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Parts of Speech

adjective “a yellow flower”

adverb

“eat slowly

agreement

“dogs bark vs. a dog barks”; the subject and verb agree in these examples

article

a yellow flower”

auxiliary verb

“I was running”

comparative

“the red building is taller than the other”

compound noun

“toothpaste and bus stop” are compound nouns

conditional

“If it’s sunny, I’ll go swimming”

conjunction

“paper and pencils”

continuous verb

“He is running

contraction

“I can't

count noun

“three pencils

demonstrative pronoun

this yellow flower”

determiner

the yellow flower”

direct object

“I dropped the cup

future tense/aspect

“He will go”

gerund

Swimming is fun”

infinitive

“I want to eat

intransitive verb

“I swim in the morning”

irregular noun

“child vs. children

irregular verb

“go vs went

mass noun

furniture” is a mass noun

“I should go”

noun

“a yellow flower

participle

“I picked a yellow flower

past tense

“He ate an apple”

perfect tense

“I have jumped

phrasal verb

“look up that word”

plural

“pencil vs. pencils

possessive

"Mario's book"

preposition

“the book on the table”

present tense

“I am at school”

pronoun

You are nice”

proper noun

France

reflexive pronoun

“he shaved himself

relative pronoun

“I want the book that you wrote”

subjunctive

I request you stay here”; This phrase is expressed in the subjunctive

superlative

“the tallest building”

transitive verb

“I ate cereal”

verb

“He hopped