| 1. Nouns | name a person, place, thing, or idea | teacher, Robert, college, California, phone, cat, success, loyalty | Robert lives in a small apartment in California with his wife and two cats. |
| 2. Pronouns | take a noun's place | he, it, you, they, I | He teaches college courses. |
| 3. Adjectives | describe a noun or pronoun | smart, cute, expensive, black, incredible | His black cat only eats expensive food. The cat is cute, but it is picky. |
| 4. Verbs | describe an action or a state | teach, eat, talk, achieve – be, feel, think, believe | His wife works as a teacher, too. She loves her job. |
