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Parts of Speech in English Grammar: NOUNS & ADJECTIVES
The first step in building a strong understanding of English grammar is knowing all the parts of a sentence. In English, every word in a sentence has a specific role. In this lesson, we will look specifically atnouns and adjectives. I will explain what nouns and adjectives are for and how they are used in a sentence. Some nouns are not as obvious as others. For example, is “online” a noun or an adjective? Hint: it depends on the order of the words in the sentence! Whether you are a beginner or an advanced English learner, you will deepen your understanding of nouns and adjectives by watching this lesson. Test yourself by completing the quiz afterwards. Watch the next lessons on verbs and adjectives and prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, and articles.
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113 COMMENTS
Hi Adam, hi everyone…
This is not much easy. I had a low score. But I guess I don’t know much about this material in my mother language. Studying a new language like english has been useful to improve my knowledge.
I know the same rules in my language. Some words are nouns, sometimes nouns and verbs, etc.
Thank you for assistance.
Keep at it, Roberto. Many people don’t know the grammar of their own language. You just need to want to learn :)
Hi Adam… the word EXPRESS taken by itself and not in this spcific context.. can’t it be a noun? It could refer to a high speed train
Hi Maury.
If you take the express, it’s actually just a shortcut for express train. So, adjective, but we use it as a noun if it’s obvious.
hi.thank you so much teacher .you’re my favorite teacher in videnglish ,as always you’re the best of the best .plesae .i have a question : could you plan lessons about business english ? i’d to pass TOEIC soon and i need some helps .thank you again .i apréciate your work a lot .great job
Hi Toufik,
Check the search box on this site. We have a few business English lessons. We don’t really have any TOEIC lessons because this test is only useful in certain parts of the world and not applicable to most people.
Anyway, good luck with it :)
Thank you so much Adam!!Not an easy lesson btw…
80 but I will keep trying
Oh 5 of 10. ( I got through the whole quiz. Thank you Adam.
With hard work, I brought the idea to fruition!
After twice, I finally put this quiz to bed. 10 to 10!
Good job DinDim :)
I got 4 correct out of 40
Thanks for this really useful video!. Loocking forward to seeing the others.
It´s m forst time with you teacher, I think that´s an excelent apreciation of this topic and itwill really help me to make my pupils understand those basic but important grammar items.. thanks
Welcome, Jor. :)
Thank you Adam. Great class. I’m back and willing to improve my english.
thank you very much Mr. Adam
iam excited to watch the rest of the lessons
it was difficult i can answer good four
Keep trying, avictoria. It just takes practice.
this is very much difficult i got on 4 out of 10
Keep trying, Imran. It just takes practice.
Hi Adam! Can we use “run” as an adjective?
You said, adjective describes a noun.
How about “ runny nose”?
Runny nose is one of the respiratory problems of a human being.
It describes the noun nose. Isn’t it?
Hi Mykulitz,
Yes, runny is an adjective but run is a verb. Many words have different forms:
beautiful (adj.), beauty (n.), beautify (v.), beautifully (adv.), beautification (n.), etc.
Just make sure you have the right form.
thank you Adam
i got 20 for the first time so i decide to listen video careful then i got 80 and i understand well different of adjective and nouns
you wrote 5 year old boy.it is plural, isn’t it?
Hi Theodor,
5-year-old boy is singular, 5-year-old boys is plural
The boys is 5 years old.
The boys are 5 years old.
Hope this helps.
Great class!
Hello dear Adam! At first i want to thank you for all of the videos that you’ve created. They’re very informative and useful. I want to ask you something. Could you please make a video (or even better, video series) about legal English? That would be fantastic. I am pretty sure that there are lots of law students out there, like me. Thanks a lot!
I’ll see what I can do Saul :)
OMG!2 out of 10
Keep trying Biplob. It’ll get easier.
Hi Adam,
For me a non-native English speaker it is difficult to identify the difference in the use of the following:
for example:
energy production
production of energy
I would like to know if there is a difference between them. I mean, when to use {production of energy}, and when {energy production}?
There are many more examples.
Hi Donalicha,
energy production– energy is a noun but it is acting as an adjective to production. IN this case production is the main focus.
production of energy– both are acting as separate nouns. IN this case both nouns are equally important.
I’ll try to make a lesson about this.
Thanks, Adam.
It’ll be great if you make a lesson about this!
It will be great! Thanks Adam!
Thank you Adam I was wondering if is there other way for a better understanding thanks again!
Hi Litte Bear,
I’m not sure about your question: a better understanding of this lesson?
A good idea is to get a good grammar book with exercises to help you understand and practice.
Cool! Thank you teacher.
Thank you very much for the lesson. I got 9 out of 10 but I have a question about the last one.
I went to the Cambridge Dictionary and there is no definition of “online” as a noun. Could you explain this moment to me?
I think that I have to start with very simple grammar lessons. All what we have learnt were totally forgotten. I will keep in touch with this program and thanks a lot for your devotion towards people who really need your help.
Interesting question, Roman.
I found this on dictionary.com:
Cultural definitions for online
A term referring to locations on or use of the Internet. The term can be used to refer to a specific location or Web page (“Our sales catalogues can be found online at — ”) or to a personal activity (“I went online to find the information you wanted.”)
Technically, it is not a real place, so maybe that’s why dictionaries don’t give it a noun assignment, though I’m sure this will eventually change.
Hope this helps.
Thank you everyone :)
Hi Alex. Great lesson, my score was 9/10. Are DETERMINERS part of speech? In some grammar books, I find 8 parts of speech. But in some others, I find 9. Determiners are part of them. What’s your view on that?
Hi Dionisis,
There are different types of determiners. Think of a determiner in terms of function, not in terms of part of speech. Articles can be determiners, so can adjectives, so can pronouns. Articles, adjectives and pronouns are each a different part of speech but all are determiners.
Does this help?
Thank you Alex. It helps a lot. I understand now. I have been watching your videos for years. It’s always a pleasure. Have a nice day!
I got 8!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH MY DEAREST TEACHER.
My English is not good, but I really love your teaching and engVid lessons.
Hi Alex, I just wanted to thank you:)
Hi Adam, would you suggest a good grammar book?
Hi Fahim Mahmud,
Try these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0133382788/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
and
https://www.amazon.com/English-Grammar-Use-Self-study-Intermediate/dp/0521189063/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=raymond+murphy&qid=1586355903&s=books&sr=1-1
Hi, teacher, a nice class, thanks so much! I appreciate your work.
Hi Adam!
I really like your lessons!
Thank you!
I’ve got 30. I have to review this lesson definitely.
Thanks Adam
Hi Adam,
A suspected COVID-19 seaman aboard a vessel owned by a Liberian company, was brought to the Colombo Harbour by Sri Lanka Navy this morning for treatment, the Navy said.
Can you please explain the word state of “abroad”?
i couldn’t understand the sentence structure of “A suspected COVID-19 seaman aboard a vessel owned by a Liberian company”
I got only 5 out of 10….??
Hi Adam,
I can’t understand different uses of adjectives.
hi Adam
would please explain to me( When my mom told me I should wait until I got older to marry Lucy) how when my mom works as a adverb clause?
Thank you so much adam, I really appreciate the way you Express the lessons.
Thank you Adam.
Hi teacher! How is it that just one sentence can have more than one noun? In the last question you are talking about the “Items”. Could you explain that to me please
Thank you in advance
Adam,
Thanks a lot
Wow teacher Adam! This quiz was Really hard.
I like this kind of test! Thank you.
More Quizzes like this, please!
50/100, but I really learned.
why online is as a noun -it is adjective ar adverb
I found it below
Hi Adam really like your lessons thank you
Hi Adam, Many thanks for the lesson. It was really useful to me. It made me understand the grammar, which I had missed.
A very thankful for your wonderful lesson sir! It’s helped a lot,So clear and more informative.you have explained with a great fluency and very clearly.I really like your lesson as always.
Hi!Adam.I’m a beginner English learner.I’ve wathed your Youtube few times,then I visit (at?)here.English learn by Englsh is goot for me.This video was a little bit difficult for me to understand, so I’m going to watch a basic version.thank you for your lesson.I wish you understood my error English coment.
Hi Adam,
I’m not sure, but the word ‘online’sounds like an adjective (for example – ‘online classes’). Could you explain that to me a bit more?
Thanks a lot, your videos are excellent!
thank you
Thank you so much
Hi. Question four. Why word “run” can’t be used as adjective? I found some examles in my dictionary ” run butter” (melted butter) , “run metal” (liquid metall) etc.
Thank you Adam. Every day I learn something with you and your colleague teachers. Though I have been teaching English for a few years I am always learning. Thanks a lot.
Hi Adam I would like to know why the word “run” is not a verb and it’s qualify like a Noun? And I always learned that the adjetives describes the verbs so I am a little confused about that, thank you for all your help
Hi please help me I want learn English language but I can’t find the correct way to start plz help me
Thank you so much that was so useful i got 8/10 :)
Hi Adam, I believe the word online can be used as an adverb or an adjective, not a noun. Can you confirm?
Thank you very much
And help me alot?
I make a very low score in this test,I will do it back.
I am totally getting there,I just scored 70% eng_vid is an great English media platforms it make you learn those common mistake made in English.
Sir which books where I can practice …name the book those best for practice
8/10 This was my result, but “run” can be an adjective. So my result must be 9/10?
Thanks for this great class. I.ve one a question. Items bought online will be shipped via express mail within 48 hours of purchase. In this sentence include [Items bought online]=Subject, [be shipped]=Verb, [Via express mail]=Adverb clause, [within 48 hours of purchase]=Adverb clause. Is this recognition correct? Thank you
excellent teacher
thank you so mache adam
theacher is tall and i saw him (noun – verb – adjective – conjuction- pronoun-)
right?
Thank you very much!
SO SAD I GOT ONLY 3 OUT OF 10, I NEED TO STUDY MORE
thank you Adam for your explanation. I just have a request to you to give some examples about the section ‘description of the place type of nouns
Hi
Good time
Are you ok
I’re just a member.
Please help me where to start?
Thanks Adam, It’s really good step to learn English though Engvid.
I got 5 out of 10! Oh I’m learning! Thank you!
Hi Mr. Adam,
Apart from the language, at 9:13 you have started talking about the word and the idea of quality and kindness, and you have said that we can’t measure both of them. Here I would like to ask you to learn with you and to know what you meant exactly.
In management, we have a common rule which says : what we can measure, we can manage, what we can’t measure, we can’t manage. I assume the very rule applies to medical and engineering sciences. total quality management as a science is built on the ability and even the skillful of measuring the idea of quality.
You can provide anything you see it’s not measurable to discuss about and see how correct your perceptions are.
Same thinking about the kindness world. Are you not able to to gauge the kindness of students, for instance, based on your valid experiences? Can’t you gauge the kindness of your current and previous friendships?
Hopefully you are as excited as I’m to think and discuss with me :)
I think there is a problem in the sixth question here. Firstly, what is the core or essential difference between an inanimate word and an abstract word?
Secondly, basically any word is an abstract one till we make it more concrete, right?
Thirdly, the question is: 6. “Table”, “stick”, “window”, and “tire”, are all examples of _____________ nouns.
The options are:
Animate
Inanimate
Abstract
Imaginary
What are the truths, sir?
Thanks boss
Thank you teacher Adam. I got 8/10
Thank you
I got only 5 from 10 . It’s my bad. I should try more. Thank You Sir.
I made a lot of mistakes. I will definitely try it again. Thank you sir Adam :)
hello profesor Adam, you lessons are amazing, do you you private online lessons?
It was amazing
Thanks a lot for the lesson Adam!
It is very useful! I never thought of a noun as it has a lot of kinds! :)
Hi Adam, I am an ESL student looking for a good English teacher. Are you taking any private lessons?
Thanks a lot
When you were explaining noun, you categorized heaven under abstract. How come?
why bought is not a noun? i though it was activity?
i got 3 out of 10
i did 6 out of 10
Sadly, i got 7 out of 10, but two of them are caused by my carelessness, I should be more careful…:) Anyway, thank you so much ,Adam~:)
Very useful and new information..
But I have a lot of Q Teacher .
1.why kindness is not an adjective ? I knew it considered quality but I mean why not an adcjtive? 2. You said in the vedio ( there is no such thing as smoke as noun ) what does this mean ? 3. Why interesting is not considered as an noun also because we feel this as a thing ?
Thank you