A verb describes what a person or thing does or what happens. For example, verbs describe: an action – run, hit, travel an event – rain, occ...

A determiner is a word that introduces a noun, such as a/an, the, every, this, those, or many (as in a cat, the cat, this cat, those cats,...

An exclamation (also called an interjection ) is a word or phrase that expresses strong emotion, such as surprise, pleasure, or anger. Exc...

A conjunction (also called a connective ) is a word such as and , because , but , for , if , or , and when . Conjunctions are used to conne...

Adjuncts are adverbials that add more information to a sentence. They can provide additional information about where things happen: At lo...

A preposition is a word such as after, in, to, on, and with . Prepositions are usually used in front of nouns or pronouns and they show th...

Pronouns are used in place of a noun that has already been mentioned or that is already known, often to avoid repeating the noun. For exam...

Nouns can be either countable or uncountable. Countable nouns (or count nouns ) are those that refer to something that can be counted. They...

A noun is a word that identifies: a person ( woman, boy, doctor, neighbour ) a thing ( dog, building, tree, country ) an idea, quality, or s...

An adverb is a word that’s used to give information about a verb, adjective, or other adverb. When used with a verb, adverbs can give inform...

Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns, giving extra information to them. Adjectives answer the questions: What kind? How muc...