It is a place, person or thing.
Types of Nouns:
1. Common noun: things that are around us.
Examples: table, chair, board
2. Proper noun: name of a place or person. It always start with a capital letter.
Examples: London, England, Sam
3. Collective noun: word that refers to groups
Examples: team, herd, flock, pack, bunch
4. Abstract noun: word that refer to ideas, concepts and feelings.
Examples: happiness, wisdom, courage
Pronoun
Words that are used to replace nouns.
Subject pronoun: used to replace subjects in a sentence.
Examples: I, He, She, It, They, We, You.
Object pronoun: used to replace objects in a sentence.
Examples: me, him, her, it, them, us, you
Possessive pronoun: used to refer something belongs to someone.
Examples: my, her, his, their, our, your
Relative pronoun: comes in the beginning of a relative clause. It is usually used to connect clauses.
Examples: that, who, whose, which, whom
Clause:
Group of words which includes verb.
Example: As I walked to the bus stop - This is a clause as it has a verb - walked.
Phrase:
Group of words with no verb among them.
Example: in the morning, after two hours, into the woods
Clause:
Group of words which includes verb.
Example: As I walked to the bus stop - This is a clause as it has a verb - walked.
Phrase:
Group of words with no verb among them.
Example: in the morning, after two hours, into the woods
Noun phrase
A group of words that act as a noun is a noun phrase.
Examples: The big, blue balloon popped.
The long, winding road was lined by thick bushes
on either side.
Adjectives
Words that describe nouns
Examples: beautiful, hideous, generous, miserly
Adverbs
Words that describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They usually end with '-ly', but not always.
Some examples:
adverbs used to describe quantity: many, much, more, lot, few, less, little
adverbs used to describe frequency and time: often, never, once, daily, monthly, now, soon, later, always
other examples: far, fast, rather, very
Relative clause:
A clause that begins with a relative pronouns such as that, which, when, whose, where.
This clause describes the noun that comes before it.
Examples:
I went to the park that is next to my house.
The underlined clause is the relative clause. It starts with a relative pronoun and it describes the noun, in this case, the park, that comes before it.
Some examples:
adverbs used to describe quantity: many, much, more, lot, few, less, little
adverbs used to describe frequency and time: often, never, once, daily, monthly, now, soon, later, always
other examples: far, fast, rather, very
Relative clause:
A clause that begins with a relative pronouns such as that, which, when, whose, where.
This clause describes the noun that comes before it.
Examples:
I went to the park that is next to my house.
The underlined clause is the relative clause. It starts with a relative pronoun and it describes the noun, in this case, the park, that comes before it.
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