nouns, verbs, pro-nouns, adjectives, adverbs

[FelixtheDog]

I was sick for much of my school english classes. Is there a simple phrase or saying to help remember the difference between nouns, verbs, pro-nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc etc etc....I know I can look up each one in a dictionary & I have but I always get them confused and think I may be missing some of the more complicated ones & I do so want to know if there is an easy way to remember

[becks]

Ok assuming you're not like 8 and this is a homework thing here's how i used to remember: adjectives: describing words like golden ring, red umbrella, loud music. nouns: objects like cat, house, pen, car, tree - anything that you can see pretty much. verbs: doing words like run, jump, skip etc adverbs describe how something is done and usually end in -ly like he ran that race quickly i did my homeowrk easily but fast is one too. A pronoun is like he/it/that/she conjunctions are joining words like and, or, but definite article is the indefinite article is a hope that helps...

[Quizmonster]

I'm afraid, Felix, that there is no simple phrase that will cover the complexities of the parts of speech in English. What follows is an attempt to help, but even that is made vastly too simple! Nevertheless, here goes...

1. Nouns are naming words for people, things, conditions etc - John, man, love, for example.

2. Verbs are doing words, telling about action - walk, bark, swim, for example.

3. Pronouns basically stand for nouns already mentioned - John is English; he is a doctor, for example.

4. Adjectives describe/qualify nouns - she is a pretty girl, for example.

5. Adverbs 'describe'/qualify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs - He walks quickly, for example.

6. Prepositions tell something about relative position in time/space - before 6 o'clock; over the moon, for example.

7. Interjections/Exclamations are words/sounds just "thrown into" sentences - Sh! Aha! for example.

8. Conjunctions join words and phrases - Janet and John; He wanted to meet you but he couldn't, for example.

All of the above could be enormously expanded in a multitude of ways and there will almost certainly be someone along shortly to tear it all to pieces! Nevertheless, it might just help you to grasp the basics. I hope so!

[Quizmonster]

Oops! Another bit of synchrography, Becks.

[bernardo]

I don't know of any simple phrase that would make it easy, but how about "The adjective noun verbed pronoun adverbally"

[FelixtheDog]

All those responses are helpful....thanks ppl