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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
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