‘It gets hectic around here at lunchtime’ Is 'hectic' a verb, noun or adjective?
English speech can be separated into eight basic categories:
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
Each category tells how a word is used in a sentence, but not what the word means. Sometimes the same word can be used in different ways. For example:
'Yuya plays the piano'. In this sentence 'plays' is a verb.
'The play starts at 7pm'. In this sentence 'play' is a noun.
Let's take a look at some examples of each category:
Nouns
'Dogs are cute.'
In this sentence 'Dogs' is the noun and the subject of the sentence. To put it simply, nouns are 'things': Table, Africa, Money, David Beckham – all of these are nouns.
Verbs
'Simon jumped off the wall.'
Here 'jumped' is the verb. It refers to an action.
Adjectives
'Tokyo is a big city.'
In this sentence 'big' is an adjective. Adjectives are used to describe a noun or a pronoun.
Pronouns
'They always drive to work.'
Here 'they' is a pronoun. Pronouns are used to identify nouns.
Adverbs
'She quietly walked away.'
Here 'quietly' is an adverb. Adverbs give us more information about a verb or adjective.
Prepositions
'My birthday is in May.'
In this sentence 'in' is a preposition. Prepositions are used to connect words and they usually come before a noun or pronoun.
Conjunctions
'Although he likes baseball, he is not very good at it.'
In this sentence 'although' is a conjunction. Conjunctions are used to connect clauses, phrases and words in a sentence.
Interjections
'Hey! Watch where you are going!'
In this sentence 'Hey' is an interjection. Interjections are used to show a sudden expression of emotion.
Now read through the following sentences and choose the correct match for the key words:
- 'Sheila was bitten by a SNAKE'.
interjection
adverb
verb
adjective
preposition
noun
pronoun
conjunction - 'WOW! This tastes great!'
adverb
adjective
verb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
noun - 'She CRUSHED the can with her hands.'
noun
verb
conjunction
preposition
pronoun
interjection
adverb
adjective - 'Your brother plays the piano WONDERFULLY'.
adverb
pronoun
adjective
noun
preposition
interjection
conjunction
verb - 'It is HECTIC around here at lunchtime'.
noun
verb
preposition
conjunction
adjective
pronoun
adverb
interjection - 'I finished reading my book WHILE she was sleeping.'
adverb
verb
interjection
pronoun
adjective
noun
preposition
conjunction - 'The bank is BETWEEN the post office and the church.'
interjection
noun
verb
pronoun
adverb
preposition
conjunction
adjective - 'This coat is not MINE.'
adverb
noun
interjection
pronoun
conjunction
adjective
verb
preposition - 'SHE ran all the way home after school.'
adjective
adverb
conjunction
verb
preposition
pronoun
interjection
noun - 'The Letter 'a' comes BEFORE 'b' in the alphabet.'
adverb
pronoun
preposition
adjective
noun
interjection
verb
conjunction - 'Call me WHEN you are ready.'
noun
pronoun
interjection
verb
adverb
preposition
adjective
conjunction - 'It was WINDY all day'.
adjective
adverb
preposition
verb
interjection
noun
conjunction
pronoun - 'UNFORTUNATELY, I have to work tomorrow.'
conjunction
verb
preposition
noun
adjective
pronoun
adverb
interjection - 'Did the phone RING?
adverb
noun
interjection
pronoun
preposition
adjective
verb
conjunction - 'PHEW. That was close!'
verb
conjunction
preposition
interjection
noun
adverb
pronoun
adjective - 'You should go and see a DENTIST'.
pronoun
adverb
preposition
adjective
conjunction
verb
interjection
noun
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