SPAG: Word Types

Made for tutees who need to focus on learning what word types mean, so they can apply them in exams.

common nouns

everyday words for things. example: zebra

proper noun

specific names for individuals, places, or organizations. example: London.

collective noun

a word that represents a group of people or things. example: flock (of sheep).

abstract noun

names of things that you can’t see. example: hate

verb

a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being. example: run.

modal verb

shows how likely something is. example: she might go running.

adjective

a word that describes a noun or pronoun, coming before or after. example: blue whale

adverb

describes a verb (how, when, where, or why a verb happened). example: quietly

preposition

a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. example: the pig stood in the field

time preposition

a preposition that indicates when something happens. example: during the swim meet.

pronouns

Words that replace nouns in a sentence, such as he, she, it, or they.

determiner

small words that go before nouns, such as an article (a, an, the). they can also show how many of something there is (six) or that something belongs to someone (his)