly
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Incredibly
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Enough
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Greatly
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The intensifying adverbs are ‘incredibly’ and ‘greatly’. These strengthen the meaning of a word.
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Name the main types of adverbs
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The main adverbs are; adverbs of place, adverbs of time, adverbs of manner, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of degree, adverbs of probability, and adverbs of purpose.
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What are adverbs of time?
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Adverbs of time are the ‘when?’ adverbs. They answer the question ‘when is the action done?’ e.g. ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’
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Which of the following are adverbs of frequency?
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Usually
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Patiently
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Occasionally
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Nowhere
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The adverbs of frequency are ‘usually’ and ‘occasionally’. They are the ‘how often?’ adverbs. They answer the question ‘how often is the action done?’.
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What are adverbs of place?
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Adverbs of place are the ‘where?’ adverbs. They answer the question ‘where is the action done?’. For example, ‘outside’ or ‘elsewhere’.
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Which of the following are adverbs of manner?
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Never
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Carelessly
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Kindly
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Inside
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The words ‘carelessly’ and ‘kindly’ are adverbs of manner. They are the ‘how?’ adverbs that answer the question ‘how is the action done?’.
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Word classes are parts of speech. They’re the building blocks that form every sentence ever uttered. They are categorized by the role they play in your sentences.
Everyone agrees on the following four main word classes:
- Noun
- Verb
- Adjective
- Adverb
There are varying opinions as to whether the following are word classes or word forms. So we went straight to the experts: the Oxford and Cambridge Dictionaries. Per these two highly learned sources, the following are considered word classes also:
- Pronoun (e.g. I, you, me, we, mine, someone, he, she)
- Preposition (e.g. at, in, on, across, behind, for)
- Conjunction (e.g. and, but, when, if, because)
- Determiner (e.g. a, the, an, this, etc.)
- Exclamation or Interjection (e.g. oh, ah, wow, ouch)
The four main classes have thousands of members, and new nouns, verbs, and other words are being created every day. Consider the verb “google.” This verb didn’t exist just a few years ago and now it is firmly entrenched in everyday language. Just last month a new noun, “intersectionality” (the study of overlapping social identities and related systems of discrimination), was just added to Dictionary.com. Can you think of any other words that have recently been created and entered your own vocabulary?
Some words, however, can fall in multiple word classes depending on their context:
- Put your money in the bank. (noun)
- He began to bank the airplane into the wind. (verb)
- Come warm up by the fire. (noun)
- He will certainly fire her for coming in late again. (verb)
- A book is a source of endless reading pleasure. (noun)
- Book your holiday plans soon to get the best deal. (verb)
- She loves fast cars. (adjective)
- He’s driving fast to get to work on time. (adverb)
- Her hourly complaints have got to stop. (adjective)
- The weather report is reported hourly. (adverb)
The next step is to use your word classes to form phrase classes, like noun phrases, verb phrases, adjective phrases, etc. But we’ll save that for another post.
What are the 8 main word classes?
There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.
How do you classify words in a group?
Word-groups can be classified in several ways, e.g., according to order of members, word-class of members, omissibility of members, syntactic distribution, and meaning.
How do you determine a word class?
We use a combination of three criteria for determining the word class of a word:
- The meaning of the word.
- The form or `shape’ of the word.
- The position or `environment’ of the word in a sentence.
What are the three main classes of words?
These are nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
What type of word is as?
As is a preposition or a conjunction.
What’s meaning of AS?
As or like? As and like are prepositions or conjunctions. The prepositions as and like have different meanings. As + noun means ‘in the role of’, like + noun means ‘similar to’ or ‘in the same way as’. … As if and as though.
What is classification example?
The definition of classifying is categorizing something or someone into a certain group or system based on certain characteristics. An example of classifying is assigning plants or animals into a kingdom and species. An example of classifying is designating some papers as “Secret” or “Confidential.”
What is word groups in English?
English has four major word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. They have many thousands of members, and new nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are often created. Nouns are the most common type of word, followed by verbs. Adjectives are less common and adverbs are even less common.
What are the 9 word classes?
9 Classes of words: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, Interjections.
What is word groups in phonetics?
the simplest nonpredicative (as contrasted to the sentence) unit of speech. The word group is formed on a syntactic pattern and based on a subordinating grammatical relationship between two or more content words. This relationship may be one of agreement, government, or subordination.
What are phonetic terms?
1 : representing the sounds and other phenomena of speech: such as. a : constituting an alteration of ordinary spelling that better represents the spoken language, that employs only characters of the regular alphabet, and that is used in a context of conventional spelling.
What is it called to pronounce words?
diction. noun. the way that you pronounce words, especially whether or not you speak or sing clearly.
What is the sound of a word called?
Onomatopoeia (also onomatopeia in American English), is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as oink, meow (or miaow), roar and chirp.
What are the 3 types of sound?
Sound waves fall into three categories: longitudinal waves, mechanical waves, and pressure waves.
What are the two meanings of sound?
(Entry 1 of 7) 1a : a particular auditory impression : tone. b : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing. c : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing.
What are the tricky words in phonics?
Tricky words are those words which cannot be sounded out easily. Emergent readers may find them difficult to read as they have not yet learned some of the Graphemes in those words.
What is a common exception word Year 1?
Common exception words are words where the usual spelling rule doesn’t apply; such as the common exception words “friend”, “there”, “they” and “said”. Some of these exception words are used frequently, therefore children are introduced to common exception words in year 1 and year 2.
What is the hardest word in the world to spell?
Top 10 Hardest Words to Spell
- Misspell.
- Pharaoh.
- Weird.
- Intelligence.
- Pronunciation.
- Handkerchief.
- logorrhea.
- Chiaroscurist.
What are the examples of tricky words?
Tricky words are typically part of the phonic code. The word ‘want’ has the ‘o’ sound instead of ‘a,’ which is how it’s spelt. This means that children find it difficult to read out the word, as the sounds don’t accompany the letters. Other tricky words include: was, swan, they, my and are.
What are the five tricky words?
Study the word list: The five tricky words. Letters and Sounds, Phase Two
| the | get off the bus |
|---|---|
| to | get to the top |
| I | I pat a dog |
| no | no lid on the pan |
| go | go to the log hut |
What are the 20 most misspelled words?
Study the word list: 20 Commonly Misspelled Words
| accommodate | I am sorry I can’t accommodate you in my hotel. |
|---|---|
| calendar | Mark off the dates on a calendar. |
| definitely | That cat is definitely sick. |
| embarrass | Don’t embarrass me in front of my friends. |
| February | February is the second month of the year. |
What is difficult word in English?
Lieutenant. Another military term to confuse us! This one is an example of different pronunciations “across the pond” or between the US and UK. In British English, the word is pronounced leftenant, whereas in the United States, you’ll hear loo-tenant.
What is the hardest word to define?
A dictionary writer explains why ‘god’ is the most difficult word to define.
What is titin full name?
So what’s the word? Wikipedia’s says that it’s “Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl isoleucine” (ellipses necessary), which is the “chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.” Also, there’s some dispute about whether this is really a word.
What is the biggest word in?
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
What is the shortest word in the world?
Eunoia
In traditional grammar, word is the basic unit of language.A word refers to a speech sound, or a mixture of two or more speech sounds in both written and verbal form of language. A word works as a symbol to represent/refer to something/someone in language to communicate a specific meaning.
Contents
- 1 What is word and its example?
- 2 What is word and its types?
- 3 What is word linguistics?
- 4 What is the meaning of word?
- 5 What are words called?
- 6 What is word in language?
- 7 What is a word class in grammar?
- 8 Why do we define words?
- 9 Why do we say word?
- 10 What is morpheme and word?
- 11 What is word Slideshare?
- 12 Is word a noun or verb?
- 13 What are the parts of a word?
- 14 What is word Wikipedia?
- 15 What type of word is there?
- 16 What is word boundaries?
- 17 What is called sentence?
- 18 Is your name a word?
- 19 What are the 4 main word classes?
- 20 What is word class in syntax?
What is word and its example?
The definition of a word is a letter or group of letters that has meaning when spoken or written. An example of a word is dog.An example of words are the seventeen sets of letters that are written to form this sentence.
What is word and its types?
There are eight types of words that are often referred to as ‘word classes’ or ‘parts of speech’ and are commonly distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.These are the different types of words in the English language.
What is word linguistics?
In linguistics, a word of a spoken language can be defined as the smallest sequence of phonemes that can be uttered in isolation with objective or practical meaning.In many languages, the notion of what constitutes a “word” may be learned as part of learning the writing system.
What is the meaning of word?
1 : a sound or combination of sounds that has meaning and is spoken by a human being. 2 : a written or printed letter or letters standing for a spoken word. 3 : a brief remark or conversation I’d like a word with you.
What are words called?
All words belong to categories called word classes (or parts of speech) according to the part they play in a sentence. The main word classes in English are listed below. Noun. Verb. Adjective.
What is word in language?
A word is a speech sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or a combination of morphemes. The branch of linguistics that studies word structures is called morphology.
A word class is a group of words that have the same basic behaviour, for example nouns, adjectives, or verbs.
Why do we define words?
The definition of definition is “a statement expressing the essential nature of something.” At least that’s one way Webster defines the word.Because definitions enable us to have a common understanding of a word or subject; they allow us to all be on the same page when discussing or reading about an issue.
Why do we say word?
‘Word’ in slang is a word one would use to indicate acknowledgement, approval, recognition or affirmation, of something somebody else just said.
What is morpheme and word?
Word vs Morpheme
A morpheme is usually considered as the smallest element of a word or else a grammar element, whereas a word is a complete meaningful element of language.
What is word Slideshare?
•“A word’ is a free morpheme or a combination of morphemes that together form a basic segment of speech” .
Is word a noun or verb?
word used as a noun:
A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern. A distinct unit of language which is approved by some authority.
What are the parts of a word?
The parts of a word are called morphemes. These include suffixes, prefixes and root words. Take the word ‘microbiology,’ for example.
What is word Wikipedia?
A word is something spoken by the mouth, that can be pronounced. In alphabetic writing, it is a collection of letters used together to communicate a meaning. These can also usually be pronounced.Some words have different pronunciation, for example, ‘wind’ (the noun) and ‘wind’ (the verb) are pronounced differently.
What type of word is there?
The word “there” have multiple functions. In verbal and written English, the word can be used as an adverb, a pronoun, a noun, an interjection, or an adjective. This word is classified as an adverb if it is used to modify a verb in the sentence.
What is word boundaries?
A word boundary is a zero-width test between two characters. To pass the test, there must be a word character on one side, and a non-word character on the other side. It does not matter which side each character appears on, but there must be one of each.
What is called sentence?
A sentence is a set of words that are put together to mean something. A sentence is the basic unit of language which expresses a complete thought. It does this by following the grammatical basic rules of syntax.A complete sentence has at least a subject and a main verb to state (declare) a complete thought.
Is your name a word?
Yes, names are words. Specifically, they are proper nouns: they refer to specific people, places, or things. “John” is a proper noun; “ground” is a common noun. But both are words.
What are the 4 main word classes?
There are four major word classes: verb, noun, adjective, adverb.
What is word class in syntax?
In English grammar, a word class is a set of words that display the same formal properties, especially their inflections and distribution.It is also variously called grammatical category, lexical category, and syntactic category (although these terms are not wholly or universally synonymous).
There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
Simply so What are examples of classification? The definition of classifying is categorizing something or someone into a certain group or system based on certain characteristics. An example of classifying is assigning plants or animals into a kingdom and species. An example of classifying is designating some papers as “Secret” or “Confidential.”
What are the 10 word classes? But note that some grammarians use different systems and may recognise eight or ten different word classes.
- Verbs. Verbs are action or state words like: run, work, study, be, seem.
- Nouns. …
- Adjectives. …
- Adverbs. …
- Prepositions. …
- Pronouns. …
- Interjections. …
- Suffixes.
also What are the 4 main word classes? There are four major word classes: verb, noun, adjective, adverb.
What are the 7 word classes?
Word classes (or parts of speech)
- All words belong to categories called word classes (or parts of speech) according to the part they play in a sentence. The main word classes in English are listed below.
- Noun.
- Verb.
- Adjective.
- Adverb.
- Pronoun.
- Preposition.
- Conjunction.
What are the 9 word classes? Eight or nine parts of speech are commonly listed:
- noun.
- verb.
- adjective.
- adverb.
- pronoun.
- preposition.
- conjunction.
- interjection.
What are the three main classes of words?
These are nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
What are preposition words list? Prepositions list
| about | above | after |
|---|---|---|
| against | along | around |
| at | before | between |
| beyond | but | concerning |
| despite | down | except |
How do you identify a word class?
How many classes of words are there? There are eight types of words that are often referred to as ‘word classes’ or ‘parts of speech’ and are commonly distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.
What are the 5 major word classes?
There are four major word classes: verb, noun, adjective, adverb. There are five other word classes: determiners, preposition, pronoun, conjunction, interjection.
What are the 20 prepositions? Here is a list of commonly used prepositions: above, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, to, toward, under, upon, with and within.
What are the 8 types of preposition?
The 8 types of prepositions in English grammar with examples include prepositions of time, place, movement, manner, agent, measure, source and possession.
What are the 10 examples of preposition?
Some examples of common prepositions used in sentences are:
- He sat on the chair.
- There is some milk in the fridge.
- She was hiding under the table.
- The cat jumped off the counter.
- He drove over the bridge.
- She lost her ring at the beach.
- The book belongs to Anthony.
- They were sitting by the tree.
What do you mean by word class? A word class is a group of words that have the same basic behaviour, for example nouns, adjectives, or verbs.
How do you identify a word? There are six ways to identify words during the act of reading:
- context clues (semantics)
- word order and grammar (syntax)
- word parts or analyzing words.
- morphemic analysis (prefixes, suffixes, and root words)
- sight words.
- phonics.
What are word classes in linguistics?
The four parts of speech just mentioned—nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs—constitute the major word classes, while a number of others, for example, adpositions, pronouns, conjunctions, determiners, and interjections, make up the minor word classes.
What word type is every? What type of word is ‘every’? Every is a determiner – Word Type.
How many types of word are there?
What are the types of words? There are eight types of words that are often referred to as ‘word classes’ or ‘parts of speech’ and are commonly distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.
What word type is but? But is a conjunction.
How many types of word are there?
There are eight types of words that are often referred to as ‘word classes’ or ‘parts of speech’ and are commonly distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. However, there are some more types of words that fall outside these ‘eight types’.
What word class is most? Most is the superlative form of much and many and can be used in the following ways: as an adverb (before an adjective or another adverb): a most interesting lecturethe question that is asked most often. (with a verb): Love is what these children need most. (after ‘the’): Angie looks the most like her father.
What is word class in linguistics?
In English grammar, a word class is a set of words that display the same formal properties, especially their inflections and distribution. … It is also variously called grammatical category, lexical category, and syntactic category (although these terms are not wholly or universally synonymous).