COMPONENTS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Pronoun She, he, we, you, they, them, who, that, himself, it

VerbTransitive

Bite, steal, Intransitive

Live, cryModal

Is, are, can, will, mayAuxiliary

Be, have, do

WH-questions Who, what, when, why, where

Pre-position In, across, at, by, near, within

nounAbstractConcreteCommonproper

AdjectiveDescriptive

Lazy, tall, Comparative

Lazier, tallerSuperlative

Laziest, tallest

adverbtimeMannerDegreeDirection AffirmationCausequalification

Determiner A, the, any, my, those, which

conjunction

and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet. both, and; either, or; neither, nor;whether, or; not only, but also. Although, because, after, consequently, however, therefore, and nevertheless.

Prefixation suffixation Pre+suffix-ed-s

-tion-ation

In-De-En-

Noun: A noun is a name for someone or something. It can be someone or something in particular, or someone or something in general.

o LAYMAN TERM! – a person/thing Pronoun: A pronoun is a substitute for a noun or a noun phrase.

o Verb: A verb is the action word in a statement. Some verbs link the subject to a noun, pronoun, or

adjective.o LAYMAN TERM! – an action

Adjective: An adjective is a modifier. Usually it modifies, or makes more exact, the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

o LAYMAN TERM – DESCRIBE A NOUN Adverb: An adverb is a modifier. Usually it modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

o LAYMAN TERM! – DESCRIBE OTHER THINGS(VERB, ADJECTIVE) Conjunction: A conjunction is a connector. A coordinate conjunction connects words or groups of

words that are grammatically the same. A subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate, or dependent, clause to a main clause.

Preposition: A preposition is a connector that introduces a prepositional phrase. It usually connects a noun or noun phrase to the part of the sentence modified by the whole prepositional phrase, and it shows the relation between the two.

OBJECT: a person/thing that receive the verb