Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure
This section has learning units to the eight "parts of speech" found in the English language, and will help you learn the "function" of each part of speech. Besides this, there is an entire category all about "sentence types." You will learn about both these things through…
- understandable explanations with many detailed examples
- helpful overviews for structured learning
- entertaining exercises to strengthen what you learn
Get started now with one of the following categories and choose a specific learning unit by using the tabs at the top of the page! Nouns are used to name things (like
"house"), people (like
"woman"), animals (like
"cat"), or more complicated things (like
"feeling"). Nouns in English can be both singular or
plural, have a
possessive form and can replaced by different kinds of
pronouns, like
personal pronouns.
Go Articles are little words that are used with nouns. They describe a noun more specifically and are very important in English. The English language has two types of articles: the
definite article "the" and the
indefinite articles "a, an". Luckily, there aren't too many to learn!
Go When we want to describe how something looks, tastes, smells, feels, or sounds like, then we need to use
adjectives (like
"green",
"tall",
"nice" or
"dark"). Adjectives are placed before a noun or after the verb "to be," however there are some exceptions like
"afraid",
"alone" or
"sorry".
One of the most important parts of sentences are
verbs. They are used to describe what happens in a sentence or even a condition, and often change their form depending on a sentence's tense. Some of the most important verbs in the English language are
to have,
to be and
to like.
