Word classes or kinds of words

Three of the basic word classes which you will need to recognise at A/S Level are:

• Noun - the name of a thing or person
• Adjective - a word which describes
• Verb - a "doing " or "being" word

Can you identify the following words?
Noun, Adjective and Verb Matching Exercise

Can you identify the highlighted words in these sentences?
Subject, Verb and Object Matching Exercise

Of course simple sentences can be added to or conversations and writing would be very boring!

An adverbial phrase can be added which tells you how or where the verb is "done", e.g.

The cat sat on the mat

The children played happily
The children played in the garden

Can you identify the highlighted parts of the following sentence?
Subject, Verb, Object and Adverbial Matching Exercise

Sentences can take many forms depending how we want to use them. We can:

• ask questions called interrogatives "Do you like my hair?"
• make statements to declare things called declaratives "I want to go home"
• give orders or commands called imperatives "Give me that!"