Download nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

RHYTHM
(Content – Function Words)
Content and Function Words
• Words that have the most stress in English
are called content words.
• Content words are usually the nouns,
verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
(demonstrative, possessive, reflexive, and
interrogative).
• These words are important to express the
main meaning of the sentence.
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Content and Function Words
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Nouns: Terry, car, dinner
Verbs: eat, study, drive
Adjectives: blue, large, oval
Adverbs: quietly, smoothly, equally
Pronouns: that, theirs, himself, what
Content and Function Words
• Function words are those words that are
weaker and shorter.
• They include auxiliary verbs, prepositions,
conjunctions, determiners, and possessive
adjectives.
• These words are less important in
expressing the meaning of the sentence.
Content and Function Words
• Auxiliary verbs: may, do, have (if not the
main verb)
• Prepositions: under, around, near
• Conjunctions: but, not,
• Determiners: the, some, each
• Possessive adjectives: my, your, our
Ex.
She bought the book
She bought the book for his birthday
She bought the book for his birthday today
She bought the book for his birthday today she had read
She bought the book for his birthday today she had read
long ago in college
She bought the book for his birthday today she had read
long ago in college as a freshman
She bought the book for his birthday today she had read
long ago in college as a freshman about daffodils
She bought the book for his birthday today she had read
long ago in college as a freshman about daffodils and
how to grow them.