word classes

Main verb

Shows states of being, action, or concept. A single verb that expresses the main meaning in a clause or sentence.

Auxiliary verb

They come before the main verb and support in some way

Modal Auxiliary

Always come with a main verb and express a degree of certainty, desirability or obligation

Primary auxiliary

Can be a main verb and there are only three of them (be, have, do) - e.g I have a new car. He is tall. She did it

Dynamic verb

A physical action - e.g running, sleeping, talking

Stative verb

Show states of being or conditions - e.g be, felt, appear, seem, become, loved

Mental verb

Shows internal process e.g - thinking, wondering, wish

Verbal

Show communication through speech - e.g say, shout

Transitive

Dynamic verbs that requires an object e.g - she kicked the ball.

Intransitive verb

Dynamic verbs that don’t require an object - e.g sneeze, laugh

Adjective

Modify (gives more information about) nouns

Base

Basic form; gives information about a noun - e.g big, loud, interesting

Comparative

Compares two instances either adding ‘er’ or ‘more’ - e.g bigger, louder, more interesting

Superlative

Indentifies a best example - e.g biggest, loudest, most interesting

Pronoun

Pronouns replace a noun or a noun phrase

Personal pronouns

1st person singular pronoun - I

2nd person singular pronoun - you

2nd person plural pronoun - you (referring to more than one person)

3rd person singular pronoun - she

3rd person plural pronoun - they (more than one person)

Possessive pronoun

Shows ownership - e.g mine, his, our

Demonstrative pronouns

Direct the reader or listener towards a person, object or idea - e.g that, those, this.

Indefinite pronoun

Refer to a person, object or idea that is non specific - e.g somewhere, anybody, everything