Imagine six blocks. Build a pyramid with them. Three on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top. Now, on the top block, write noun. On the two middle blocks, write subJECT and obJECT. On the three bottom blocks write person place and thing.

A noun is not a person, place of thing directly. In grammar, a noun is one of two things, either a subject or an object. It's the subjects and objects that are persons, places and things.

Notice that the words subject and object both have the root ject. Well, so does the adjective. Teachers say an adjective is a word which describes, but that isn't accurate. An adjective is a word which describes a noun, either subject or object.

The girl touched the red car. Determiner, noun, verb, determiner, adjective, noun. We added the adjective to car, to modify the meaning of the word car.

We add the adjective to a JECT. And in the same way, we add the adverb to the VERB.

The ball rolled slowly off the table. Determiner, noun, verb, adverb, prepostion, determiner, noun (and object of the prepostional phase). The verb is the action word, rolled. What modifies the word rolled? Slowly. Adverbs often end in ly.

I bought the bike. I am buying the bike. I will be buying the bike. 'Bought' is the past particple. 'Am buying' is the present particple. 'Will be buying' is the future participle. Participles can be associated with auxiliary verbs, showing tense. They indicate participation.

Mike put his shoes under the bed. The words 'under the bed' are a prepostional phrase. A phrase is composed of words working together to indicate special meanings. A prepositional phrase tells a position. They often answer the question 'where?'. in the garage, on the table, at the wall, underneath the sink In these examples the prepostions are in, on, at and underneath.