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 NOUN
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
 : pen, dog, work, music, town, teacher, …

 This is my pen.
 Music heals our pain.
 She is my teacher.
NOUNS
PROPER NOUNS always start with a capital
letter, while common nouns do not.

 I come from Kachin State.

 Joe lives in Yangon.
 PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun for
subject, object, possessive cases.
 : he, you, we, myself, that, mine, …

 Mark is a teacher. He is handsome.

 You are beautiful.

PRONOUNS  This money is mine.

 I saw myself in the mirror.

 ADJECTIVE
An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
 : pretty, old, blue, small, two, …

 She is a pretty girl.

 That man is old.

ADJECTIVES  I love blue guitars.

 Look at those two birds!

 VERB
A verb describes action or state of being.
 : play, write, become, is, …

 He plays football every day.

 They became competitive in the game.
 Annie has written a letter.
VERBS  I will be home tomorrow.

 A verb must agree with its subject in number

(singular or plural). 
“Subject (singular) + Verb (s/es)”
“Subject (plural) + Verb (-)”
 Verbs also take different forms to express tenses.
 ADVERB
An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb.
 : gently, carefully, extremely, well, very, …

 He gently picks up the flower.

 The whole team played well.
 Please do your homework very carefully.
ADVERBS  The weather was extremely hot last summer.

• Adverbs usually tell when, where, why, how or to

what manner or degree something happened.
• Unlike adjectives, adverbs would almost always
appear anywhere in a sentence.
PREPOSITIO
N
A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or
pronoun to another word. It can indicate time,
place, or relationship.
 : in, on, at, to, from, with, by, …

 The book is on the table.

 Let’s meet at 6 p.m.
PREPOSITION  Will you come with me?
 I usually go to school by bus.
S
CONJUNCTIO
N
A conjunction joins words, clauses, or
sentences together.
 : and, but, or, while, because, …

 She is young and gorgeous.

 I like pop, but I prefer jazz.
CONJUCTION  Do it now or get punished later.
 They lost the game because they cheated.
S
Some conjunctions need a comma (,) before
them in a sentence.
DETERMINER
A determiner limits or determines a noun.
 : a, an, the, this, that, those, some, few, …

 Today is a wonderful day.

Look at those watermelons!
DETERMINER  She has some cats at her apartment.

S It always comes before a noun, not after, and it

also comes before any other adjectives used to
describe the noun.
INTERJECTIO
N
An interjection is a short exclamation.
 : oh, wow, hey, yeah, ugh, oops, ouch, …

 “Wow, the painting is marvelous!”

 “So, it’s raining again, huh?”
INTERJECTIO  “In my opinion, my gosh, it’s a great idea.”
 “Oh gosh! I can’t believe he’s dead.”
NS
Interjections are rarely used in academic or
formal writing; they're more common in fiction
or artistic writing.