WORD CLASSES

FORMS & FUNCTIONS & DESCRIPTIONS, but NOT definitions

the problem with definitions

COIK

problem with definitions

COIK

clear only if known

Open Word Classes

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Noun tests

can be marked by articles (a, the, an) and other determiners (such as numbers):

___ farmer(s) went to town.

BUT don’t have to have determiners.Girls just want to have fun.

AND may have adjectives in between: My stupid dad smokes pot.

Types of nouns abstract (e.g., friendliness,

childhood, chastity) & concrete (e.g.,)dog, mother, tree…

Count (e.g., cat) & non-count (e.g., mankind, purity)

Collective (e.g., class, team, faculty, committee, army)

Types of nouns, cont’d

Proper (e.g., Jane, Grand Canyon, Main Street) & common (e.g., girl, canyon, street)

Verbs can put an -ing on it... test sentences:

They want to _________.It is going to ________.

Please ________ (it).

Grammar Joke of the Day

What did the noun say to the verb?

“Stop telling me what to do!”

Adjectives describe a noun have comparative and superlative

forms ex. happy/happier/happiest test sentence: The _ dog was very ___. answer these questions:

Which one? How many? Which kind? Whose?

Adverbs Describe a verb. . .ex. He is already gone. an adjective...ex. He is very happy. or another adverb...ex. He is way too happy, if you ask me.

Adverbs Answer these questions:

When? Where? How? How often How much? To what degree? Why?

Adverbs

often end in “-ly”ex. Edward gingerly nuzzled

Bella’s neck.

often are found next to or within the verb

ex. He was really excited, but managed to restrain himself.

Adverbs vs. Adjectives

the moveability test:Generally, adverbs can move

around in the sentence.Adverbs generally can move.Adverbs can generally move.Adverbs can move, generally.vs.Adjectives can’t be moved.

BUT… Not just a matter of “forms” Also a matter of “functions”…

Ex: We had fried chicken for dinner.We chickened out.

SO WHAT? You can only truly identify a word’s class within a given sentence.

How to Bartle Puzballs

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