Introduction to Reading English

English is constructed of:


 * 1) /Nouns/ - Nouns are Objects, meaning Persons, Places, or Things.
 * 2) Example - I threw the ball.
 * 3) /Verbs/ - Lexical Verbs fall into three main categories, actions, states and events.
 * 4) [Action] Action verbs may have an object (transitive verbs) or they may have none (intransitive verbs)
 * 5) Example - Action (transitive):I threw the ball.
 * 6) Example - Action (intransitive) : He smiled.
 * 7) [state] State verbs are verbs like love, hate, think, believe. They tend to be verbs concerned with emotions and thinking, as well as the verb to be
 * 8) Example - I admire him for his courage
 * 9) [Event] Some verbs describe events rather than actions.
 * 10) Example - Stocks fell on Wall Street this morning.
 * 11) /Auxiliary Verbs/ - These are the verbs be, do and have. They are used for interrogatives, aspect and passive. Note that the three verbs can also exist as lexical verbs.
 * 12) Example - Do you like her?
 * 13) Example - He has been living here for three years.
 * 14) Example - He was killed in an accident.
 * 15) /Modal Verbs/ Core modal verbs (must, could, should, might, can, may, will, would, shall) indicate degree of probability/certainty/necessity and are also used to indicate politeness and tentativeness.
 * 16) Example - (probability) He could be in Birmingham but he might have gone to Nuneaton.
 * 17) Example - (necessity) You must sign it now or you'll lose the money.
 * 18) Example - (politeness) Would you step this way, sir?
 * 19) /Adjectives/ - Words that DESCRIBE Nouns.
 * 20) Example - I threw the red ball.
 * 21) /Adverbs/ - Words that DESCRIBE Verbs.
 * 22) Example - I quickly threw the red ball.
 * 23) /Pronouns/ - Words that IDENTIFY the Actor or Object.
 * 24) Example - I quickly threw the red ball.
 * 25) Example - He quickly threw the red ball.
 * 26) Example - It quickly threw the red ball.
 * 27) Example - I quickly threw the red ball at it.