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Proper nouns

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People, names, and places.

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Common nouns

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Name objects, materials and animals.

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Abstract nouns

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Name ideas feelings and qualities

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Collective nouns

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Refer to a group family

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Indefinite article

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A/an ‘i would like an apple’

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Definite article

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The ‘i would like the apple’

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Personal pronouns

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Him, yours and ours etc

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Relative pronouns

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Who, whom, whomever ect

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Indefinite pronouns

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Another, anyone, anybody, anything

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Demonstrative pronouns

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This, that and these ect

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Interrogative pronouns

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Who, whom ect

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Reflective pronouns

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Myself, himself, herself ect

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Pre-modification

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The ‘Extremely nice’ American Girl

Adjective -decribing

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Post-modification

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The present ‘wrapped in shiny green paper’

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Comparatives

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Bigger, smaller, less funny

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Superlatives

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Oldest, most beautiful

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Compound adjectives

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(peakcock-blue, double-sided)

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Stative verbs

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States, mental processes or sensations :sleep

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Verbs

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Can be in the past present or future

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Auxiliary verbs

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Little verbs which are used to support the meaning of other verbs

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Modal auxiliaries

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Expresses ability, nessisity, possibilities

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Time adverbs

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He arrived ‘promptly, now, yesterday, Thursday’

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Manner adverbs

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Cougars walk ‘silently, quickly, with style.’

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Degree adverbs

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She was quite, very so miserable

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Place Adverbs

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The book belongs there

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Coordinating conjuctions

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Fanboys- for, and, nor, but, or, yet,so

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Subordinating conjunctions

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To join sentence dependent on the other for meaning ‘If, because, when, although, until’

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Prepositions

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Give information about time, place or direction (above, across, after)

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Interjections

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Short exclamations surprise hesitation etc : alas, dear me, hey, ouch