![]() The articles a, an, and the, like the demonstrative adjectives this, that, these, and those, function as adjectives: a scarred old elm tree this tickly red feather boa.Īdverbs often end in - ly, but some common adverbs do not: not, very, well,Īlways, often, sometimes, first, and never. Several were sold last week.ĭescriptive adjectives have comparative and superlative forms: big, bigger, biggest. Some quantity adjectives also function as pronouns: ![]() ![]() They precede nouns or follow linking verbs: purple boots. Verbs are regular when the past tense and past participle are formed with -ed and irregular when internal changes occur: think, thought, thought.Īdjectives describe ( purple boots), point to ( those boots), or tell the quantity of ( some boots) nouns or pronouns. Main verbs often need auxiliary verbs ( do, does, did, have, has, had, be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) or modal verbs ( can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must) to complete their meanings.Ī verb has five forms: a base form ( sing), an -s form ( sings), an -ing form ( singing), a past tense form ( sang), and a past participle form ( sung). Things, or concepts do or are: smile, throw, think seem, become, be. Verbs tell what a person, place, thing, or concept does or is, or what people, places, Who, whose, whom, which, what, whoever, whomever ![]() Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, Standing alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs Object: me, you, him, her, it, us, you, themīefore a noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, their Subject: I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they In writing, a pronoun usually refers to a noun phraseappearing just before it in the text (its antecedent): Joe's sister loves her new car, but she dented it last week. Information), collective ( society, family), and compound ( merry-go-round).Ī pronoun represents a noun phrase. Common nouns can be classified as countable, with a plural form ( pencil/pencils), uncountable ( furniture, Proper nouns have capital letters and give the names of specific people, places, things, and concepts: Sarah, Texas, Golden Gate Bridge, Hinduism. Words are traditionally classified into eight types, called parts of speech.Ĭommon nouns name people, places, things, and concepts: teacher, valley, candle, success.
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