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  • 1. A noun names a person, a place, and a thing. For example: Person (boy, girl, teacher) Place (Lahore, School, Montana) Thing (Computer, Tree, Table)

2. Common noun Proper noun Abstract noun Countable noun Uncountable noun Compound noun Collective noun Singular noun Plural noun Possessive noun 3. Common noun name people, places or things that are not specific. Examples: Men, home, chair 4. Proper noun name specific people, places, or things. Examples: Uol, Black pen, Lahore 5. Abstract Nouns name nouns that you can not perceive with your five sense. Examples: Freedom, Happiness, Honesty, Hope, Love 6. Countable Nouns name nouns that we can count. Examples: Book, Pen, Phone, chair 7. Uncountable Nouns name nouns that you can't count. Examples: Air, Grains of Sand, Stars, Snow 8. Compound Nouns are made up of two or more words. Examples: Keyboard, Sunshine, Whiteboard 9. Collective Nouns refer to things or people as a unit. Examples: Army, Family, class, Galaxy 10. Singular Nouns name one person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: Boy, girl, city, letter, 11. Plural Nouns name more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: Boys, girls, cities, letters, 12. Possessive Nouns show ownership. Adding an apostrophe, (s) Examples: Bosss car, Todays newspaper 13. Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he, you, ours, themselves, some, each... 14. Personal Pronouns Relative Pronoun Demonstrative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Subject and Object Pronouns 15. Personal Pronouns These take the place of common and proper nouns. Singular Plural First Person: The person or people speaking or writing I me we us Second Person: The person or people being spoken or written to you you Third Person: The person, people, or things being spoken or written about He, She, it they them 16. Relative Pronouns These relate subordinate adjective clauses to the rest of the sentence. Examples: that, which, who, 17. Demonstrative Pronouns These represent a thing or things. Singular Plural Refers to things that are nearby this these Refers to things that are far away that those 18. Indefinite Pronouns These refer to something that is unspecified. Singular anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something Plural both, few, many Singular or Plural all, any, most, none, some 19. Reflexive Pronouns These end in self or selves. Singular Plural First Person: The person or people speaking or writing myself ourselves Second Person: The person or people being spoken or written to yourself yourselves Third Person: The person, people, or things being spoken or written about himself, herself, itself themselves 20. Interrogative Pronouns These are used to ask questions. Examples: what, who, which, whom, whose 21. Possessive Pronouns These are used to show ownership. Singular Plural Used Before Nouns These actually function as adjectives. Crazy! my your his, her, its our your their Used Alone mine yours his, ours yours 22. Subject and Object Pronouns These are used as either the subject or the object in a sentence. Singular Plural Subjects: tell us whom or what the sentence is about. I you she, he, it we you they Objects: direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions me you us you 23. Verbs are words that show action or state of being. Examples: Go, jump, sleep, eat, think Example sentences: We had a nice lunch. I think that he is right. He drove for hours. The word "verb" comes for the Latin word verbum, which means "word." 24. Action Verbs Transitive verbs Intransitive verbs Linking Verbs Helping Verbs 25. As their name implies, action verbs show action. Keep in mind that action doesn't always mean movement. Thinking is also an action. Talia thought about bears. 26. Certain action verbs called transitive active verbs transfer action to something called a direct object. Joe kicked the ball. Jim ate the cake. Kicked and ate are transitive active verbs. Ball and cake are direct objects. 27. The verb in which object is not present. I screamed. The dog barked. 28. They link the subject of a sentence with a noun or adjective. Ali became a famous equestrian. Became is a linking verb. It is linking the subject Ali with the noun equestrian. 29. These do just what their name implies. They help the main verb in the sentence. The main verb will be either an action verb or a linking verb. The helping verb(s) and the main verb come together to form a verb phrase. Greta will love these sausages. 30. An adverb is a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even the entire sentence. An adverb can describe a verb: She runs quickly. An adverb can describe an adjective: She is so beautiful. An adverb can describe another adverb: She smokes very rarely. 31. Adverbs of manner Adverbs of place Adverbs of time Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of duration Adverbs of probability 32. Adverbs of manner show us the way in which action is done. Examples: Well, badly, nicely, slowly, loudly, quietly, happily, sadly, secretly, weakly. Example sentences: He handled the situation well. She listened secretly to their conversation. The children ran happily to their father. 33. Adverbs of place show us the location of the action or state. Examples: Home, here, there, outside, inside, away, around, anywhere, abroad, up, down, out. Example sentences: We are here. He went home. We found him outside. She looked up. 34. Adverbs of time show us the time of the action or state. Examples: Now, soon, later, yesterday, tomorrow, early, before, lately, recently. Example sentences: Let's talk now. I will do it later. He promised to write back soon. What are you doing tomorrow? 35. Adverbs of frequency show us the frequency of the action or state. Examples: Always, never, sometimes, often, rarely, usually, occasionally. Example sentences: I always brush my teeth after a meal. We often meet and chat. He is usually here on time. 36. Adverbs of duration show us the length of the action or state. Examples: Forever, constantly, temporarily, briefly. Example sentences: He is working there temporarily. We spoke briefly. I will be forever grateful. 37. Adverbs of probability show us the chances for the action or state to happen. Examples: Certainly, maybe, probably, possibly, surely. Example sentences: She will certainly forget about it. It will probably not work. Surely you are not serious! 38. An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. (By "noun" we include pronouns and noun phrases.) An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a noun (a big dog). Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard). We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady). 39. Possessive Adjective Descriptive Adjective Numeral Adjective Demonstrative Adjective Interrogative Adjective 40. DEFINITION: Possessive Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun that belongs to someone and there are seven Possessive Adjectives. They are My, Your, Our, Their, His, Her and Its. Example: - This is my book. - Your car is outside. - His girl fried is waiting 41. DEFINITION: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used to tell the sorts of noun or quality. Example: - He is a tall man. - They are good students. - She is a beautiful girl. 42. DEFINITION: Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to show the number of noun. There are three types of Numeral Adjective as follow. a) Definite Numeral Adjective b) Indefinite Numeral Adjective c) Distributive Numeral Adjective 43. DEFINITION: Definitive Numeral Adjective is the adjective that is used to denote an exact number of noun as first, second, third or one, two, three. Example:. He always stands first in class. 44. DEFINITION: Indefinite Numeral Adjective is the adjective which is used to denote an inexact number of nouns as some, any, much, many, little, a few. Example: - I have some friends here. - She has a few pictures. - He has got much money. 45. DEFINITION: Descriptive Adjective is the adjective that is used for distribution in different nouns. They are every, each, another, other... Example: - Each student is very friendly. - They speak to another person. 46. DEFINITION: Demonstrative Adjective is the adjective which is used to point out the noun. They are this, these, that, and those. Example: - That man is very handsome. - These girls are good-looking. 47. DEFINITION: Interrogative Adjective is the adjective that is used to ask the question. They are where, what, which. Example: - Which animal do you like? - Where doctor is he? - What food do you prefer? 48. A preposition is a word that is used before a noun or a pronoun to connect it to another word in the sentence. It is usually used to show location, direction, time, and so forth. Examples: On, in, at, by, under, above, beside, to, out, from, for. Example sentences: I sat on the floor. Let's go into the house. We will meet at four o'clock. Have a look under the couch. He went to school. This letter is for you. 49. A conjunction is a word that joins parts of a sentence together. Examples: And, but, or, because, so. Example sentences: I want to come, but I can't. She is smart and beautiful. Would you like a cat or a dog? He didn't pass the test because he didn't understand the subject. We were hungry, so we ordered pizza. The word "conjunction" comes from the Latin word conjungere (join together). 50. An interjection is a short sound, word or phrase used to express the speaker's emotion. Examples: Oh! Look out! Ow! Hey! Wow! Ah! Um... Example sentences: Wow, that's amazing! Ah, that was a good meal. Um... I'm not sure what to say. Oh dear! What happened? Hello! How are you doing? Well, that's an option too.