![]() John walks his dog quickly.Ī verb is an action word and generally indicates some sort of movement or activity.Īn adverb describes the way in which an action is done. A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody…) takes the place of a noun.Į.g. To avoid repeating a noun too many times, we use pronouns. In the example above, dog is still a common noun, however his name is a proper noun. John walks his dog, Rufus, on Hastings Street. Proper nouns are the specific names of the nouns and always start with a capital letter.Į.g. The tall man walks his small dog in the street. Common nouns are used to describe a category of person, place, or thing, for example toy, park, child.Į.g. Nouns are used to identify/talk about people, places, and things. ![]() It’s important to know the different ‘types’ of words as soon as possible, because these basics will make it easier to learn more complex pieces of language, and follow more advanced lessons when you’re getting ready to study English abroad! When your teacher talks about ‘parts of speech’, they’re talking about the building blocks of the language. ![]()
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