English I - VI

Word Classes
In English, there are nine basic word classes. The following chart shows these different word classes. These categories help us determine how grammatical sequences are put together. Word Class Noun (noun phrase) Description a word (or group of words) that names a person, place, thing, event, substance or qualit a word which is used instead of a noun or a noun phrase describes a noun or a pronoun a word or phrase that describes an action, a state of being or an e+perience a word (or group of words) that describes or gives more information about a verb, ad.ective, adverb or phrase a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase or a pronoun, and that connects it to another word in the sentence definite article indefinite article possessives demonstratives quantifiers a word that connects words, phrases and clauses in a sentence a word that is used to show a sudden e+pression of emotion Examples (words) !achel "ew #or$ boo$ sense wal$ing stic$ town hall her she him the $ind better impetuous best write watch believe have sensibl carefull at home in half an hour for of in on top of the a an m , our, etc. this, that, these, those some, man , few, etc. and so but &e ) *ow) 2uch) Examples (sentences, etc.) !achel arrives tomorrow. I love "ew #or$. I recommend this boo$. That doesn%t ma$e an sense. I don%t need a wal$ing stic$. The met outside the town hall. &e met her on the Internet. 'he is a famous dancer (oo$ at him) The don%t tal$ too much. *hat a $ind person) *e all want a better life. 'he%s so impetuous. That%s the best thing about her. ,ush$in wrote Eugene Onegin. I li$e to watch TV. I don%t believe ou) &ave ou eaten et/ct sensibl this evening. 'he wal$ed across the bridge carefull . I chec$ed m emails at home. 'ee ou in half an hour. a plan for life 0ring me two bottles of wine. ,ut that in the bo+. I put it on top of the cupboard. the composer of that tune a beautiful new daughter an appalling mista$e m secret life (oo$ at those buildings. 1ew people believed him. 1ull of energ and read to go. I lost m mobile phone, so I couldn%t call ou. It%s great but I can%t afford it. &e ) That%s m car) *ow) *hat a wonderful house) 2uch) That hurt

Pronoun

Adjective

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Adver! (adver!ial phrase) Preposition (prepositional phrase)

Determiner

Conjunction

"nterjection

Ta$en and adapted from 3ambridge E'2( and How to Teach English