1. What are the different types of words?
Parts of Speech
What are the different types of words?

2. Nouns Words that describe a person place or thing
Examples: desk, table, John, Europe, ice cream
There are abstract nouns too
Feelings: happiness, sadness, joy, depression, pain
Qualities and Characteristics: honesty, bravery, beauty
More examples of abstract nouns: wealth, success, education, friendship, marriage, summer

3. Verbs Action words; examples: go, drink, jump, read
These words can be in different tenses: present, past, future
I go, I went, I will go
Verbs can also be in different forms: Active Voice, Passive Voice, Infinitive, and Gerund
I ate the cake
The cake was eaten
I like to eat cake
I like eating cake

4. Adjectives These are words that describe nouns:
Beautiful painting
Large room
Yellow paint
They are the same for both singular and plural nouns. No –s is required.
Beautiful paintings

5. Adverbs Describe verbs They also describe adjectives
The dog ran quickly.
They also describe adjectives
This movie is very long.

6. Prepositions Prepositions are little words like:
By, with, at, to, toward, for, from, in, on…
They are followed by NOUNS

7. Review Chess is a FAVORITE hobby of mine. adjective noun verb
preposition
adverb

8. Review She suffers a lot from BOREDOM when it rains. adjective noun
verb
preposition
adverb

9. Review
That boy can swim FAST.
adjective
noun
verb
preposition
adverb

10. Review He often FORGETS his homework. adjective noun verb preposition
adverb

11. Review They went to bed WITHOUT dinner. adjective noun verb
preposition
adverb