Zen

• Parts of Speech


  • Noun
  • Pronoun
  • Verb
  • Adjective
  • Adverb
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Interjection
  • Article
• Noun


  A naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action
• Nouns


  • lawyer
  • Korea
  • box
  • thought
  • tree
• Pronoun


  Used to modify a noun, to avoid repeating the noun
• Verb


  A word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something)
• Verbs


  • walk
  • talk
  • think
  • believe
  • live
  • like
• Adjective


  A word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun
• Adjectives


  • big
  • yellow
  • thin
  • amazing
  • adorable
• Adverb


  A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb itself. It tells you how, when, or where something is done
• Adverbs


  • intelligently
  • well
  • yesterday
  • here
• Preposition


  Usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence
• Conjunction


  Joins two words, phrases, clauses, or sentences together
• Conjunctions


  • but
  • so
  • and
  • because
  • or
• Interjection


  Can stand alone on its own. It expresses emotion and are usually followed by an exclamation mark
• Interjections


  • Ouch!
  • Hello!
  • Hurray!
  • Oh no!
  • Ha!
• Article


  Used to introduce a noun
• Articles


  • the
  • a
  • an
• Kinds of Nouns


  • Common Nouns
  • Proper Nouns
  • Concrete Nouns
  • Abstract Nouns
  • Count Nouns
  • Mass Nouns
  • Collective Nouns
  • Compound Nouns
• Common Nouns


  Refer to nouns which may be either male or female
• Common Nouns


  • student
  • baker
  • child
• Proper Nouns


  Denote specific names of persons, places, things, or ideas. The first letter is always capitalized
• Proper Nouns


  • Andrew
  • Paris
  • Safe Haven
• Concrete Nouns


  Name anything or anyone that can be perceived through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell
• Concrete Nouns


  • computer
  • water
  • air
• Abstract Nouns


  Name anything which you cannot perceive through your five physical senses. It is usually ideas and emotions
• Abstract Nouns


  • laughter
  • honesty
  • justice
• Count Nouns


  Name objects that can be counted individually
• Count Nouns


  • cars
  • friends
  • years
• Mass Nouns


  Name objects that cannot be counted individually. To pluralize, quantifiers or determiners are added
• Mass Nouns


  • rice
  • coffee
  • oxygen
• Collective Nouns


  Denote groups or collections of objects considered as a single complete whole
• Collective Nouns


  • flock
  • jury
  • committee
• Compound Nouns


  Name anything that consists of two or more words put together
• Compound Nouns


  • schoolboy
  • milk tea
  • sister-in-law
• Cases of Pronouns


  • Nominative Case
  • Objective Case
  • Possessive Case
• Nominative Case


  Used when the pronoun is part of the subject or the predicative nominative
• Nominative Case


  • She
  • The participants are they
• Objective Case


  Used when the pronoun is part of the direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition
• Objective Case


  • The audience adores her
  • He scolded him
  • She will sacrifice everything for them
• Possessive Case


  Used to show ownership or possession