![]() This is likely because not all languages have articles. Article: Type of Adjective*Īn article is another type of adjective that may not be considered a part of speech by some but can be sometimes be counted towards the 10 parts of speech, at least in English. For instance, instead of saying "The car," the speaker can say, "The red car." In this case, "red" is the adjective, because it tells the listener what the car looks like. It's one of the essential parts of grammar, otherwise language would be dull and boring and it would be difficult to identify things. Adjective: Describes a NounĪn adjective is a word that's used to describe a specific noun and to provide more detail to the listener. Some examples of verbs are "run," "jump," "eat," "kiss," "study" etc. A verb is an action word or "doing" word that signifies movement in some way. Verb: An Action WordĪ verb is one of the 10 parts of speech that can be confusing for language learners because it needs to be conjugated based on the tense and the pronoun. The pronouns are "I, You, He, She, It, We, They." An example of this in speech is, "James likes to eat pizza, but he prefers pepperoni." In this case, "he" is the pronoun because it is being used in place of the noun which is "James." 3. Pronoun: In Place of a NounĪ pronoun is a word that can be used in place of a noun, typically after the noun itself has already been stated. Common nouns, which are general words, such as "cars," are not capitalized. ![]() Proper nouns, which are specific nouns that a person knows (such as the name of a restaurant), always begin with a capital letter. ![]() You may be wondering which words are nouns? A noun is defined as a person, place, thing or idea.
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