| A | B |
|---|
| noun | names a person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | names a particular person, place, thing, or idea |
| compound noun | two or more words used together to form one noun |
| abstract noun | names a quality, condition, or feeling |
| common noun | names a general class of persons, places, things, or ideas |
| collective noun | names a group of persons, places, things, or ideas |
| concrete noun | names something that can be perceived by the senses or measured |
| singular noun | refers to one person, place, thing, or idea |
| plural noun | refers to two or more persons, places, things, or ideas |
| verb | a word that shows action or a state of being |
| action verb | a verb that shows physical action or mental activity |
| linking verb | a verb that links the subject to the predicate |
| auxiliary verb | helping verb; helps out the main verb in a verb phrase |
| adjective | a word that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| proper adjective | a proper noun being used as an adjective |
| adverb | a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
| transitive verb | a verb whose action is directed toward someone or something |
| intransitive verb | a verb whose action is not directed toward someone or something |
| active voice verb | a verb whose subject performs the action |
| passive voice verb | a verb whose subject receives the action |
