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Parts of speech

Learn about different word classes and see an example of recognising them in an extract from an academic essay.

Watch Jonathan go through the extract from the previous Step and classify the words in groups. Did you get the word classes right?

Now that you have seen an example of different word classes including: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, determiner, check your understanding in the follow-up quiz. Do not forget to mark this Step complete before you move on.

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