1. Adjective: a word that describes a noun. Different types of adjectives include:

• possessive adjectives (e.g. my, his, her)

• numbering adjectives (e.g. two, many, lots of)

• describing adjectives (e.g. big, old, yellow, beautiful)

• comparing adjectives (e.g. more delicate, best, bigger)

classifying adjectives (e.g. Persian cat, air transport)

2. Adverb: a word that tells something about a verb, adjective or another adverb to indicate such things as manner, place or time. An adverb commonly ends in ly.

• Krista ran quickly.

• Ramos ran more quickly.

• Go there after school.

• She is most helpful.

• He listened very carefully.

3. Conjuctions / connectives: a word that indicates a connection in a sentence or between sentences.

• through adding information, e.g. and, as well

• through time, e.g. meanwhile, when

• by comparing or contrasting, e.g. likewise, on the other hand

• through cause and effect, e.g. because, so

4. Finite Verbs: The main verb in a clause is a finite verb. Finite verbs have a subject and they have a tense, that is, they indicate when something is happening. Finite verbs may be one word or more than one word.

• She ate bananas. (past)

• She is eating bananas. (present)

• She will eat bananas. (future)

5. Interjection: a word used to express emotion.

Oh!... Wow!... Oops!

An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation point.

The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!

6. Noun: a word used to represent people, place, ideas and things.

• Nouns used to name any one of a class of things are called common nouns, e.g. girl, classroom, egg

• Nouns used to name a particular place, a person or the title of something are known as proper nouns. Proper nouns commence with a capital letter, e.g. Sam, Sydney, Olympic Games

• Nouns used to name a group of things are known as collective nouns, e.g. crowd, swarm, team

• Nouns used to name things that we cannot see but which exist in thoughts and feelings are known as abstract nouns, e.g. sadness, love, wonder

7. Preposition: a word that begins an adverbial phrase or an adjectival phrase indicating:

• time

• place

• manner 

• causality               

e.g. in, on, after, before, by, under, over, of

8. Pronoun: a word that is used in place of a noun e.g. The bag is heavy. It is full of bricks.

It may be a:

• personal pronoun, e.g. he, she, we

• demonstrative pronoun, e.g. that, this

• relative pronoun, e.g. who

9. Verb: a word that tells what is happening or what is. Different types of verbs include:

• action verbs (e.g.  They danced all night.)

• thinking verbs (e.g. She forgot his name.)

• feeling verbs (e.g. Sarah likes baked beans.)

• relating verbs (e.g. Cows are herbivores.)

• saying verbs (e.g. He whispered softly.)