Parts of Speech
1. Nouns: Name, Place, Animal, or Thing
Common: tiger, laptop
Proper: Anirudh, Paris
Abstract: Freedom, Idea, Love, Friendship
The working of the math problem was not shown
by the student.
The meaning is unclear.
Findings revealed the high level of corruption in
the government.
Gerunds  Nouns which take the -ing form.
2. Verbs: action words
Participles: forms of verbs which can be used as
adjectives
Present Participle: -ing
growing
Past Participle: (used with has/have)
Grow
Grew
Grown
The grown man could not even make a meal. (adj.)
vs
The boy has grown a lot since I last saw him. (v.)
The burning tree fell to the ground. (adj.)
vs
The tree was burning.
3. Pronouns: replace nouns in order to avoid repetition
Personal: he, she, it, they, I, you
Possessive: his, her, their, our, my, your, its
*Group: Most, Many, Few, Several, All
4. Adverbs: Describe Verbs
During the debate, he spoke fluently.
5. Adjectives: Describe Nouns
6. Prepositions: in, on, at, under, beside, of, from,
above, below
7. Conjunctions: Join two clauses / phrases
because, as, but, and, whereas, while, since,
although, yet, so