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20 GRAMMAR

Parts of speech SEE ALSO 22–23 

Nouns
Verbs 38–39 
WORDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LANGUAGE, BUT
Voices and moods 54–55 
THEY MUST BE ARRANGED IN A RECOGNIZABLE ORDER. Phrases 64–65 
Clauses 66–67 
Parts of speech refer to the way in which particular words are used.
Sentences 68–69 
Some words can be classified as more than one word type, and they
change type according to the sentence they belong to.

Word types
The main parts of speech are nouns, verbs, adjectives,
pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. ▽ Different roles
Interjections are also important, since they are used so Each type of word performs a different
often in everyday speech. Nouns (or pronouns) and verbs function. Some depend on others for
are the only essential components of a sentence. sense; some exist solely to modify others.

Noun Adjective

A word used to name a person, animal, place, or thing. A word used to describe a noun or pronoun.

EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
William, mouse, supermarket, shiny, dangerous, new, bouncy,
ladder, desk, station, ball, boy noisy, colorful, wooden
ball colorful ball

Verb Adverb

A word that expresses an A word that describes and adds
action or a state of being. information to a verb or a verb phrase.
EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
run, be, kick, go, think, do, play, quickly, soon, very, rather, too,
stumble, touch almost, only,
kick the ball quietly quickly kick the ball

Pronoun Preposition

A word that takes the place of a noun. A word that indicates the relationship between two
people or things, usually in terms of where they are.

EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
he, she, them, him, we, you, us, with, under, on, behind, into,
mine, yours, theirs over, across
kick the ball to him kick the ball behind you