A word or a group of words used to name people, animals, places, or things
Nouns
Albert Einstein, students, readers, army of ants, a pile of notebooks
Kinds of Nouns
Common noun
Proper noun
Concrete noun
Abstract noun
Count and mass nouns
Collective noun
Common noun
A noun that refers to people, places, animals, or things in general
Common nouns
boy, country, number, date
Proper noun
A noun that specifically refers to a particular person, place, animal, or thing
Proper nouns
Monday, Philippines, Patricia, Albert Einstein
Concrete noun
A noun that refers to people, places, animals, and things that exist physically and can be perceived through the five senses either directly or indirectly
Concrete nouns
dog, coffee, rain
Abstract noun
A noun that refers to ideas, qualities, emotions, and conditions which cannot be perceived through the five senses
Abstract nouns
truth, happiness, time
Count noun
A noun that refers to something that can be counted
Count nouns
book, dog, student
Mass noun
A noun that refers to something that is uncountable
Mass nouns
happiness, air, knowledge
Collective noun
A noun that refers to groups of people or things
Collective nouns
audience, family, audience
Pronoun
A word that substitutes a noun or a noun phrase
Pronouns
I, me, himself ours
Categories of Personal Pronouns
Subjective pronouns
Objective pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Personal Pronouns
I, me, mine, yours, them, they
Verb
A word used to describe what a person does or what happens
Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs
Auxiliary verbs
Linking verbs
Action verb
A verb that expresses action
Action verbs
run, walk, jog
Auxiliary verb
A verb that is used together with a main verb to form a verb phrase
Auxiliary verbs
have, be, do, shall, will
Linking verb
A verb that serves as a connection between a subject and further information about that subject
Linking verbs
am, is, are, might, to become
Verb Tenses
Present
Past
Future
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Future Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Perfect Continuous
Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Kinds of Adverbs
Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of Place
Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of Degree
Adverbs of Affirmation and Negation
Preposition
A word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence
Kinds of Prepositions
Prepositions of Time
Prepositions of Place
Prepositions of Movement
Conjunction
A word used to join words or groups of words in a sentence
Kinds of Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions
Conjunctive adverbs
Interjection
A word used to convey emotion and is sometimes able to stand on its own in a sentence
Interjections
wow, oh, auch
Singular subjects take singular verbs. Plural subjects take plural verbs.
Subjects joined by or or nor take a verb that agrees with the last subject.