reflexive pronouns (them -> themselves) comparatives and superlatives (fast -> faster, fastest) changing word class (swim -> swimmer) You can see a list of common suffixes in our separate guide to suffixes. 3 Infixes Infixes are a special type of affix that comes in the middle of a wor...
There are six basic parts of speech, or categories of words with specific functions: noun/pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition/interjection and conjunction. Noun/Pronoun Nouns identify a person, place or thing. Horse, Abraham Lincoln and Miami are nouns. Pronouns, such as he, she, or...
the present participle of the action verb "walk" would be "walking." Many verbs change spelling when "-ing" is added. For verbs made up of consonant-vowel-consonant format, double the consonant before adding "-ing," as in "hopping." For verbs that end in silent "e," drop the "e"...
Open-Classconjunctions prepositions pronouns代词articles VSnouns verbs adjectivesadverbs 4)Word Classes:NounsPronounsAdjectivesVerbsAdverbsPrepositions ConjunctionsInterjections(感叹词) More word classes:Particles虚词Auxiliaries(modal/helping verbs)助动词 Determiners限定词:①Predeterminers:all, both, half, double,...
reflexive pronouns (them -> themselves) comparatives and superlatives (fast -> faster, fastest) changing word class (swim -> swimmer) You can see a list of common suffixes in our separate guide to suffixes. 3 Infixes Infixes are a special type of affix that comes in the middle of a wor...