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English Grammar
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| noun | a word to name a person, animal, place or thing examples William, mouse, supermarket, ladder, desk, station, ball, boy ball |
| adjective | a word used to describe a noun examples shiny, dangerous, new, bouncy, noisy, colourful, wooden colourful ball |
| Verb | a word that expresses an action or a state of being example run, be, kick, go, think, do, play, stumble, touch kick the ball |
| Adverb | a word that describes and adds information to a verb or a verb phrase example quickly, soon, very, rather, too, almost, only quickly kick the ball |
| Pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun example he, she, them, him, we, you, us, mine, yours, theirs kick the ball to him |
| preposition | a word that indicates the relationship between two people or things, usually in terms of where they are. examples with, under, on behind, into, over, across kick the ball behind you |
| Conjunction | a word used to link words and clause examples and, but, so, yet, neither, nor, because bat and ball |
| interjection | a word that usually occurs alone and expresses emotion example oh, hello, ah, ouch, phew, yuck, hurrah, help, er, um, oops |
| article | a word used with a noun to refer to a specific person or thing,, or someone or something in general. example a, an, the the ball |
| determiner | , a word used in front of a noun to denote something specific or something of a particular type. Articles are also derterminers. examples those, many, my, his, few, several, much my ball |