Different words do different jobs in a sentence.

1. The word class lesson Different words do different jobs in a sentence.

2. noun adjective pronoun verb adverb conjunction preposition Different words do different jobs in a sentence. These are called word classes.

3. general names particular names more than one just one common noun proper noun singular plural girl schoolgirl, teenager, toddler… e.g. dog terrier, poodle, puppy… Nouns 1 a noun is the name of a person, place, animal or thing girl Emma girl girls city Belfast city cities dog Fido fox foxes day Monday man men Index Noun 2

4. collective nouns abstract nouns team group idea justice flock crowd happiness class grief wisdom herd singular noun for a plural group Nouns 2 things you can’t see, hear, touch, smell Nouns can be… Index

5. Adjectives They can come before the noun… or after it… Adjectives tell you more about a noun. e.g. The huge fluffy monster e.g. The monster was huge and fluffy. x

6. A pronoun stands in place of a noun First person Third person Second person First person Third person Second person Third person singular has gender: masculine feminine neuter Any word that stands in for a noun is a pronoun, e.g. this, that, those, one Pronouns must be consistent e.g. don’t switch between 3rd and 1st person. Pronouns Singular Plural I me my mine myself you you your yours yourself he/she/it him/her/it his/hers/its his/hers/its himself/herself /itself we us our ours ourselves you you your yours yourselves they them their theirs themselves Index

7. past tense future The verb is the word that tells you what’s happening in a sentence present tense e.g. eat gobble, nibble, devour… Verb 1 e.g.ate was eating has eaten used to eat had eaten e.g.will eat is going to eat e.g.eats is eating Index Verb 2

8. how? Adverbs fill in background detail about what happens. when? Adverbs where? e.g. inside outside here there everywhere e.g. gently sadly happily e.g. now then afterwards yesterday Index

9. Prepositions come at the beginning of a phrase. in on up after through with round under over Prepositions on his best behaviour in the garden up the stairs after lunch with big teeth through the years round the corner under the arches over the rainbow Index

10. Conjunctions make links between clauses. or and so but Whenthe cat sleeps, the mice come out to play. The cat sleeps until the mice come out to play. The mice come out to play because the cat sleeps. e.g. Conjunctions when while as since whenever because before until in order that after so that where although wherever if unless as long as Index

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