In most cases, the word “are” is classified as a verb, more specifically as a linking verb. When used as a linking verb, it connects the subject with the other parts of the sentence that provides additional information about it. For example, in the sentence below: The boys are playing in the playground.

✕ Are can be a verb or a noun.

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.

Therefore, we refer to content words as an “open” class. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are content parts of speech. Therefore, we refer to function words as a “closed” class. Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, qualifiers/intensifiers, and interrogatives are some function parts of speech.

A complete sentence must: begin with a capital letter, end with a punctuation mark (period, question mark, or exclamation point), and contain at least one main clause. As any English grammar teacher will tell you, a complete sentence has at least one main clause, or subject-verb pair. They’re a pair because they match.

CK 1 2584041 What you said is correct.

1. [S] [T] I’m correct. ( CK)
2. [S] [T] Am I correct? ( CK)
3. [S] [T] I was correct. ( CK)
4. [S] [T] I’m incorrect. ( CK)
5. [S] [T] Is he correct? ( CK)
6. [S] [T] Tom’s correct. ( CK)
7. [S] [T] We’re correct. ( CK)
8. [S] [T] I corrected it. ( CK)

The definition of grammar is the study of the way words are used to make sentences. An example of grammar is how commas and semicolons are supposed to be used. (uncountable, linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).