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| common noun | the name of any person, place animal or thing |
| proper noun | the name of a particular place, person or thing. A Proper noun ALWAYS begins with a capital letter. |
| abstract noun | the name given to a feeling or an idea, e.g., love, freedom. |
| collective noun | the name given to a collection of people or things, e.g., a pack of wolves, a mob of sheep. |
| adjective | a word which describes a noun or pronoun |
| pronoun | a word which stands in place of a noun |
| verb | a being, having or doing word; they also include thinking or saying words |
| finite verb | a verb which has a subject |
| infinitive | the name of the verb. It usually begins with "to", e.g., to win, to sleep, to race, to be, and it cannot be the main (or finite) verb in a sentence. |
| present participle | that part of the verb that always ends in "-ing". It can do the work of a verb, or the work of an adjective or the work of a noun. That is why it is called a "participle" |
| past participle | It can do the work of a verb or an adjective and often (but not always) ends in "-ed". |
| adverb | tells how, when, where or why a thing was said or done. It adds meaning to verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. |
| preposition | Relates one thing to another and is always followed by a noun or pronoun. they often refer to the position of things. e.g., we ran TO the bus |
| subordinate conjunction | a connecting word used to join subordinate clauses to the principal clause |
| co-ordinate conjunction | a connecting or joining word which joins together words, phrases or clauses that are of the same value, e.g., Jack AND Jill, bread OR butter |
| interjection | this is used to express a sudden emotion or a surprise and is usually followed by an exclamation mark, e.g., AHA! |
