This document defines 13 parts of speech: adjectives modify nouns, adverbs modify verbs or adjectives, articles introduce noun phrases, auxiliary verbs help lexical verbs, conjunctions join clauses or words, gerunds behave like nouns with a verb-ing form, infinitives are base verb forms without endings, lexical verbs have meaning and stand alone, nouns name things, possessive adjectives indicate possession, prepositions relate nouns to other elements like time or place, pronouns substitute for nouns, and relative pronouns join clauses.
This document defines 13 parts of speech: adjectives modify nouns, adverbs modify verbs or adjectives, articles introduce noun phrases, auxiliary verbs help lexical verbs, conjunctions join clauses or words, gerunds behave like nouns with a verb-ing form, infinitives are base verb forms without endings, lexical verbs have meaning and stand alone, nouns name things, possessive adjectives indicate possession, prepositions relate nouns to other elements like time or place, pronouns substitute for nouns, and relative pronouns join clauses.
This document defines 13 parts of speech: adjectives modify nouns, adverbs modify verbs or adjectives, articles introduce noun phrases, auxiliary verbs help lexical verbs, conjunctions join clauses or words, gerunds behave like nouns with a verb-ing form, infinitives are base verb forms without endings, lexical verbs have meaning and stand alone, nouns name things, possessive adjectives indicate possession, prepositions relate nouns to other elements like time or place, pronouns substitute for nouns, and relative pronouns join clauses.
2. Adverb e) A word that modifies a verb or an adjective 3. Article h) The definite article (the) and the indefinite article (a) are used to introduce noun phrases 4. Auxiliary verb k) A verb that gives help or support to a lexical verb 5. Conjunction c) A word that joins one clause to another, or one word to another 6. Gerund i) A word with the form verb-ing which behaves like a noun 7. Infinitive verb d) The base form of a verb when nothing extra is added to the end 8. Lexical verb f) A verb that has some kind of meaning an can stand alone 9. Noun l) A word that names things: people, places, objects, activities, feelings, ideas etc 10. Possessive adjective g) A word that indicates someone’s possession or something 11. Preposition b) A word that relates nouns to other elements, for example relations of time or place 12. Pronoun m) A word that can be substituted for a noun 13. Relative pronoun a) A pronoun that joins clauses together, like a conjunction