Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are parts of speech in English that have different functions within a sentence. It is important to understand these parts of speech and to know how to use them correctly.

Nouns

Nouns are things, places, people, and animals.

Nouns may be countable (apples, people, buildings) or uncountable (information, water, advice)

sailboat

The sailboat has been damaged for some time now.


Verbs

Verbs are words we use to describe actions or states.

Verbs may be stative (like, love, cost, etc.), dynamic (run, drive, eat, etc.) or mixed (think, have, smell, etc.).

cat

The cat ate the dog’s food before he had a chance to have some.


Adjectives


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