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part of speech
description
examples
(words)
examples 
(sentences, etc)
noun (noun phrase)
a word (or group of
Rachel
Rachel arrives tomorrow.
words) that is the
New York
1 love New York.
name of a person,
book
1 recommend this book.
a place, a thing or
sense
1 can’t get any sense out of her.
activity or a quality
walking stick
1 don’t need a walking stick.
or idea; nouns can be 
used as the subject or 
object of a verb
town hall
They met outside the town hall.
pronoun
a word that is used
her
He met her on the Internet.
in place of a noun or
she
She is a famous dancer.
noun phrase
him
they
Look at him!
They don’t talk much.
adjective
a word that gives
kind
What a kind person!
more information
better
We all want a better life.
about a noun or
impetuous
She’s so impetuous.
pronoun
best
That’s the best thing about her.
verb
a word (or group
write
Pushkin wrote Eugene Onegin.
of words) which is
watch
1 like to watch TV.
used in describing an
believe
1 don’t believe you!
action, experience or 
state
have
Have you eaten yet?
adverb
a word (or group of
sensibly
Please act sensibly this evening.
(adverbial phrase)
words) that describes
carefully
She walked across the bridge
or adds to the
at home
carefully.
meaning of a verb, 
adjective, another 
adverb or a whole 
sentence
in half an hour
1 checked my emails at home. 
See you in half an hour.
preposition
a word (or group of
for
a plan for life
(prepositional phrase)
words) which is used
of
Bring me two bottles of wine.
to show the way
in
Put that in the box.
which other words are 
connected
on top of
1 think 1 put it on top of the 
cupboard.
determiner
definite article
the
The composer of that theme tune
indefinite article
a
an
A beautiful new daughter 
An appalling mistake
possessives
my, your, etc.
My secret life
demonstratives
this, that, these those
Look at those buildings.
quantifiers
some, many, few, etc
Few people believed him.
conjunction
a word that connects
and
Full of energy and ready to go
sentences, phrases or
so
1 lost my mobile phone, so 1 couldn’t
clauses
but
call you.
It’s great but 1 can’t afford it.
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Chapter 5
EXAMPLES
The 
weather
is terrible today, (uncountable)
He hasn’t got much 
money,
(uncountable)
She’s got a lot of 
friends
to help her through this, (countable)
I’ve only got a few 
coins
in my pocket, (countable)
A num ber of words are sometimes countable when they m ean one thing but uncountable 
when they m ean something different. For example, the word ‘sugar’ is uncountable when 
we say‘I like sugar’, ‘I’d like some sugar’, but countable if we say‘One sugar or two?’ (where 
‘sugar’ = spoonful/cube of sugar).
Plural nouns, singular verbs
There are some nouns that appear to be plural, but which behave as if they are singular
- you can only use them with singular verbs, e.g. 
‘Darts
is a game played by large m en’, ‘The 
news
is depressing’.