Parts of Speech

The words that we use to construct a sentence can be divided into these classes:

1) Noun 名词 danh từ - A noun is a type of word that represents a person, thing, or place, like mother, apple, or valley. Chart

2) Verb 动词 động từ - A verb is a type of word that describes an action or a state of being, like wiggle, walk, run, jump, be, do, have, or think. Chart

3) Pronoun 代名词 đại từ - A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. Some pronouns are: I, me, she, hers, he, him, it, you, they, them, etc. Chart

4) Adjective 形容词 Tính từ - An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun). Some adjectives are: big, cold, blue, and silly. One special type of adjective is an article, a word that introduces a noun and also limits or clarifies it; in English, the indefinite articles are a and an, the definite article is the. Chart

5) Adverb 副词 Phó từ - An adverb is a word that tells "how," "when," "where," or "how much". Some adverbs are: easily, warmly, quickly, mainly, freely, often, and unfortunately. Chart

6) Preposition 前置词 Giới từ - A preposition is a word that shows the spatial (space), temporal (time), or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. The words above, near, at, by, after, with and from are prepositions. Chart

7) Conjunction 连接词 Sự Kết nối - A conjunction is a word that joins other words, phrases, clauses or sentences. Some conjunctions are: and, as, because, but, or, since, so, until, and while. Chart

8) Interjection 感叹词 Lời nói xen vào - An interjection is a word that expresses emotion. An interjection often starts a sentence but it can be contained within a sentence or can stand alone. Some interjections are oh!, wow!, ugh!, hurray!, eh?!, and ah!. Chart

9) Punctuation



English Grammar

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