Word Classes…
All words belong to a word class.
It’s that word’s type: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners and exclamations.
These are all word classes.
Consider the following sentence…
“Wow!” said Rachel the reporter as she watched greedy Monty being arrested… for the massive bank fraud he clearly committed – yet she felt sorry for him.
Word class is just a way of classifying a word into its type.
Classifying words is just like classifying things, which we do without even thinking about it.
For example, a car is a vehicle and a bus is also a vehicle.
Cola is a drink and tea is also a drink.
A donkey is a mammal.
Monty is a mammal.
So remember, all words belong to a word class: it’s that word’s type.
Monty is also an ass. Silly Monty.
Video summary
Part of a series of animated films, following a cast of characters’ adventures and mishaps as they get to grips with grammatical terms.
In this film Rachel Reporting uncovers financial corruption and the definition of word classes.
This clip is from the series Grammar for 11-14 year olds.
Teacher Notes
Students explore word classes and the effects of specific words, using crunched versions of newspaper articles.
Explore how words are used in headlines: examine the word order, word classes, ambiguity and more.
This clip is suitable for teaching English at Key Stage 3 or Third Level.
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