Kinds of Words

Kinds of Words

1. Words can be either

   • Nouns
     • Concrete and abstract things that can be talked about.
       • Joe, houses, love, Americans, etc.
   • Determiners
     • These words accompany and "determine" a noun.
       • Articles
         • The, A, An, Zero (Article).
       • Demonstrative Pronouns
         • This, that, those, these
       • Quantifiers
         • Half, All, Some, Few
       • Possessives
         • Mine, Yours, Theirs, Hers
       • Distributive
         • Every, Each, none.
       • Numerals
         • First, Second, Three, Two-fold
   • Verbs
     • Represent actions and states
       • To be, to walk, to think, to arrive.
         • Grammatical markers:
           • Mood
             • Indicative; Imperative; Subjunctive: Infinitive
           • Voice
             • Active or Passive
           • Aspect
             • Continuous, Perfect, Conditional
           • Tense
             • Present, Past, Future
       • types of verbs
         • Transitive
           • Are directed to an object
         • Intransitive
           • Are not directed to an object
         • Modals
           • Auxiliaries
             • Normals
               • To Walk, To write,
             • Do, Does, Have
           • Would, Could, Should
   • Conjunctions
     • Link words, clauses and phrases with different kinds of relationships
       • Coordinating
         • Explanatory
           • Because, Such as, for instance, for example.
         • Illative
           • So, Therefore, For That reason, accordingly
         • Alternative
           • Or, Otherwise, Either
         • Comulative
           • As well as, no less than., and.
       • Subordinating
         • Meaning dependence or subordination
           • Whereas, Because, Although.
           • Adversative
             • But, Still, Yet, However, While
       • Correlative
         • Meaning Similarity (Pair of conjunctions)
           • Either, Neither, Nor, or, Not (only); but.
   • Prepositions
     • Show a relationship of time and/or space between nouns
       • Against, Underneath, Onto, Towards, Behind.
   • Adverbs
     • Specify how, when and where an action is fulfilled
       • Time: Tomorrow, Today, Ever, Yesterday, Last week
       • Place: Near, Away, Inside, There.
       • Manner: Slowly, Immediately, Carefully
       • Frequency: Always, Most of the Times, Hardly ever, Never
       • Amount: Many, Little, Few, None
       • Degree: Quite, Enough, Almost, Very
   • Pronouns
     • Used instead of a noun
       • Interrogative
         • Who, Which, What, Where
       • Reflexieve
         • Myself, Himself, Ourselves
       • Acussative
         • Me, Him, Them,
       • Personal
         • I, You, He, They
       • Indefinite
         • Anyone, Someone, nothing
       • Possessives
         • Mine, Hers, Theirs