1. Nouns
* Definition: Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
* Examples:
* People: teacher, student, friend, Mary, John
* Places: school, park, city, Paris, Australia
* Things: book, car, computer, pencil, pizza
* Ideas: happiness, freedom, love, justice, peace
2. Verbs
* Definition: Verbs are action words that describe what someone or something does. They can also describe a state of being.
* Examples:
* Action: run, jump, eat, write, sing
* State of Being: is, are, was, were, seem
3. Adjectives
* Definition: Adjectives are words that describe nouns. They provide more information about the noun's qualities, size, color, or other characteristics.
* Examples:
* Size: small, big, tiny, enormous
* Color: red, blue, green, yellow
* Quality: happy, sad, brave, beautiful, delicious
4. Pronouns
* Definition: Pronouns are words that replace nouns. They help us avoid repetition.
* Examples:
* Personal Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
* Possessive Pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
* Reflexive Pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Key Differences and Relationships:
* Nouns are the subjects of sentences, the things that are doing the action.
* Verbs are the actions or states of being.
* Adjectives modify nouns, giving us more information about them.
* Pronouns take the place of nouns, avoiding unnecessary repetition.
Example Sentence:
"The happy (adjective) child (noun) ran (verb) quickly through (preposition) the park (noun)."
In this example, the noun "child" is modified by the adjective "happy," and the verb "ran" describes the action of the child.