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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)
