This document provides a brief overview of the main word classes in English: nouns, which refer to things, people and phenomena and can take definite or indefinite articles; verbs, which express actions and can be inflected for tense; adjectives, which describe nouns and adverbs, which describe verbs and adjectives, typically forming with the "-ly" suffix. Examples of each word class are given along with how they are used in sentences.

1. English Word Classes
A Brief Presentation

2. Nouns
● We can put “A”/”AN”
in front
● THE
● Things, person,
phenomenon

3. Verbs
● To.... (INFINITIVE)
● Tenses
– Future
– Present
– Past
● Action

4. Adjectives
● A _ _ _ Noun
● Describe nouns
● Describe the quality
of the noun

5. Adverbs
● Noun-Verb-Adverb
● Noun-Verb-Adverb-
Adjective
● Describe Verbs
● Describe Adjectives
● Adj + “ly”

6. Mind Map

7. Mind Map