The Eight Main Word Classes
A spider diagram defining and giving examples of the the 8 main word classes e.g. nouns, verbs etc.
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- The Eight Main Word Classes
- Nouns
- 'Naming' words e.g. London, book, romance
- Concrete nouns-physical objects e.g. book
- Proper Nouns-Names of people and places e.g. London
- Abstract nouns-emotions/state of being e.g. love, racism, romance, diplomacy
- 'Naming' words e.g. London, book, romance
- Adjectives
- Used to describe nouns (sometimes pronouns) e.g. large, sunny, featureless
- Verbs
- 'Doing' words e.g. jump, read, do, return
- Adverbs
- Describe verbs e.g. steadily, incredibly, sadly
- Pronouns
- Take the place of nouns e.g. you, they, him, me, it
- Conjunctions
- 'Connecting' words e.g. and, or, but, because
- Coordinating conjunctions-connect single words or phrases/clauses e.g. and, but, or
- Subordinating conjunctions-connect a main clause to one that's less important to the subject e.g. although, because, whereas, unless
- 'Connecting' words e.g. and, or, but, because
- Prepositions
- Define relationships between words in terms of time, space and direction e.g. before, underneath, through
- Determiners
- Give specific kinds of information about a noun (e.g. quantity) e.g. a, the, two, his, few, those
- Numerals e.g. one, two and three (cardinal numbers) and first, second, third (ordinal numbers)
- Possessive determiners e.g. my, your, his, hers, our, their
- Quantifiers e.g. few, many, enough, lots
- Demonstrative (replacing the name of the object just like pronouns replace the nouns) e.g. this, that, those, these
- Give specific kinds of information about a noun (e.g. quantity) e.g. a, the, two, his, few, those
- Nouns
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