Christian Ray M.

Garcia

BSHM-4

English A

What is Noun?

- A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things
(common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).

Types of Nouns

 Common nouns refer to general, unspecific categories.

 Proper nouns are nouns that refer to specific people, places or things.
 Concrete nouns are nouns that refer to things that exist physically and can be touched,
seen, smelled, felt, or tasted.
 Abstract nouns to refer to them. Ideas, qualities or conditions like love, hate, power, and
time.
 Collective nouns are nouns that refer to a group of something in particular. Often,
collective nouns are used to refer to groups of animals
 A compound noun contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun.
Compound nouns can be two words written as one (closed form).
 Countable nouns can occur in both single and plural forms, can be modified by numbers,
and can co-occur with quantifying determiners, such as many, most, more, several, etc.
 Uncountable noun, you'll see them referred to as uncountable, non-countable or mass
nouns. For example, the word "clutter" is an uncountable noun.
 Material nouns refer to materials or substances from which things are made.
 Possessive nouns demonstrate ownership over something else. The best way to spot
them is to look for an apostrophe.

What is Pronoun?

 A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the
participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned
elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this).

Types of Pronoun

 Demonstrative pronouns are used to demonstrate or

indicate. This, that, these and those are all demonstrative pronouns.
  Indefinite pronouns, which point out specific items, indefinite pronouns are used for non-
specific things. This is the largest group of pronouns. All, some, any, several, anyone,
nobody, each, both, few, either, none, one and no one are the most common.
 Interrogative pronouns are used in questions. Although they are classified as pronouns,
it is not easy to see how they replace nouns. Who, which, what, where and how are all
interrogative pronouns
 Personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, they, and who. More often than not (but not
exclusively), they replace nouns representing people.
 Possessive pronouns are used to show possession. As they are used as adjectives, they
are also known as possessive adjectives. My, your, his, her, its, our and there are all
possessive pronouns
 Relative pronouns are used to add more information to a sentence. Which, that, who
(including whom and whose) and where are all relative pronouns

What is Verb?

 Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing. Along
with nouns, verbs are the main part of a sentence or phrase, telling a story about what is
taking place.

Types of Verbs

 Action verbs are words that express action (give, eat, walk, etc.) or possession
(have, own, etc.). Action verbs can be either transitive or intransitive.
 A transitive verb always has a noun that receives the action of the verb, called the
direct object.
 An intransitive verb never has a direct or indirect object. Although an intransitive verb
may be followed by an adverb or adverbial phrase, there is no object to receive its
action.
 A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames
or describes the subject. This noun or adjective is called the subject complement.
 Helping verbs are used before action or linking verbs to convey additional
information regarding aspects of possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was, did, has,
etc.). The main verb with its accompanying helping verb is called a verb phrase.

What is Adjective?

 A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to

modify or describe it.
Types of Adjective

 Coordinate adjectives are small groups of adjectives that band together to modify the
same noun. They're separated by the word "and" or with commas.
 Demonstrative adjectives point to "which" noun or pronoun you're speaking about.
 Descriptive adjectives. They're generally what we envision when we imagine a word
modifying a noun they give the noun a quality or attribute.
 Distributive adjectives point out specific entities. They single out a particular noun or
pronoun in order to modify, or draw attention, to it.
 Indefinite adjectives. Similar to indefinite articles, these adjectives point to non-specific
items.
 Interrogative adjectives pose a question. They need a noun or pronoun by their side.
 Proper adjectives are capitalized adjectives derived from proper nouns. A proper noun is
a specific name for a person, place, or thing.
 Quantitative adjectives describe the quantity of something.
 Sequence adjectives are akin to quantitative adjectives.

What is Adverb?

 A 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).

Types of Adverb

 An adverb of time provides more information about when a verb takes place. Adverbs of
time are usually placed at the beginning or end of a sentence. When it is of particular
importance to express the moment something happened we’ll put it at the start of a
sentence.
 Adverbs of place illustrate where the verb is happening. It’s usually placed after the main
verb or object, or at the end of the sentence.
 Adverbs of manner provide more information about how a verb is done. Adverbs of
manner are probably the most common of all adverbs. They’re easy to spot too. Most of
them will end in –ly.
 Adverbs of degree explain the level or intensity of a verb, adjective, or even another
adverb.
 Adverbs of frequency explain how often the verb occurs. They’re often placed directly
before the main verb of a sentence.
 A conjunctive adverb is a type of adverb that joins two independent sentences or
clauses of any kind. This type of adverb is used to connect two parts into one longer
sentence.