Classification of Words

person, animal, place, thing, or idea

classification

Proper

Common

Countable

Uncontable

Collective

Concrete

Abstract

Possessive

shows an action, existence, occurrence

classification

action

state of being verbs

auxiliary

in passive voice

in interrogative

indicate the perfect

modal

action & state

transitive

intransitive

modify a noun

classification

descriptive

of number

demostrative

possessive

interrogative

indefinite

proper

modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

classification

of time

of place

of manner

of frequency

of degree

may be substituted for a noun or noun phrase

classification

reciprocal

interrogative

relative

possessive

demostrative

intensive

reflexive

personal

indefinite

used to link nouns, pronouns, phrases to other words

used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences

classification

coordinating

for, and, but

subordinating

because, after, although, as

correlative

use both of them in different places in a sentence

Numeral

designation of numbers

classification

cardinal

ordinal

distributive

multiplicative

partitive

Article

is any word that modifies a noun.

classification

definite

the

indefinite

a - an

Interjection

added
to convey an emotion or a sentiment

hey! oh! good! yes/no

sweet, congratulations, he rocks!

classification

of time

of place

of direction

of agent

prepositional phrases