Word types

Common noun

A general name for a person place or thing

Proper noun

The name of a specific person, place or thing. This will start with a capital letter.

Concrete noun

Something you can see, touch, hear, smell, or taste

Abstract noun

Something you cannot see or touch, like a feeling or idea

Action verb

A word that shows what someone or something is doing

Auxiliary verb

E.g. Is

A verb that helps another verb in a sentence

Descriptive adjective

A word that describes a noun

Adverb

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb (often tells how, when, or where)

Preposition

A word that shows position, place, or time

Determiner

E.g. those

A word that comes before a noun to show which one or how many

Coordinating conjunction

A word that joins two ideas or sentences

Main clause

A group of words that makes sense on its own

Simple sentence

A sentence with one main clause

Noun phrase

The small brown dog ran away.

A group of words built around a noun

Verb phrase

A main verb and any helping verbs stuck to it.

E.g. She has been reading all day.

Collective noun

A word that names a group of people or things

Countable noun

A noun you can count

Uncountable noun

e.g. water

A noun you cannot count

Compound noun

E.g. Backpack

A noun made by joining two words together

Stative verb

E.g. knows

A verb that shows a state, feeling, or thought (not an action)

Modal verb

A verb that shows possibility, permission, or advice

Transitive verb.

E.G She KICKED the ball

A verb that needs an object to complete its meaning

Intransitive verb

A verb that does not need an object

Regular verb

A verb that forms the past tense by adding -ed

Irregular verb

A verb that does not follow the -ed rule

Comparative adjective

This book is LONGER than that one.

An adjective used to compare two thi

Superlative adjective

An adjective used to show the most or least

E.g. fastest or slowest

Quantative adjective

An adjective that shows amount

E.g. many

Demonstrative adjectives

An adjective that points to specific things

E.g. those

Possessive adjective

An adjective that shows ownership

That is YOUR bag

That is MY pencil

Subordinating conjunction

A word that joins a main clause to a subordinate clause.

E.g. I stayed inside BECAUSE it was raining

Adverbial clause

A clause that acts like an adverb (tells when, where, how, or why)

I will cause you WHEN I arrive.

Relative clause

A clause that gives more information about a noun

The boy, who is running, is my brother.

Prepositional phrase

A group of words that starts with a preposition.

The book is ON THE TABLE.

Compound sentence

A sentence with two main clauses joined togetHer

Complex sentence

A sentence with a main clause and a subordinate clause