Word Classes

Question 1

Adj

Answer 1

A word that describes, adds to or modifies a noun

Eg. (A FAT cat walked down a LONG road)

Question 2

Noun

Answer 2

A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. It can be a tangible object like “book,” an abstract concept like “freedom,” a place like “Paris,” or a person like “teacher.”

Eg. (“The cat chased the mouse.”)

In this sentence, “cat” and “mouse” are both nouns. “Cat” represents a living creature, and “mouse” represents another living creature. Both are tangible objects.

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun to avoid repetition. It can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea previously mentioned in the text or conversation.

Example:
“She is going to the store to buy groceries.”

In this sentence, “she” is a pronoun that replaces the name of a specific person or subject previously mentioned.

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being within a sentence. It’s a key element that indicates what the subject of the sentence is doing or experiencing.

Example:
“The dog ran quickly through the park.”

In this sentence, “ran” is the verb, indicating the action performed by the subject “the dog.” It shows that the dog is in motion, running through the park.

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).
“students are encouraged to pare back adjectives and adverbs in order to let the action present itself”

Question 6

Prepositions

Answer 6

a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for ?’.
“using a preposition at the end of a sentence in everyday speech is common”

Question 7

Determiners

Answer 7

1.
a person or thing that determines or decides something.
2.
GRAMMAR
a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has, for example a, the, every.

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

1.
GRAMMAR
a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).
2.
the action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space.
“a conjunction of favourable political and economic circumstances”