Grammar is a scientific study of rules for combining the lowest grammatical unit (words) into the higher unit above it (phrase), phrases into caluses, and calauses into sentence.
WORD
Word is the lowest unit of grammar forming vocabulary. Words, based on their function in building the higher units, are classified into; noun (N). verb (V), adjectives (adj.), adverb (adv.), preposition (prep,), etc. which are called parts of speech. These are the eight parts of speech with their abbreviations, definitions, and example:
| Parts of Speech(abbrevations) | Definitions | Examples |
| Noun (N) | a person, animal, place or thing | man, dog, hotel, car, water, etc. |
| Pronoun (pron.) | a word that replaces a noun | I, he, it, someone, anybody, etc. |
| Adejctives (adj.) | a word that describe a noun | beautiful girl, good student, etc. |
| Verb (V) | a word that is a state of being or an action | It means nothing. I feel good. |
| Adverb (adv.) | a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverbs | Suzy drives carefully. Susana is really beautiful. He speaks English very well |
| Preposition (prep.) | a word that shows a relationship between two things | the book on the table the girl in blue-jean trousers |
| Conjunction (conj.) | a word that connects two phrases | Come here and bring me coffee. Suzy was sleeping when I came |
| Interjection (interj.) | a word that represents some sort of exclamations | Wow! That's an amazing story. Gee! Your car really beautiful. |
Other important grammar terms to know are auxiliary (aux.) and articles (art.).
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