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Word Classes
Course modified date: 12 يوليو 2022
Learn about word classes, identifying them and what they are. This course is ideal for intermediate learners.
Introduction
Identifying word classesWhen we identify what class a word belongs to, we may think about the following:
· The meaning of the word (for example, is it a ‘thing’ or a ‘doing’ word?)
· The form or ‘shape’ of the word (for example, does it have ‘ed’ or ‘tion’ at the end?)
· The position or ‘environment’ of the word in a sentence (the context).
Verbs are ‘action’ or ‘doing’ words. Verbs can take place in the following tenses, the verb used is the word ‘jump’.
· Past tense, for example “we jumped on the wall.”
· Present tense for example, “we jump on the wall.”
· Future tense for example, “we will jump on the wall.”
Nouns are naming words for people, places, things and ideas.
Nouns can be subdivided into different types:
1. Concrete nouns are objects we can smell, taste, touch and see such as chair, table and dog.
2. Abstract nouns are ideas, states and feelings such as, love, honour and hope.
3. Common nouns name types of people, places, things and ideas such as, winter, biscuit and city.
4. Proper nouns name specific people, places, things and ideas such as William Shakespeare, Cardiff and Batman.
Pronouns are words that replace nouns (the name of a person or an object) when it is already clear whom or what you are talking about.
For example:
Jane has broken her leg. She’ll not be able to play football today.
In the second sentence, she means Jane.
You will learn
- Word classes
- Identifying word classes
- Verbs
- Nouns and pronouns
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
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