===== Parts of Speech ===== **What it is:** Word types (noun, verb, adjective, etc.). **What it’s for:** Build correct sentences and understand grammar explanations. **Example:** “She **quickly** runs.” (quickly = adverb) ===== Core types ===== * **Noun:** person/thing/idea → “book”, “teacher”, “time” * **Verb:** action/state → “go”, “know”, “like” * **Adjective:** describes a noun → “big”, “beautiful” * **Adverb:** describes a verb/adjective → “quickly”, “very” * **Pronoun:** replaces a noun → “I”, “they”, “it” * **Preposition:** relation (time/place) → “in”, “on”, “at” * **Conjunction:** joins words/clauses → “and”, “but”, “because” * **Determiner:** points/limits nouns → “a”, “the”, “this”, “some” * **Interjection:** short emotion word → “Wow!”, “Oops!” ===== Mini practice ===== * “**This** (determiner) **small** (adjective) **dog** (noun) **runs** (verb) **fast** (adverb).” ===== Hard words (Glossary) ===== * *adjective* /ˈædʒɪktɪv/: tính từ * *adverb* /ˈædvɜːb/: trạng từ * *preposition* /ˌprepəˈzɪʃən/: giới từ * *conjunction* /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/: liên từ * *determiner* /dɪˈtɜːmɪnə/: từ hạn định