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• Nouns refer to a person, concept, place, or thing
• Nouns can act as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb
• Types of nouns include common nouns, proper nouns, and collective nouns
• Examples of nouns in a sentence:

  • "I’ve never read that book"
  • "Ella lives in France"
  • "The band played only new songs"
• Other types of nouns include countable and uncountable nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, and gerunds
• Pronouns are words used in place of a noun
• Pronouns typically refer back to an antecedent
• Types of pronouns include personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, and interrogative pronouns
• Examples of pronouns in a sentence:

  • "I don’t really know her"
  • "That is a horrible painting"
  • "Who owns the nice car"
• Verbs describe an action, occurrence, or state of being
• Verbs indicate what the subject of a sentence is doing
• Types of verbs include regular verbs and irregular verbs
• Examples of regular and irregular verbs in a sentence:

  • "Will you check if this book is in stock?"
  • "I’ve already checked twice"
  • "I heard that you used to sing"
  • "Yes! I sang in a choir for 10 years"
• Adjectives describe a noun or pronoun
• Adjectives can be attributive or predicative
• Adjectives can have a comparative function
• Examples of adjectives in a sentence:

  • "The dog is bigger than the cat"
  • "He is the laziest person I know"
• Adverbs modify a verb, adjective, adverb, or sentence
• Adverbs can be of manner, degree, or place
• Examples of adverbs in a sentence:

  • "Ray acted rudely"
  • "Talia writes quite quickly"
  • "Let’s go outside"
• Prepositions show the relationship between different parts of a sentence
• Prepositions can indicate aspects such as time, place, and direction
• Examples of prepositions in a sentence:

  • "Hasan is coming for dinner at 6 p.m."
  • "I left the cup on the kitchen counter"
  • "Carey walked to the shop"
• Conjunctions connect different parts of a sentence
• Types of conjunctions include coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and correlative conjunctions
• Examples of conjunctions in a sentence:

  • "Daria likes swimming and hiking"
  • "You can choose what movie we watch because I chose the last time"
  • "We can either go out for dinner or go to the theater"
• Interjections express feelings, commands, or greetings
• Types of interjections include volitive interjections, emotive interjections, cognitive interjections, and greetings and parting words
• Examples of interjections in a sentence:

  • "Psst. What time is it?"
  • "Ouch! I hurt my arm"
  • "I’m, um, not sure"
  • "Hey! How are you doing?"
• Determiners describe a noun by indicating quantity, possession, or relative position
• Types of determiners include demonstrative determiners, possessive determiners, and quantifiers
• Examples of determiners in a sentence:

  • "This chair is more comfortable than that one"
  • "My brother is selling his old car"
  • "Many friends of mine have part-time jobs"
• Articles modify a noun by indicating specificity
• The definite article "the" refers to a specific version of a noun
• The indefinite articles "a" and "an" refer to general or unspecific nouns
• Examples of definite and indefinite articles in a sentence:

  • "I live just outside of the town"
  • "There’s a concert this weekend"
  • "Karl made an offensive gesture"