EF 3/4 Parts of Speech

Nouns - things, people, place, ideas (concept, abstract)
proper noun - Vancouver, China, Tuesday, Maria, Doctor Ahmed, Mrs. Chen, White Spot 
compound nouns - bookstore, doorknob, watermelon, teaspoon, tablespoon, grasshopper

Verbs - action words
sit, run, eat, sleep, fight, read

state of being
is, likes, wants
He is tall.
She likes ice cream.

Adjectives - describe nouns

opinion- beautiful, ugly
colour- bright pink, dark blue, sky blue, purple, light green, grass green, forest green, lime green, fire-engine red, robin's egg blue, pale blue,

beer - pale ale, dark lager

size- small, medium, large, tiny, petite, huge, humongous, gigantic, enormous, "ginormous",

age - young, old, elderly, senior, antique, ancient, pre-historic, new, brand new

origin- Canadian, American, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Persian

purpose- school, work, play, vacation


Adverbs -describe verbs

"ly" words
quickly, slowly, quietly, happily, sadly
The teenagers giggled happily.

literally, surprisingly, eagerly

well
She speaks French very well.

fluently
He speaks Mandarin fluently.

reluctantly
The little boy did his homework reluctantly.


Pronouns
I, we, he, she

Prepositions - really important
in, on, for, to, with, above, below, under, over
beside, behind

in front of, across from, next to

kitty-corner to
The Starbucks is kitty-corner to the bank.

He is born in Canada.
He lives in Vancouver.
He lives in on Fraser Street.

Phrasal verbs - heart of English
verb + preposition
look at
look for
look up
look up to - respect
look after
look to - ask for help

ESL phrasal verbs


Interjections
Oh.
Oh!
Uh oh
Yikes
Oops. 
Yeah. Yup. Uh huh.
Ouch!
Huh?
Hai! Yes!
Wow!
Ew!
Yeah yeah.