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List of AdjectivesClick herefor a list of over 1,100 adjectives.

The list of adjectives is something of wonder. Behold the modest adjective. It can leap tall buildings in a single

bound. It makes the average citizen smarter and kinder. It keeps you in the cleanest car on the block. Such

potent words should be used wisely. Read on and learn how to use your adjective powers for good.

An adjective's job is to modify anounorpronoun. They are always near the noun or pronoun they are

describing. Be careful how you use adjectives such as interesting, beautiful, great, wonderful, or exciting. Many

adjectives like these are overused and add little definition to a sentence. Instead, show your reader or listener

what you are talking about by usingverbsand nouns creatively. Sprinkle fewer well-chosen adjectives for

interest.

Adjectives are often used to describe the degree of modification.

The adjective forms are positive, comparative, and superlative.

This tree is tall. (positive)

That tree is taller. (comparative)

The last tree in the row is the tallest. (superlative)

A handful of adjectives have irregular forms of positive, comparative, and superlative usage.

These include good/better/best, bad/worse/worst, little/less/least, much-many-some/more/most,

far/further/furthest.

My lunch was good, hers was better, and yours was the best.

Proper adjectives are derived from proper nouns. They commonly describe something in terms of nationality,religious affiliation, or culture. Like proper nouns, proper adjectives have their first letter capitalized. Some

examples of proper adjectives include:

American

French

Japanese

Latino

Asian

Australian

Catholic

Lutheran

Jewish

The following lists are just a sampling of adjectives in the English language. They are categorized by the type of

attribute they describe. Use your dictionary or thesaurus to add to each list or use the complete list below this

one.

Appearance

Adjectives

adorable

beautiful

clean

drabelegant

Color

Adjectives

red

orange

yellow

greenblue

Condition

Adjectives

alive

better

careful

cleverdead

Feelings

(Bad)

Adjectives

angry

bewilderedclumsy
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fancy

glamorous

handsome

long

magnificent

old-fashioned

plain

quaint

sparkling

ugliest

unsightly

wide-eyed

purple

gray

black

white

easy

famous

gifted

helpful

important

inexpensive

mushy

odd

powerful

rich

shy

tender

uninterested

vast

wrong.

defeated

embarrassed

fierce

grumpy

helpless

itchy

jealous

lazy

mysterious

nervous

obnoxious

panicky

repulsive

scary

thoughtless

uptightworried

Feelings

(Good)

Adjectives

agreeable

brave

calm

delightfuleager

faithful

gentle

happy

jolly

kind

lively

nice

obedient

proud

relievedsilly

thankful

victorious

witty

zealous

Shape

Adjectives

broad

chubby

crooked

curved

deep

flathigh

hollow

low

narrow

round

shallow

skinny

square

steep

straight

wide.

Size

Adjectives

big

colossal

fat

gigantic

great

hugeimmense

large

little

mammoth

massive

miniature

petite

puny

scrawny

short

smalltall

teeny

teeny-tiny

tiny

Sound

Adjectives

cooing

deafening

faint

hissing

loud

melodicnoisy

purring

quiet

raspy

screeching

thundering

voiceless

whispering

Time

Adjectives

ancient

brief

Taste/Touch

Adjectives

bitter

delicious

Touch

Adjectives

boiling

breeze

Quantity

Adjectives

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early

fast

late

long

modern

oldold-fashioned

quick

rapid

short

slow

swift

young

fresh

greasy

juicy

hot

icy

loosemelted

nutritious

prickly

rainy

rotten

salty

sticky

strong

sweet

tart

tasteless

uneven

weak

wet

wooden

yummy

broken

bumpy

chilly

cold

cool

creepycrooked

cuddly

curly

damaged

damp

dirty

dry

dusty

filthy

flaky

fluffy

freezing

hot

warm

wet

few

full

heavy

light

many

numeroussparse

substantial

Why do you need a list of adjectives? Adjectives can turn the ordinary in to the extraordinary. When used

properly, they can add vivid interest to your conversation or written communication. However, there can be too

much of a good thing. Please keep your adjectives effective by choosing them wisely.

Comprehensive List of Adjectives

A

aback

abaftabandoned

abashed

aberrant

abhorrent

abiding

abject

ablaze

able

abnormal

aboard

aboriginalabortive

B

bad

barbarousbashful

bawdy

beautiful

befitting

belligerent

beneficial

bent

berserk

best

better

bewilderedbig

C

cagey

calculatingcallous

calm

capable

capricious

careful

careless

caring

cautious

ceaseless

certain

changeablecharming

D

daffy

dailydamaged

damaging

damp

dangerous

dapper

dark

dashing

dazzling

dead

deadpan

deafeningdear

E

eager

earlyearsplitting

earthy

easy

eatable

economic

educated

efficacious

efficient

eight

elastic

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abounding

abrasive

abrupt

absent

absorbedabsorbing

abstracted

absurd

abundant

abusive

acceptable

accessible

accidental

accurate

acid

acidicacoustic

acrid

actually

ad hoc

adamant

adaptable

addicted

adhesive

adjoining

adorable

adventurousafraid

aggressive

agonizing

agreeable

ahead

ajar

alcoholic

alert

alike

alive

allegedalluring

aloof

amazing

ambiguous

ambitious

amuck

amused

amusing

ancient

angry

animated

billowy

bite-sized

bitter

bizarre

blackblack-and-

white

bloody

blue

blue-eyed

blushing

boiling

boorish

bored

boring

bouncyboundless

brainy

brash

brave

brawny

breakable

breezy

brief

bright

bright

broadbroken

brown

bumpy

burly

bustling

busy

cheap

cheerful

chemical

chief

childlikechilly

chivalrous

chubby

chunky

clammy

classy

clean

clear

clever

cloistered

cloudyclosed

clumsy

cluttered

coherent

cold

colorful

colossal

combative

comfortable

common

completecomplex

concerned

condemned

confused

conscious

cooing

cool

cooperative

coordinated

courageous

cowardlycrabby

craven

crazy

creepy

crooked

crowded

cruel

cuddly

cultured

cumbersome

curious

debonair

decisive

decorous

deep

deeplydefeated

defective

defiant

delicate

delicious

delightful

demonic

delirious

dependent

depressed

derangeddescriptive

deserted

detailed

determined

devilish

didactic

different

difficult

diligent

direful

dirtydisagreeable

disastrous

discreet

disgusted

disgusting

disillusioned

dispensable

distinct

disturbed

divergent

dizzydomineering

doubtful

drab

draconian

dramatic

dreary

drunk

dry

dull

dusty

dusty

electric

elegant

elfin

elite

embarrassedeminent

empty

enchanted

enchanting

encouraging

endurable

energetic

enormous

entertaining

enthusiastic

enviousequable

equal

erect

erratic

ethereal

evanescent

evasive

even

excellent

excited

excitingexclusive

exotic

expensive

extra-large

extra-small

exuberant

exultant


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annoyed

annoying

anxious

apathetic

aquaticaromatic

arrogant

ashamed

aspiring

assorted

astonishing

attractive

auspicious

automatic

available

averageawake

aware

awesome

awful

axiomatic

curly

curved

curvy

cut

cutecute

cynical

dynamic

dysfunctional

F

fabulousfaded

faint

fair

faithful

fallacious

false

familiar

famous

fanatical

fancy

fantastic

far

far-flung

fascinated

fast

fat

faulty

fearful

fearless

feeble

feigned

female

G

gabbygainful

gamy

gaping

garrulous

gaudy

general

gentle

giant

giddy

gifted

gigantic

glamorous

gleaming

glib

glistening

glorious

glossy

godly

good

goofy

gorgeous

graceful

H

habitualhalf

hallowed

halting

handsome

handsomely

handy

hanging

hapless

happy

hard

hard-to-find

harmonious

harsh

hateful

heady

healthy

heartbreaking

heavenly

heavy

hellish

helpful

helpless

I

ickyicy

idiotic

ignorant

ill

illegal

ill-fated

ill-informed

illustrious

imaginary

immense

imminent

impartial

imperfect

impolite

important

imported

impossible

incandescent

incompetent

inconclusive

industrious

incredible

J

jadedjagged

jazzy

jealous

jittery

jobless

jolly

joyous

judicious

juicy

jumbled

jumpy

juvenile


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fertile

festive

few

fierce

filthy

fine

finicky

first

five

fixed

flagrant

flaky

flashy

flat

flawless

flimsyflippant

flowery

fluffy

fluttering

foamy

foolish

foregoing

forgetful

fortunate

four

frailfragile

frantic

free

freezing

frequent

fresh

fretful

friendly

frightened

frightening

fullfumbling

functional

funny

furry

furtive

future

futuristic

fuzzy

grandiose

grateful

gratis

gray

greasy

great

greedy

green

grey

grieving

groovy

grotesque

grouchy

grubby

gruesome

grumpyguarded

guiltless

gullible

gusty

guttural

hesitant

hideous

high

highfalutin

high-pitched

hilarious

hissing

historical

holistic

hollow

homeless

homely

honorable

horrible

hospitable

hothuge

hulking

humdrum

humorous

hungry

hurried

hurt

hushed

husky

hypnotic

hysterical

inexpensive

infamous

innate

innocent

inquisitive

insidious

instinctive

intelligent

interesting

internal

invincible

irate

irritating

itchy


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K

kaput

keen

kind

kindhearted

kindly

knotty

knowing

knowledgeable

known

L

labored

lackadaisical

lacking

lame

lamentable

languid

large

last

late

laughable

lavish

lazy

lean

learnedleft

legal

lethal

level

lewd

light

like

likeable

limping

literate

littlelively

lively

living

lonely

long

longing

long-term

loose

lopsided

loud

loutishlovely

loving

low

lowly

lucky

ludicrous

lumpy

lush

luxuriant

lying

lyrical

M

macabre

macho

maddening

madly

magenta

magical

magnificent

majestic

makeshift

male

malicious

mammoth

maniacal

manymarked

massive

married

marvelous

material

materialistic

mature

mean

measly

meaty

medicalmeek

mellow

melodic

melted

merciful

mere

messy

mighty

military

milky

mindlessminiature

minor

miscreant

misty

mixed

moaning

modern

moldy

momentous

motionless

mountainous

N

naive

nappy

narrow

nasty

natural

naughty

nauseating

near

neat

nebulous

necessary

needless

needy

neighborlynervous

new

next

nice

nifty

nimble

nine

nippy

noiseless

noisy

nonchalantnondescript

nonstop

normal

nostalgic

nosy

noxious

null

numberless

numerous

nutritious

nutty

O

oafish

obedient

obeisant

obese

obnoxious

obscene

obsequious

observant

obsolete

obtainable

oceanic

odd

offbeat

oldold-fashioned

omniscient

one

onerous

open

opposite

optimal

orange

ordinary

organic

ossifiedoutgoing

outrageous

outstanding

oval

overconfident

overjoyed

overrated

overt

overwrought


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muddled

mundane

murky

mushy

mute

mysterious

P

painful

painstaking

pale

paltry

panicky

panoramic

parallel

parched

parsimonious

past

pastoral

pathetic

peaceful

penitentperfect

periodic

permissible

perpetual

petite

petite

phobic

physical

picayune

pink

piquantplacid

plain

plant

plastic

plausible

pleasant

plucky

pointless

poised

polite

political

Q

quack

quaint

quarrelsome

questionable

quick

quickest

quiet

quirky

quixotic

quizzical

R

rabid

racial

ragged

rainy

rambunctious

rampant

rapid

rare

raspy

ratty

ready

real

rebel

receptiverecondite

red

redundant

reflective

regular

relieved

remarkable

reminiscent

repulsive

resolute

resonantresponsible

rhetorical

rich

right

righteous

rightful

rigid

ripe

ritzy

roasted

robust

S

sable

sad

safe

salty

same

sassy

satisfying

savory

scandalous

scarce

scared

scary

scattered

scientificscintillating

scrawny

screeching

second

second-hand

secret

secretive

sedate

seemly

selective

selfishseparate

serious

shaggy

shaky

shallow

sharp

shiny

shivering

shocking

short

shrill

T

taboo

tacit

tacky

talented

tall

tame

tan

tangible

tangy

tart

tasteful

tasteless

tasty

tawdrytearful

tedious

teeny

teeny-tiny

telling

temporary

ten

tender

tense

tense

tenuousterrible

terrific

tested

testy

thankful

therapeutic

thick

thin

thinkable

third

thirsty


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poor

possessive

possible

powerful

precious

premium

present

pretty

previous

pricey

prickly

private

probable

productive

profuse

protectiveproud

psychedelic

psychotic

public

puffy

pumped

puny

purple

purring

pushy

puzzledpuzzling

romantic

roomy

rotten

rough

round

royal

ruddy

rude

rural

rustic

ruthless

shut

shy

sick

silent

silent

silky

silly

simple

simplistic

sincere

six

skillful

skinny

sleepy

slim

slimyslippery

sloppy

slow

small

smart

smelly

smiling

smoggy

smooth

sneaky

snobbishsnotty

soft

soggy

solid

somber

sophisticated

sordid

sore

sore

sour

sparklingspecial

spectacular

spicy

spiffy

spiky

spiritual

spiteful

splendid

spooky

spotless

spotted

thirsty

thoughtful

thoughtless

threatening

three

thundering

tidy

tight

tightfisted

tiny

tired

tiresome

toothsome

torpid

tough

toweringtranquil

trashy

tremendous

tricky

trite

troubled

truculent

true

truthful

two

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spotty

spurious

squalid

square

squealing

squeamish

staking

stale

standing

statuesque

steadfast

steady

steep

stereotyped

sticky

stiffstimulating

stingy

stormy

straight

strange

striped

strong

stupendous

stupid

sturdy

subduedsubsequent

substantial

successful

succinct

sudden

sulky

super

superb

superficial

supreme

swankysweet

sweltering

swift

symptomatic

synonymous

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ubiquitous

ugliest

ugly

ultra

unable

unaccountable

unadvised

unarmed

unbecoming

unbiased

uncovered

understood

undesirable

unequal

unequaled

unevenunhealthy

uninterested

unique

unkempt

unknown

unnatural

unruly

unsightly

unsuitable

untidy

unusedunusual

unwieldy

unwritten

upbeat

uppity

upset

uptight

used

useful

useless

utopianutter

uttermost

vacuous

vagabond

vague

valuable

various

vast

vengeful

venomous

verdant

versed

victorious

vigorous

violent

violet

vivacious

voicelessvolatile

voracious

vulgar

wacky

waggish

waiting

wakeful

wandering

wanting

warlike

warm

wary

wasteful

watery

weak

wealthy

weary

well-

groomedwell-made

well-off

well-to-do

wet

whimsical

whispering

white

whole

wholesale

wicked

widewide-eyed

wiggly

wild

willing

windy

wiry

wise

wistful

witty

woebegone

womanlywonderful

wooden

woozy

workable

worried

worthless

wrathful

wretched

wrong

wry


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List of PrepositionsYou think you don't need a list of prepositions? Would you know a preposition if you met one?

Click herefor our "huge list of prepositions".

English speakers use prepositions in both formal and everyday communication. Without them, the English

language would sound short and choppy. If you have a child starting grammar lessons, read through the list of

prepositions and take a quick refresher class on prepositions.

Prepositions connect nouns, pronouns, and phrases with other words in a sentence. It gives information about

location, direction, space, or time. Prepositions are usually part of a phrase because they often have a noun or

pronoun after them. Here are two examples of prepositions in sentences.

The dog jumped over the fence.

I will go to the doctor.

The main job of prepositions is to create relationships between words. How is the dog related to the fence? It

jumped over the fence. How am I related to the doctor? I am going to the doctor

Prepositional phrases can also act like adverbs or adjectives. Remember that adverbs describe verbs (actions

and being), and adjectives describe nouns and pronouns (ideas, people, places, and things).

As an adverb - The children crossed the street with caution.

The prepositional phrase "with caution"describes the way the children crossed the street.

As an adjective - He lives in the house with the red roof.

The prepositional phrase "with the red roof"describes the house in a specific way.

Children will see prepositions in their early reader books. In Kindergarten and first grade, children are focused on

word recognition and reading skills. Basic sentence structure is taught, but it is too early for children that young to

learn parts of speech. Below is a list of prepositions new readers can recognize easily:

List of Basic Prepositions

as

at

but

by

down

forfrom

in

into

like

near

next

of

off

on

onto

out

over

past

plus
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minus

since

than

to

up

with

As children develop their reading skills, they will learn the spelling and definitions of more complex words. They

are introduced to prepositions and other parts of speech between the second and fourth grade. The following list

shows some more advanced prepositions:

List of Advanced Prepositions

aboard

about

above

across

after

against

along

around

before

behind

below

beneath

beside

between

beyondduring

except

following

inside

minus

onto

opposite

outside

round

since

through

toward

under

underneath

unlike

until

upon

without

Older elementary and middle school students are exposed to a variety of prepositions. This includes compound

words and single words used in complex sentences.

according to

along with

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apart from

as for

atop

because of

by means of

concerning

despiteexcept for

in addition to

in back of

in case of

in front of

in place of

in spite of

instead of

on top of

out of

regarding

throughouttill

up to

via

within

worth

Of course, the English language is full of exceptions. Some prepositions seem to break the rules, yet make sense

in everyday language. These are called idioms. A few common examples include the following:

List of Idioms

according tocapable of

familiar with

impatient with

rewarded for

superior to

Prepositions are not always easy to identify in spoken and written language. However, they play a big part in

making the English language colorful and interesting. Use this l ist of prepositions as a quick guide to help your

student learn about prepositions.

List of the Most Common Prepositions

A through

D

aboard

about

above

E through

M

except

excepting

N through

R

near

next

S through

W

save

since


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absent

across

after

against

alongalongside

amid

amidst

among

anti

around

as

at

atop

before

behind

below

beneath

beside

besides

between

beyond

but

by

concerning

considering

despite

down

during

excluding

followingfor

from

in

in front of

inside

instead of

into

like

mid

minus

of

off

onon top of

onto

opposite

out of

outside

over

past

perplus

regarding

round

than

through

tilltimes

to

toward

towards

under

underneath

unlike

untilup

upon

versus

via

with

withinwithout


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List of NounsUsing a list of nouns when children are beginning to read is helpful in making teaching easier. Nouns are one of

the first parts of speech that children learn when they begin to read. Use the following list of nouns for each age

group to help your child learn about the ideas things, people and places that surround them.

Kinds of Nouns in the English Language

Nouns have different types or classes. There are proper and common nouns,noncount and count

nounts, collective nouns, and concrete and abstract nouns.

Even though there are different kinds of nouns, a noun can fall into more than one class.

An example of this would be: Kathleen dated three different Davids in college. Davids in that sentence would fall

into the classes of proper, count and concrete.

To further explain the kinds of nouns, you can use this guide and remember thatthe lists of nouns below

contain all of these types :

KINDS OF NOUNS

Proper Nouns and Common Nouns

Proper nouns are nouns that represent a unique entity (like a specific person or a specific place).

Common nouns which describe an entire group of entities (examples would be the nouns village or women).

Proper nouns as a general rule are capitalized in the English language. Common nouns as a general rule are not

capitalized.

Sometimes the same word can function as both a common noun and a proper noun, where one such entity isspecial. For example the common noun god refers to all deities, while the proper noun God specifically refers to

the monotheistic God.

Countable and Uncountable or Noncount Nouns

Countable nouns are common nouns that can become a plural. They can combine with exact numbers (even

one, as a singular) or indefinite numbers (like "a" or "an").

Uncountable (or noncount) nouns are different from by the simple fact that they can't become plural or combine

with number words. Examples from English include "indigestion" and "furniture".

Collective Nouns

Collective nouns name groups consisting of more than one individual or entity. The group is a single unit, but it

has more than one member. Examples include "family", "committee", "corporation","faculty", "army", and

"school".

Concrete Nouns and Abstract Nouns

Concrete nouns refer to their ability to register on your five senses. If you can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel the

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Abstract nouns on the other hand refer to abstract objects such as ideas or concepts, like the nouns "politeness"

or "hatefulness".

Possessive Nouns

A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what has something. The possessive form is used with nouns

referring to people, groups of people, countries, and animals.

It also refers to where someone works or plays or spends their time.

Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the possessive of most singular nouns (ex. Bob's jacket, the cat's tail,

Steven King's books).

Add an apostrophe (') to form the possessive of plural nouns that end with s (ex. retailers' stores, soldiers'

weapons, Americans' banks).

Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end with s (ex. geese's nest,

children's toys, women's dresses).

Common Nouns by Grade Level

Kindergarten

ball

batbed

book

boy

bun

can

cake

cap

car

cat

cow

cub

cup

dad

day

dog

doll

dust

fan

feet

girl

gunhall

1st

Grade

applearm

banana

bike

bird

book

chin

clam

class

clover

club

corn

crayon

crow

crown

crowd

crib

desk

dime

dirt

dress

fangfield

2nd Grade

alarm

animalaunt

bait

balloon

bath

bead

beam

bean

bedroom

boot

bread

brick

brother

camp

chicken

children

crook

deer

dock

doctor

downtown

drumdust

3rd

Grade

actorairplane

airport

army

baseball

beef

birthday

boy

brush

bushes

butter

cast

cave

cent

cherries

cherry

cobweb

coil

cracker

dinner

eggnog

elbowface

4th Grade

advice

angeranswer

apple

arithmetic

badge

basket

basketball

battle

beast

beetle

beggar

brain

branch

bubble

bucket

cactus

cannon

cattle

celery

cellar

cloth

coachcoast

5th Grade

able

achieveacoustics

action

activity

aftermath

afternoon

afterthought

apparel

appliance

beginner

believe

bomb

border

boundary

breakfast

cabbage

cable

calculator

calendar

caption

carpenter

cemeterychannel


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hat

hen

jar

kite

manmap

men

mom

pan

pet

pie

pig

pot

rat

son

suntoe

tub

van

flag

flower

fog

game

heathill

home

horn

hose

joke

juice

kite

lake

maid

mask

micemilk

mint

meal

meat

moon

mother

morning

name

nest

nose

pearpen

pencil

plant

rain

river

road

rock

room

rose

seed

shapeshoe

shop

show

sink

snail

snake

snow

soda

sofa

star

step

eye

family

father

fight

fleshfood

frog

goose

grade

grandfather

grandmother

grape

grass

hook

horse

jailjam

kiss

kitten

light

loaf

lock

lunch

lunchroom

meal

mother

notebookowl

pail

parent

park

plot

rabbit

rake

robin

sack

sail

scalesea

sister

soap

song

spark

space

spoon

spot

spy

summer

tiger

fireman

flavor

gate

glove

gluegoldfish

goose

grain

hair

haircut

hobbies

holiday

hot

jellyfish

ladybug

mailboxnumber

oatmeal

pail

pancake

pear

pest

popcorn

queen

quicksand

quiet

quiltrainstorm

scarecrow

scarf

stream

street

sugar

throne

toothpaste

twig

volleyball

woodwrench

crate

cream

daughter

donkey

drugearthquake

feast

fifth

finger

flock

frame

furniture

geese

ghost

giraffe

governorhoney

hope

hydrant

icicle

income

island

jeans

judge

lace

lamp

lettucemarble

month

north

ocean

patch

plane

playground

poison

riddle

rifle

scaleseashore

sheet

sidewalk

skate

slave

sleet

smoke

stage

station

thrill

throat

circle

creator

creature

education

faucetfeather

friction

fruit

fuel

galley

guide

guitar

health

heart

idea

kittenlaborer

language

lawyer

linen

locket

lumber

magic

minister

mitten

money

mountainmusic

partner

passenger

pickle

picture

plantation

plastic

pleasure

pocket

police

pollutionrailway

recess

reward

route

scene

scent

squirrel

stranger

suit

sweater

temper


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stew

stove

straw

string

summerswing

table

tank

team

tent

test

toes

tree

vest

water

wingwinter

woman

women

toad

town

trail

tramp

traytrick

trip

uncle

vase

winter

water

week

wheel

wish

wool

yardzebra

throne

title

toothbrush

turkey

underwearvacation

vegetable

visitor

voyage

year

territory

texture

thread

treatment

veilvein

volcano

wealth

weather

wilderness

wren

wrist

writer

List of Common Nouns for Various Ages

A

able

able

account

achieve

acoustics

act

action

activity

actoraddition

adjustment

advertisement

advice

aftermath

afternoon

afterthought

agreement

air

airplane

airport

B

babies

baby

back

badge

bag

bait

balance

ball

balloonballs

banana

band

base

baseball

basin

basket

basketball

bat

bath

battle

C

cabbage

cable

cactus

cake

cakes

calculator

calendar

camera

campcan

cannon

canvas

cap

caption

car

card

care

carpenter

carriage

cars

D

dad

daughter

day

death

debt

decision

deer

degree

designdesire

desk

destruction

detail

development

digestion

dime

dinner

dinosaurs

direction

dirt

E

ear

earth

earthquake

edge

education

effect

egg

eggnog

eggselbow

end

engine

error

event

example

exchange

existence

expansion

experience

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alarm

amount

amusement

anger

angleanimal

answer

ant

ants

apparatus

apparel

apple

apples

appliance

approval

archargument

arithmetic

arm

army

art

attack

attempt

attention

attraction

aunt

authority

bead

beam

bean

bear

bearsbeast

bed

bedroom

beds

bee

beef

beetle

beggar

beginner

behavior

beliefbelieve

bell

bells

berry

bike

bikes

bird

birds

birth

birthday

bitbite

blade

blood

blow

board

boat

boats

body

bomb

bone

bookbooks

boot

border

bottle

boundary

box

boy

boys

brain

brake

branch

cart

cast

cat

cats

cattlecause

cave

celery

cellar

cemetery

cent

chain

chair

chairs

chalk

chancechange

channel

cheese

cherries

cherry

chess

chicken

chickens

children

chin

churchcircle

clam

class

clock

clocks

cloth

cloud

clouds

clover

club

coachcoal

coast

coat

cobweb

coil

collar

color

comb

comfort

committee

company

discovery

discussion

disease

disgust

distancedistribution

division

dock

doctor

dog

dogs

doll

dolls

donkey

door

downtowndrain

drawer

dress

drink

driving

drop

drug

drum

duck

ducks

dust

eye

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brass

bread

breakfast

breath

brickbridge

brother

brothers

brush

bubble

bucket

building

bulb

bun

burn

burstbushes

business

butter

button

comparison

competition

condition

connection

controlcook

copper

copy

cord

cork

corn

cough

country

cover

cow

cowscrack

cracker

crate

crayon

cream

creator

creature

credit

crib

crime

crookcrow

crowd

crown

crush

cry

cub

cup

current

curtain

curve

cushion

F

face

fact

fairies

fall

family

fan

fang

farmfarmer

G

alley

game

garden

gate

geese

ghost

giants

giraffegirl

H

hair

haircut

hall

hammer

hand

hands

harbor

harmonyhat

I

ice

icicle

idea

impulse

income

increase

industry

inkinsect

J

jail

jam

jar

jeans

jelly

jellyfish

jewel

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father

father

faucet

fear

feast

feather

feeling

feet

fiction

field

fifth

fight

finger

finger

fire

firemanfish

flag

flame

flavor

flesh

flight

flock

floor

flower

flowers

flyfog

fold

food

foot

force

fork

form

fowl

frame

friction

friendfriends

frog

frogs

front

fruit

fuel

furniture

girls

glass

glove

glue

goat

gold

goldfish

good-bye

goose

government

governor

grade

grain

grandfather

grandmother

grapegrass

grip

ground

group

growth

guide

guitar

gun

hate

head

health

hearing

heart

heat

help

hen

hill

history

hobbies

hole

holiday

home

honey

hookhope

horn

horse

horses

hose

hospital

hot

hour

house

houses

humorhydrant

instrument

insurance

interest

invention

iron

island

journey

judge

juice

jump

K

kettlekey

L

laborerlace

M

machinemagic

N

nailname

O

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kick

kiss

kite

kitten

kittens

kitty

knee

knife

knot

knowledge

ladybug

lake

lamp

land

language

laugh

lawyer

lead

leaf

learning

leather

leg

legs

letter

letters

lettucelevel

library

lift

light

limit

line

linen

lip

liquid

list

lizardsloaf

lock

locket

look

loss

love

low

lumber

lunch

lunchroom

maid

mailbox

man

manager

map

marble

mark

market

mask

mass

match

meal

measure

meat

meeting

memorymen

metal

mice

middle

milk

mind

mine

minister

mint

minute

mistmitten

mom

money

monkey

month

moon

morning

mother

motion

mountain

mouthmove

muscle

music

nation

neck

need

needle

nerve

nest

net

news

night

noise

north

nose

note

notebook

number

nut

ocean

offer

office

oil

operation

opinion

orange

oranges

order

organization

ornament

oven

owl

owner

P

page

pail

pain

paint

panpancake

Q

quarter

quartz

queen

question

quicksandquiet

R

rabbit

rabbits

rail

railway

rainrainstorm

S

sack

sail

salt

sand

scalescarecrow

T

table

tail

talk

tank

tastetax


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paper

parcel

parent

park

part

partner

party

passenger

paste

patch

payment

peace

pear

pen

pencil

personpest

pet

pets

pickle

picture

pie

pies

pig

pigs

pin

pipepizzas

place

plane

planes

plant

plantation

plants

plastic

plate

play

playgroundpleasure

plot

plough

pocket

point

poison

police

polish

pollution

popcorn

porter

quill

quilt

quince

quiver

rake

range

rat

rate

ray

reaction

reading

reason

receipt

recess

record

regret

relation

religion

representative

requestrespect

rest

reward

rhythm

rice

riddle

rifle

ring

rings

river

roadrobin

rock

rod

roll

roof

room

root

rose

route

rub

rulerun

scarf

scene

scent

school

science

scissors

screw

sea

seashore

seat

secretary

seed

selection

self

sense

servantshade

shake

shame

shape

sheep

sheet

shelf

ship

shirt

shock

shoeshoes

shop

show

side

sidewalk

sign

silk

silver

sink

sister

sisterssize

skate

skin

skirt

sky

slave

sleep

sleet

slip

slope

smash

teaching

team

teeth

temper

tendency

tent

territory

test

texture

theory

thing

things

thought

thread

thrill

throatthrone

thumb

thunder

ticket

tiger

time

tin

title

toad

toe

toestomatoes

tongue

tooth

toothbrush

toothpaste

top

touch

town

toy

toys

tradetrail

train

trains

tramp

transport

tray

treatment

tree

trees

trick

trip


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position

pot

potato

powder

power

price

print

prison

process

produce

profit

property

prose

protest

pull

pumppunishment

purpose

push

smell

smile

smoke

snail

snails

snake

snakes

sneeze

snow

soap

society

sock

soda

sofa

son

songsongs

sort

sound

soup

space

spade

spark

spiders

sponge

spoon

spotspring

spy

square

squirrel

stage

stamp

star

start

statement

station

steamsteel

stem

step

stew

stick

sticks

stitch

stocking

stomach

stone

stop

trouble

trousers

truck

trucks

tub

turkey

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store

story

stove

stranger

straw

stream

street

stretch

string

structure

substance

sugar

suggestion

suit

summer

sunsupport

surprise

sweater

swim

swing

system

U

umbrella

uncle

underwear

unit

use

V

vacation

value

van

vase

vegetable

veil

vein

verse

vessel

vest

view

visitor

voice

volcano

volleyball

voyage

W

walk

wall

war

wash

waste

watch

water

wave

waves

wax

way

wealth

weather

week

weight

wheel

whip

whistle

wilderness

wind

windowwine

Y

yak

yam

yard

yarn

year

yoke

Z

zebra

zephyr

zinc

zipper

zo


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wing

winter

wire

wish

woman

women

wood

wool

word

work

worm

wound

wren

wrench

wrist

writerwriting

What is a Pronoun?For a complete list of pronouns,click here for the "big pronoun list".

Pronouns are the stunt doubles of the English language. They keep communication going with or without thenouns. Pronouns come in to keep nouns from getting repetitive or when nouns are not clearly known. They do

more work than you think, so read on to learn about them.

Subject and object pronouns are used in everyday language. However, it can be tricky to remember which is

which. The subject always takes action. The object is part of the activity, but it does not do any acting. Here is an

example:

Shelby likes talking to Marvin.

Shelby is the subject; she is l iking and talking. Marvin is the object; all the liking and talking is done to Marvin but

not by Marvin.

Subject and object pronouns function in the same way.

Subject pronouns include I, you, he, she, it, they, we.

Object pronouns include me, you, him, her, it, us, them. See the following examples:

Subject

I might see you later.

You have to come now.

She lives in Nebraska.

He makes me angry

It just might work.

They caught the last train.

We can t see the end.

Object
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Sarah hit meon the arm.

I need to tell yousomething.

Larry took himaside.

The message wasn t for her.

Take itto the store.

Summer is fun for us.

Margaret took themdownstairs.

Possessive pronouns show who owns something described in a sentence. They include mine, his, hers, its,

ours, yours, their, and theirs. Possessive adjectives are similar to possessive pronouns. However, the possessive

adjective comes before the object of the sentence; the possessive pronoun is the object of the sentence. See the

difference here:

That is my dog. (possessive adjective, before the object dog )

The dog is mine. (possessive pronoun, which is the object)

Intensive pronouns and reflexive pronouns look the same. However, they act differently in a sentence.

Intensive pronouns put an emphasis on other pronouns or nouns. Reflexive pronouns rename the subject in a

sentence. Look at the following examples:

Intensive pronoun She herself will go to the bank. (herself emphasizes the pronoun she)

Reflexive pronoun She cut herself on the arm. (herself renames the pronoun she)

Intensive and reflexive pronouns include:

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.

Demonstrative pronouns refer to things in relation to distance.

This and these refer to things that are close by. That and those refer to things farther away.

This is your shirt.

That is my house on the corner.

These good friends are sitting next to me.

Those roads in the next town are bumpy.

Indefinite pronouns replace nouns that are not specified. They include the following: all, another, any, anybody,

anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, neither, nobody, none, no one,

nothing, one, several, some, somebody, someone, and something. Read the example sentences for a better

understanding.

We gave everything to the homeless shelter

All were sad to see the children go.

Give a present to each as they come in.

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask a question. They include who, whom, what, which, whose, whoever,whomever, whatever, and whichever. Consider the example sentences below:

Which of these do you like best?

Who was just in this room?

Whatever happens next, I am prepared.

Relative pronouns connect (relate) noun or pronoun clauses with other parts of a sentence. They include who,

whom, what, which, whose, whoever, whomever, whatever, whichever, and that. See how these are used in the

sentences below.

The paper that she just wrote is due tomorrow.

Learning is easier for people who have a good teacher.Whoever leaves the room needs to turn off the light.


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Pronouns do a lot in the English language, don't they? They are the no-name workhorses, jumping in for

the superstar nouns when they get exhausted. Hey, someone's got to do something about the work nobody

wants to do!

A through H

A

all

another

any

anybody

anyoneanything

B

both

E

each

each other

either

everybody

everyone

everything

F

few

H

he

I through O

I

I

it

its

itself

L

little

M

many

me

mine

more

most

much

my

myself

N

neither

no one

nobody

none

nothing

S through Y

S

several

she

some

somebody

someonesomething

T

that

their

theirs

them

themselves

these

they

this

those

U

us

W

we

what

whatever

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her

hers

herself

himhimself

his

O

one

one another

other

others

our

ours

ourselves

whoever

whom

whomever

whose

Y

you

your

yours

yourself

yourselves

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