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This chapter was an introduction to the parts of speech in English grammar: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, and prepositions.
Nouns name people, places, things, qualities, and states. They can be common, proper, compound, abstract, or collective. Plurals indicate more than one noun and usually end with -s or -es. Countable nouns are things that can be counted and pluralized. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, and therefore can't be plurals or be preceded by "a" or "an."
Adjectives describe nouns. When using a series of nouns, the order is usually size->age->color->material->noun. The comparative forms of adjectives are usually expressed as "(adjective)+er" or "more (adjective)" for longer words. The superlative form indicates a noun with the highest degree of a quality--the (adjective)est or most (adjective).
Articles indicate the definiteness of a noun. Indefinite articles, "a" and "an," indicate that the noun is any single member of a group. The definite article, "the," indicates a specific or unique noun.
Verbs are 'doing' words. A transitive verb is followed directly by an object, as in, "I cook rice." An intransitive verb cannot be followed directly by an object, for example, "go" or "sleep." The infinitive form of a verb refers to an action as a whole and is expressed as "to+(verb)." English verbs have 4 principle forms: base (is), past simple (was), past participle (been), and present participle (being). Auxiliary verbs form a tense or expression. The three auxiliary verbs are is, have, and do.
Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
A gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun.
Pronouns are words used in place of more precise nouns. They can be personal (I, me, him), possessive (mine, yours, its), reflexive (myself), or relative (who, that, which).
Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun and some other word in the sentence (at , from, in).
Conjunctions join words or clauses (and, but, because).
