common (or concrete) noun: a word for a thing or object, eg table.abstract noun: a word to describe an idea, eg peace.NounĪ noun is a word for a person, place or thing Sometimes, there’s a clue in the way they sound, eg adverbs describe verbs, pronoun sounds like noun, preposition contains the word position and a conjunction is the ‘junction’ between two sentences. ![]() If you struggle to remember what they all mean, think about the words themselves. Just watch out for words such as ‘jump’, which can be more than one part of speech! ![]() This is just a fancy term for all the different kinds of words, but they’re worth knowing just in case. When is a verb not a verb? When it’s a part of speech.Įnglish exams often ask questions about the ‘parts of speech’.
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