English Banana.com Test Your Grammar Skills Word Classes in English – Revision Content Words – stressed, with one strong syllable in each* nouns main verbs Word Class: concrete abstract normal** phrasal verbs negative auxiliary verbs (describe nouns) (describe verbs) Translation: adjectives adverbs numbers wh- question words (interrogatives) interjections Example: table happiness eat wake up didn’t big quickly ten what Hi! More Examples: _ _ _ Function Words – not stressed*** Word Class: auxiliary verbs normal modal pronouns normal relative possessive adjectives prepositions conjunctions determiners articles quantifiers demonstratives Translation: *apart from phrasal verbs, which are stressed on both parts, or two parts if there are three ***unless they occur at the end of a clause, e.g ‘What for?’ big grammar book Example: have can they which their for because the some this More Examples: _ _ ** apart from verb ‘be’ which is not usually stressed as a main verb or auxiliary verb