Word Types

Grammar is important in any language, including English though some people think of it as an obstacle. They argue that languages are all about communication, not about grammar. They, however, overlook the fact that grammar is inherent part of the language. It deals with rules or patterns of words or sentences. It helps us convey messages in an organized or patterned manner so that misunderstanding can be avoided. One of the basics of grammar in any language is word types. It is important to know this so that you will be able to understand any grammar explanations.
In English, there are eight word types (or some grammar books call them parts of speech): nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. Some books add one more type, i.e. articles.
Let's define each of them.

Noun
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.

Verb
A verb is a word that describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).

Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.

Adverb
An adverb is a word that usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done, when and where.

Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.

Conjunction
A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together.

Preposition
A preposition joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. It mostly lies before nouns.

Interjection
An interjection a word that expresses emotion or surprise and is followed by exclamation marks.

Article
An article is used to introduce a noun.

Now, I want you to classify the following words into their types. One word may have more than one type.
1. Oops!
2. Time
3. Above
4. Well
5. We
6. Indonesian
7. Pretty
8. Hardly
9. Seem
10. Exercise
11. The
12. Some
13. Now
14. Or
15. Before
16. However
17. House
18. Study
19. Hi!
20. Ours

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