Description | Examples | |
NOUNS | A noun is the name of a person, thing or idea. | Michael, table, cat, socialism |
PRONOUNS | A pronoun takes the place of a noun in a sentence. | he, my, him, hers |
VERB | A verb tells what action someone or something is doing or expresses a state of being. | go, like, scream, is |
ADJECTIVE | An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many or which one. | nice, beautiful, plenty |
ADVERB | An adverb describes a verb, adjective or adverb. It tells how, when, where, which way or to what extent. | nicely, beautifully, often, never |
ARTICLE | The words a, an, the are special adjectives called articles. an article is used before a noun. | a, an, the |
PREPOSITIONS | A preposition describes the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. | before, after, to, on, in |
CONJUNCTIONS | A conjunction joins words or phrases in a sentence. | and, because, as |
INTERJECTIONS | An interjection is a word or phrase expressing strong feeling or emotion. | Hej! Wow! Hurray! |
Michael Hablesreiter
michael.