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Word Classes

The document discusses the different parts of speech in English including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, determiners, pronouns, conjunctions and prepositions. It provides examples for each part of speech and notes that some words can belong to more than one word class.

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Word Classes

The document discusses the different parts of speech in English including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, determiners, pronouns, conjunctions and prepositions. It provides examples for each part of speech and notes that some words can belong to more than one word class.

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WORD CLASSES /PARTS OF

SPEECH
Lexical words (the open system)

NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS


Grammatical words (the closed
system)

DETERMINERS, PRONOUNS, CONJUNCTIONS,


PREPOSITIONS
Nouns

STUDENT, BOOK, MONEY, WATCHING....


NOUNS ARE USUALLY PRECEDED
(PREMODIFIED) BY DETERMINERS:
A BANK, THE BANK, SOME MONEY, SEVERAL
NOTES
Verbs

ORDINARY VERBS (TO WORK, TO READ)


AUXILIARIES: BE, CAN
Adjectives

USUALLY PRECEDE (PREMODIFY) NOUNS:


A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER.
THE NEW CAR THAT I BOUGHT.
Adverbs

MODIFY (DESCRIBE) VERBS:


HE RUNS FAST.
SHE IS WALKING VERY CAREFULLY.
Determiners

ARTICLES: A(N), THE


QUANTIFIERS: SOME, ANY,
(A) FEW, NO ...
DEMONSTRATIVES: THIS,
THAT, THESE, THOSE
POSSESSIVES: MY, YOUR ...
Pronouns

PERSONAL: I, YOU ...


POSSESSIVE: MINE, YOURS ...
INDEFINITE: ANYTHING, ANYONE ...
Conjunctions

THEY LINK PHRASES AND CLAUSES


(SENTENCES):
TOM AND MARY ARE HERE.
I DIDN’T COME BECAUSE I WAS ILL.
Prepositions

DESCRIBING SPATIAL, TEMPORAL AND SOME


OTHER RELATIONSHIPS:
THE BOOK IS ON THE TABLE.
HE ARRIVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
I DID IT FOR YOU.
Words belonging to more than one word class

There are many such words. Lexical words are more likely to belong to more than
one word class, but grammatical words can belong to more than one word class too.
Examples:

run, v/run, n
play, v/ play, n
tomorrow, n/ tomorrow, adv
as, adv/as, prep/as, conj.

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