Word Classes

Question 1

Preposition

Answer 1

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like “in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.”

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

A word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.

Question 3

Adverb

Answer 3

An adverb is a word that describes a verb he sings loudly, an adjective very tall, another adverb ended too quickly

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen

Question 5

Noun

Answer 5

A noun is a word that represents a person, thing, concept, or place. e.g John, house, affinity, river

Question 6

Pronoun

Answer 6

Pronouns are words like ‘I’, ‘she’, and ‘they’. They stand in for a noun that has already been mentioned or refer to yourself and other people.

Question 7

Determiner ( Or article)

Answer 7

A determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several, e.g a,’ ‘an,’ and ‘the. ‘

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. e.g. and, but, if.

Question 9

Proper noun

Answer 9

A proper noun is a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing.

Question 10

Abstract noun

Answer 10

a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, e.g. truth, danger, happiness.