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Parts of speech

These labels describe the grammatical job performed by one word.

Noun

naming word

Names a person, place, object, feeling, event or idea.

Common examples dog · city · argument · happiness
“That idea changed everything.”

Choose this when your creation names a thing or concept.

Pronoun

stands in for a noun

Replaces a noun or noun phrase so it does not need to be repeated.

Common examples he · she · it · they · someone
“They arrived before everyone else.”

Choose this when your creation substitutes for a person, group or thing.

Verb

doing word

Describes something happening, being done or existing in a particular state.

Common examples run · think · become · feel
“I fridgegrazed instead of making dinner.”

Choose this when someone can do, become or experience your creation.

Adjective

describing word

Adds information about a noun or pronoun.

Common examples quiet · strange · red · exhausted
“I felt completely plansore by Sunday.”

Choose this when your creation describes what someone or something is like.

Adverb

describes how

Modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or sometimes a whole sentence.

Common examples quickly · quietly · very · reluctantly
“He answered replyishly without sending anything.”

Choose this when your creation explains how, when, where or to what extent something happens.

Preposition

position word

Connects something to a place, time, direction, method or other relationship.

Common examples in · under · during · through
“I remained afterbefore the emails all morning.”

Choose this when your creation links one part of the sentence to another.

Conjunction

joining word

Connects words, phrases or clauses.

Common examples and · but · because · although
“I am not going, unlessmaybe everyone else is.”

Choose this when your creation connects two thoughts or conditions.

Interjection

expresses a reaction

A standalone expression of emotion, surprise, pain, greeting or sudden reaction.

Common examples wow · ouch · hey · honestly
“Waitwhat? You already booked it?”

Choose this when the word can be exclaimed on its own.

Several words

Grammatical phrases

These are groups of words that work together as one grammatical unit.

Noun phrase

acts like a noun

A group of words centred around a person, place, thing or idea.

“The three-dot letdown happened again.”

Verb phrase

acts like a verb

A main verb together with helping verbs or closely connected words.

“I had to pretend to type in the lift.”

Adjective phrase

describes a noun

A group of words that describes what a person or thing is like.

“The laptop was completely dependent on its cable.”

Adverb phrase

describes how

A group of words explaining how, when, where or why something happens.

“He volunteered with suspicious enthusiasm.”

Prepositional phrase

begins with a preposition

A preposition followed by its object and any additional detail.

“We paused the argument for kettle reasons.”
Recognised expressions

Expressions and familiar forms

Use these when the phrase has a particular cultural, familiar or repeated meaning.

General phrase

useful fallback

A multi-word creation that does not clearly belong to a more specific category.

“We called it the parallel farewell.”

Idiom

meaning beyond the words

A fixed expression whose full meaning cannot be understood literally from each word.

“Spill the beans” means reveal a secret.

Proverb

advice or general truth

A traditional statement offering wisdom, advice or an accepted truth.

“Actions speak louder than words.”

Saying

familiar repeated expression

A commonly repeated phrase that does not necessarily offer advice.

“Tea first, panic later.”

Catchphrase

associated with someone

A memorable expression repeatedly linked to a person, character or group.

The phrase your group chat uses every single time something goes wrong.

Collocation

words that naturally belong together

A combination of words commonly used together in natural language.

“Strong coffee” or “make a decision.”

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