| A | B |
|---|
| noun | names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea |
| proper noun | names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter |
| common noun | names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas |
| concrete noun | names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, teaste, touch, smell) |
| abstract noun | names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic |
| collective noun | a word that names a group |
| pronoun | a word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns |
| personal pronoun | pronoun that refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about |
| reflexive pronoun | pronoun that refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence |
| intensive pronoun | pronoun that emphasizes a noun or another pronoun and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence |
| demonstrative pronoun | pronoun that points out a person, a place, or a thing |
| interrogative pronoun | pronoun that introduces a question |
| indefinite pronoun | pronoun that refers to a person, a place, a thing, or an idea that may or may not be specifically named |
| relative pronoun | pronoun that introduces an adjective clause |
| adjective | a word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun |
| articles | the most commonly used adjectives |
| indefinite articles | "a" and "an" |
| definite articles | "the" |
| demonstrative adjectives or pronouns | "this", "that", "these" and "those" |
| proper adjectives | descibing word formed from a proper noun |
