Language Proficiency

• Parts of speech


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


  Describes an action or experience
• Verb


  • run
  • walk
  • push
  • eat
• Noun


  Names a person, place, thing, or idea
• Noun


  • house
  • teacher
  • cup
  • shop
• Adjective


  Describes a noun or pronoun
• Adjective


  • short
  • beautiful
  • red
  • old
• Adverb


  Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
• Adverb


  • slowly
  • yesterday
  • always
• Pronoun


  Used to replace the name of a person, place, thing, or idea
• Pronoun


  • I
  • she
  • our
  • they
  • it
• Interjection


  Used to express strong emotion, often followed by an exclamation mark
• Interjection


  • Wow!
  • Oh!
  • Hey!
• Conjunction


  Used to connect words, phrases, or clauses
• Conjunction


  • and
  • but
  • although
  • or
• Preposition


  Describes the place, time, or direction, used before a noun or pronoun
• Preposition


  • under
  • above
  • in
  • during
• Determiners


  Introduce nouns
• Determiners


  • Come before the noun
  • Come before an adjective if there is one
• Determiner


  Always used before a singular noun
• Determiners


  • Optional before plural nouns
  • Optional before uncountable nouns
• Types of determiners in English

  • Articles
  • Demonstratives
  • Quantifiers
  • Possessives
• Articles


  • Very common determiners
  • There are three: a, an, the
• a and an


  Indefinite articles, used when referring to a noun for the first time or not a specific member
• the

  Definite article, used to refer to a specific member within a group
• Demonstratives


  • This, that, these, those
  • Used to refer to objects in proximity to the speaker
• Quantifiers


  Give information about quantity without providing a number
• Quantifiers for large quantities


  • much
  • most
  • a lot of
  • many
  • several
• Quantifiers for small quantities


  • a few
  • a little
  • a bit
• Possessives


  Show that a noun is owned by someone or something
• Possessive determiners


  • my
  • your
  • his
  • her
  • its
  • our
  • their