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Nouns
• Words that describe a person place or thing • Examples: desk, table, John, Europe, ice cream
• There are abstract nouns too• Feelings: happiness, sadness, joy, depression, pain
• Qualities and Characteristics: honesty, bravery, beauty
• More examples of abstract nouns: wealth, success, education, friendship, marriage, summer
Verbs
• Action words; examples: go, drink, jump, read
• These words can be in different tenses: present, past, future• I go, I went, I will go
• Verbs can also be in different forms: Active Voice, Passive Voice, Infinitive, and Gerund • I ate the cake
• The cake was eaten
• I like to eat cake
• I like eating cake
Adjectives
• These are words that describe nouns:• Beautiful painting
• Large room
• Yellow paint
• They are the same for both singular and plural nouns. No –s is required.• Beautiful painting
• Beautiful paintings
Adverbs
• Describe verbs• The dog ran quickly.
• They also describe adjectives• This movie is very long.
Prepositions
• Prepositions are little words like:• By, with, at, to, toward, for, from, in, on…
• They are followed by NOUNS
Review
She suffers a lot from BOREDOM when it rains.
a.adjective
b.noun
c.verb
d.preposition
e.adverb