Word classes
by Luca Golda
1. Adverbs
1.1. Sentence adverbs
1.1.1. clearly, sadly, curiously
1.2. Adverbials and adjuncts
1.2.1. on the floor, tomorrow, in three sizes
2. Conjunctions
2.1. Coordinating
2.1.1. or, and, but
2.2. Subordinating
2.2.1. until, beacuse
3. Verbs
3.1. Transitive / Intransitive
3.1.1. admire / cry
3.2. Phrasal verbs
3.2.1. break up
3.3. Auxiliaries
3.3.1. should
3.4. Regular / Irregular
3.4.1. love / be
4. Exclamations
4.1. How wonderful!; Ow! That hurt!
5. Prepositions
5.1. after, in, to, on, with
6. Nouns
6.1. Countable
6.1.1. cat-cats; woman-women; country-countries
6.2. Uncountable
6.2.1. happiness, truth, darkness, humour
7. Adjectives
7.1. Comparative and superlative
7.1.1. sadder / the saddest
7.2. Gradable / non-gradable
7.2.1. expensive / western
7.3. Qualitative / classifying
7.3.1. tall, long, hot / weekly, northern, external
8. Determiners
8.1. a/an, the, every, this, those, many
8.2. Possesive
8.2.1. my, his, their
9. Pronouns
9.1. Subjective
9.1.1. I, you, we, he, she, it, we, they
9.2. Objective
9.2.1. me, you, us, him, her, it, them
9.3. Possessive
9.3.1. mine, yours, hers, his, ours, theirs
9.4. Reflexive
9.4.1. myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves