What are phrasal verbs? Phrasal verbs are not words but phrases i.e. they can be two or three words. However a phrasal verb like a normal verb has a specific meaning so is almost like a word. Phrasal verbs are phrases which refer to different actions. Verb + preposition(s) Phrasal verbs consist of […]
What is a noun?
A noun is a name. It can be the name of a person like ‘Peter’. It can be the name of a country like ‘Britain’ or ‘Spain’. It can be the name of a food like ‘spaghetti’ or pasta’. It can be the name of a sport. Anything that is a name of something is […]
What is ‘part of speech’?
What is ‘part of speech’? ‘Part of speech’ is a formal term used to state what particular type of word a specific word is. There are 9 different ‘parts of speech’ or categories which any word could belong to. The 9 categories are: Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Preposition Pronoun Determiner Conjunction Interjection. Let us look […]