Words are the building blocks of language. Different types of words have different roles in the construction of sentences.
Here is a summary of the roles of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions in forming sentences.
| Type of word | What it does in a sentence | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | Provides the name for a person, place, thing, quality or condition. | Karen has reached a crisis in her job. |
| Pronoun | Used instead of a noun. | Karen does not know what she should do about it. |
| Adjective | Describes a noun or pronoun. | She is the busiest person in the whole company. |
| Verb | Expresses an action or a state of being. | She is someone who works hard. |
| Adverb | Modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb. | She hardly ever stops. |
| Preposition | Connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. | One night she retrieved a resignation email from her draft box and sent it to her boss. |
| Conjunction | Connects words or groups of words. | Karen resigned because she worked too many hours. |
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