Parts of Speech (English)

modifies a noun.

Examples: yellow, pretty, useful

Adjectives have three degrees: Positive, Comparative, and Superlative.

Example: old, older, oldest

• specifies whether the noun is specific or a member of a class.
• The definite article "the" refers to specific objects.
• The indefinite articles "a", and "an" refer to an unspecified member of a class.
• The article "a" is used before a word starting with a consonant sound and "an" is used before a word starting with a vowel sound.

Examples: a, an, the

• - modifies a verb or an adjective.
• Many adverbs have the suffix -ly.

Examples: very, extremely, carefully

• Joins components of a sentence or phrase.
• Coordinating conjunctions join clauses which are equally important.
• A subordinating conjunction joins a dependent clause to a main clause.
• Some conjunctions occur in pairs, e.g., neither ... nor, either ... or.

Examples: and, but, or

- is used for exclamations.

Examples: Oh!, Aha!

• - names an object or action.
• Common nouns refer to ordinary things.
• Proper nouns are usually capitalized and refer to persons, specific things or specific places.

Examples: mouse, fire, Michael

- indicates relationship or relative position of objects.

Examples: in, about, toward

• - is used in place of a noun.
• Personal pronouns are used to refer to persons.
• Interrogative pronouns introduce questions.
• Demonstrative pronouns refer to a previously mentioned object or objects.
• Relative pronouns introduce clauses.

Examples: he, this

• - specifies an action or links the subject to a complement.
• The tense of a verb indicates the time when the action happened, e.g., past, present, of future.

Examples: take, is, go, fire