Content words
Words that have lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning, such as nouns,
verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and question words. The chart below shows the kinds of
words that are considered content words, with examples.
CONTENT WORDSCONTENT WORDS
Category Examples
Nouns book, teacher, responsibility
Main verbs read, eat, study, examine, report
Adjectives big, beautiful, tired, many
Possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, theirs
Demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, those
Questions words who, what, where, when, why, how
Not and ~n’t not, isn’t, don’t, hasn’t, can’t
Adverbs often, always, easily, happilyRelated Glossary Terms
Index
Section 9 - Rhythm
Section 9 - Rhythm
Section 9 - Rhythm
Section 10 - Thought Groups and Prominence
Section 10 - Thought Groups and Prominence
Section 10 - Thought Groups and Prominence
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