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Adult Education Center Resources: Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Name Definition Examples
Common Noun A general Name : Person, Place, Thing, or Idea girl, city, car, happiness

Proper Noun 

A specific name for a particular person, place, or thing Alice, London, Toyota, Car
Concrete Noun  A noun that can be identified though one of the 5 senses  apple, dog, music, perfume
Abstract Noun A noun that represents and idea, quality, or state 

Freedom, love, bravery, knowledge 

Material Noun  A noun that denotes the matter or substance of which things are made gold, wood, water, cotton 
Collective Noun  A noun that denotes a group of individuals or things team, flock, bunch, audience

 

Adjectives

Definition: Modify nouns & Pronouns

Adjectives Answer: 

  • Which one? 
  • How many? 
  • What Kind?

Can be a word, a phrase, a clause

Articles

There are three kinds

  • A
  • an
  • the

Adverbs

Definition: Modify verbs, adjectives, & other adverbs

Adverbs answer: 

  • How/ to what extent? 
  • When?
  • Where?
  • Why? 

Can be a word, a phrase, or a clause

 

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

A table showing common prepositions of place, time, and direction/movement, with examples.What are Prepositional Phrases?

 

ConjunctionsWhat Are Conjunctions? Definition and Examples | Grammarly

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