Transition Words and Phrases

This structured list of commonly used English transition words approximately 200, can be
considered as quasi complete. It can be used (by students and teachers alike) to find the right
expression. English transition words are essential, since they not only connect ideas, but also can
introduce a certain shift, contrast or opposition, emphasis or agreement, purpose, result or
conclusion,
etc.
in
the
line
of
argument.
The transition words and phrases have been assigned only once to somewhat artificial categories,
although some words belong to more than one category.
There is some overlapping with preposition and postposition, but for the purpose of clarity and
completeness of this concise guide, I did not differentiate.

Agreement / Addition / Similarity

The transition words like also, in addition, and, likewise, add
information, reinforce ideas, and express agreement with preceding material.
in the first place
not only ... but also
as a matter of fact
in like manner
in addition
coupled with
in the same fashion / way
first, second, third
in the light of
not to mention
to say nothing of
equally important
by the same token
again
to
and
also
then
equally

identically
uniquely
like
as
too
moreover
as well as
together with
of course
likewise
comparatively
correspondingly
similarly
furthermore
additionally

Opposition / Limitation / Contradiction

Transition phrases like but, rather and or, express that there is evidence to
thecontrary or point out alternatives, and thus introduce a change the line of
reasoning (contrast).
although this may be true
in contrast
different from
of course ..., but
on the other hand
on the contrary
at the same time
in spite of
even so / though
be that as it may
then again

above all
in reality
after all
but
(and) still
unlike
or
(and) yet
while
albeit
besides
as much as
even though
although
instead
whereas
despite
conversely
otherwise
however
rather
nevertheless
nonetheless
regardless
notwithstanding

Cause / Condition / Purpose

These transitional phrases present specific conditions or intentions.
in the event that
granted (that)

as / so long as
on (the) condition (that)
for the purpose of
with this intention
with this in mind
in the hope that
to the end that
for fear that
in order to
seeing / being that
in view of
If
... then
unless
when
whenever
while
because of
as
since
while
lest
in case
provided that
given that
only / even if
so that
so as to
owing to
inasmuch as
due to

Examples / Support / Emphasis

These transitional devices (like especially) are used to introduce examples
assupport, to indicate importance or as an illustration so that an idea is cued to
the reader.
in other words
to put it differently
for one thing
as an illustration
in this case
for this reason
to put it another way
that is to say
with attention to
by all means

important to realize
another key point
first thing to remember
most compelling evidence
must be remembered
point often overlooked
to point out
on the positive side
on the negative side
with this in mind
notably
including
like
to be sure

namely
chiefly
truly
indeed
certainly
surely
markedly
such as
especially
explicitly
specifically
expressly
surprisingly
frequently
significantly
particularly
in fact
in general
in particular
in detail
for example
for instance
to demonstrate
to emphasize
to repeat
to clarify
to explain
to enumerate

Effect / Consequence / Result

Some of these transition words (thus, then, accordingly, consequently,

therefore, henceforth) are time words that are used to show that after a particular
time there was a consequence or an effect.
Note that for and because are placed before the cause/reason. The other devices
are placed before the consequences or effects.
as a result
under those circumstances
in that case
for this reason
in effect
for
thus
because the
then
hence
consequently
therefore
thereupon
forthwith
accordingly
henceforth

Conclusion / Summary / Restatement

These transition words and phrases conclude, summarize and / or restate ideas,
or indicate a final general statement. Also some words (like therefore) from
the Effect / Consequence category can be used to summarize.
as can be seen
generally speaking
in the final analysis
all things considered

as shown above
in the long run
given these points
as has been noted
in a word
for the most part
after all
in fact
in summary
in conclusion
in short
in brief
in essence
to summarize
on balance
altogether
overall
ordinarily
usually
by and large
to sum up
on the whole
in any event
in either case
all in all
Obviously
Ultimately
Definitely

Time / Chronology / Sequence

These transitional words (like finally) have the function of limiting, restricting, and
defining time. They can be used either alone or as part of adverbial expressions.

at the present time

from time to time
sooner or later
at the same time
up to the present time
to begin with
in due time
as soon as
as long as
in the meantime
in a moment
without delay
in the first place
all of a sudden
at this instant
first, second
immediately
quickly
finally
after
later
last
until
till
since
then
before
hence
since
when
once

about
next
now

formerly
suddenly
shortly
henceforth
whenever
eventually
meanwhile
further
during
in time
prior to
forthwith
straightaway
by the time
whenever
until now
now that
instantly
presently
occasionally

Many transition words in the time category (consequently; first, second, third;
further; hence; henceforth; since; then, when; and whenever) have other
uses.

Except for the numbers (first, second, third) and further they add a meaning
of timein expressing conditions, qualifications, or reasons. The numbers are also
used to add information or list examples. Further is also used to indicate added
space as well as added time.

Space / Location / Place

These transition words are often used as part of adverbial expressions and have
the function to restrict, limit or qualify space. Quite a few of these are also found in
theTime category and can be used to describe spatial order or spatial reference.
in the middle
to the left/right
in front of
on this side
in the distance
here and there
in the foreground
in the background
in the center of
adjacent to
opposite to
here
there
next
where
from
over
near
above
below
down
up

under
further
beyond
nearby
wherever
around
between
before
alongside
amid
among
beneath
beside
behind
across

List of Transition Words

Transition Words are also sometimes called (or put in the category of) Connecting
Words. Please feel free todownload them via this link to the category page:
Linking Words & Connecting Words as a PDF.
It contains all the transition words listed on this site. The image to the left gives
you an impression how it looks like.

Usage of Transition Words in Essays

Transition words and phrases are vital devices for essays, papers or other literary
compositions. They improve the connections and transitions between sentences
and paragraphs. They thus give the text a logical organization and structure (see
also: a List of Synonyms).

All English transition words and phrases (sometimes also called 'conjunctive
adverbs') do the same work as coordinating conjunctions: they connect two
words, phrases or clauses together and thus the text is easier to read and the
coherence is improved.

Usage: transition words are used with a special rule for punctuation: a semicolon
or a period is used after the first 'sentence', and a comma is almost always used to
set off the transition word from the second 'sentence'.
Example 1:
People use 43 muscles when they frown; however, they use only 28 muscles
when they smile.
Example 2:
However, transition words can also be placed at the beginning of a new
paragraph or sentence - not only to indicate a step forward in the reasoning,
but also to relate the new material to the preceding thoughts.

Use a semicolon to connect sentences, only if the group of words on either side of
the semicolon is a complete sentence each (both must have a subject and a verb,
and could thus stand alone as a complete thought).

List of Synonmys
Smart - Clever

Important - Essential

Good Excellent

Stupid - Dumb

Irrelevant - Useless

Complete Perfect

Bad - Inferior

Interesting - Fascinating

Exact Specific

Awful - Horrible

Commonplace - Boring

Suitable Uniform

A collection of important synonyms grouped in categories: for teachers, writers and students of
English alike.

Important Synonyms - Popular words to use instead

Common Synonyms sorted by Category
These lists also contain examples for the most common 100 words or so;
however, the intention is not to replace a thesaurus. Within the categories the
sorting is alphabetical. For the selection of the words the top 50 lists of the most
"common words in English" (provided by the makers of the Oxford English
Dictionary) were a preferred inspiration - mostly verbs and adjectives, only rarely
nouns and adverbs.
Also, these are not exact synonyms, consider them as grouped in semantic fields the reason being to provide a help for inspiration with these 50 examples of the
most common synonyms.

Definition
Different words which have the same meaning (or similar meaning) are called
synonyms. Words which have an opposite meaning are called antonyms.
Words that are synonyms are referred to as being synonymous, and the state of
being a synonym is called synonymy.

Exact Synonyms
According to one definition (attributed to Leibniz) two expressions are synonymous
if the substitution of one for the other does not change the "truth value" of a
sentence in which the substitution is made. This is a rather mathematical definition.
However, true synonyms are rare; most so called synonyms have subtle

differences in their meaning. Examples of true synonyms arerare in any language,

if they exist at all.
In practice, some words are called synonyms, just because they are used to
describe the same "fact" in different parts of the world. For example, autumn and
fall are synonyms, but the former is used in British English and the latter in
American English.
English is rich in synonyms because during the centuries it adopted a variety of
foreign languages - most notably French, German and Latin.
Now, what does this mean? If a word in a sentence is changed, usually
the meaning andperception of the sentence is also slightly altered - hopefully to
the point of being more precise in its description.

Popular Synonyms Lists (also Antonyms)

Often we are looking for another word, to express something we have in mind.
Existing online dictionaries can be used; however most of them are either slow,
packed with advertisement, or not very helpful concerning their result lists. Here
are sites which I tested, and found acceptable:
For further resources related to learning and teaching English, see also here
Synomizer Synonyms and Antonyms in 5 Languages
Synomix English Synonyms / Antonyms and a large thesaurus database
Homonyms a few hundred - on 1 page
A list of words, that are pronounced the same, but are spelled differently, and that
have different meanings. Example sentences are provided for each homonym.
The intriguing part about homonyms is that they are the raw material for puns, a
truly sublime form of humor.

List of Prepositions
You think you don't need a list of prepositions? Would you know a preposition if you met
one?
Click here for 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
for
from
in
into
like
near
next

of
off
on
onto
out
over
past
plus
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
beyond
during
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
alongside
among
apart from
as for
atop
because of
by means of
concerning
despite
except 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
throughout
till
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 to
capable 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 list of
prepositions as a quick guide to help your student learn about prepositions.

List of the Most Common Prepositions

A

aboard
about
above
absent
across
after
against
along
alongside
amid
amidst
among
anti
around
as
at
atop

despite
down
during

near
next

B
bar
barring
before
behind

O
E
except
excepting
excluding
F
following
for
from

of
off
on
on top of
onto
opposite
out of
outside
over
P

G
given
gone
I

past
pending
per
plus
pro

below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
C
circa
counting
concerning
considering

in
in front of
inside
instead of
into

R
regarding
regardless of
round

L
less
like
M
mid
minus

List of Nouns
Using 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.Scroll

down for lists by grade level and

age.

Kinds of Nouns in the English Language

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

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 that

the 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 is special. 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 item, it's a concrete noun.
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

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

ball
bat
bed
book
boy
bun
can
cake
cap
car
cat
cow
cub
cup
dad
day
dog
doll
dust
fan
feet
girl
gun
hall
hat
hen
jar
kite
man
map
men
mom
pan
pet
pie
pig
pot
rat
son

apple
arm
banana
bike
bird
book
chin
clam
class
clover
club
corn
crayon
crow
crown
crowd
crib
desk
dime
dirt
dress
fang
field
flag
flower
fog
game
heat
hill
home
horn
hose
joke
juice
kite
lake
maid
mask
mice

alarm
animal
aunt
bait
balloon
bath
bead
beam
bean
bedroom
boot
bread
brick
brother
camp
chicken
children
crook
deer
dock
doctor
downtown
drum
dust
eye
family
father
fight
flesh
food
frog
goose
grade
grandfather
grandmother
grape
grass
hook
horse

actor
airplane
airport
army
baseball
beef
birthday
boy
brush
bushes
butter
cast
cave
cent
cherries
cherry
cobweb
coil
cracker
dinner
eggnog
elbow
face
fireman
flavor
gate
glove
glue
goldfish
goose
grain
hair
haircut
hobbies
holiday
hot
jellyfish
ladybug
mailbox

advice
anger
answer
apple
arithmetic
badge
basket
basketball
battle
beast
beetle
beggar
brain
branch
bubble
bucket
cactus
cannon
cattle
celery
cellar
cloth
coach
coast
crate
cream
daughter
donkey
drug
earthquake
feast
fifth
finger
flock
frame
furniture
geese
ghost
giraffe

able
achieve
acoustics
action
activity
aftermath
afternoon
afterthought
apparel
appliance
beginner
believe
bomb
border
boundary
breakfast
cabbage
cable
calculator
calendar
caption
carpenter
cemetery
channel
circle
creator
creature
education
faucet
feather
friction
fruit
fuel
galley
guide
guitar
health
heart
idea

sun
toe
tub
van

milk
mint
meal
meat
moon
mother
morning
name
nest
nose
pear
pen
pencil
plant
rain
river
road
rock
room
rose
seed
shape
shoe
shop
show
sink
snail
snake
snow
soda
sofa
star
step
stew
stove
straw
string
summer
swing
table
tank
team
tent
test
toes
tree
vest
water
wing

jail
jam
kiss
kitten
light
loaf
lock
lunch
lunchroom
meal
mother
notebook
owl
pail
parent
park
plot
rabbit
rake
robin
sack
sail
scale
sea
sister
soap
song
spark
space
spoon
spot
spy
summer
tiger
toad
town
trail
tramp
tray
trick
trip
uncle
vase
winter
water
week
wheel
wish
wool

number
oatmeal
pail
pancake
pear
pest
popcorn
queen
quicksand
quiet
quilt
rainstorm
scarecrow
scarf
stream
street
sugar
throne
toothpaste
twig
volleyball
wood
wrench

governor
honey
hope
hydrant
icicle
income
island
jeans
judge
lace
lamp
lettuce
marble
month
north
ocean
patch
plane
playground
poison
riddle
rifle
scale
seashore
sheet
sidewalk
skate
slave
sleet
smoke
stage
station
thrill
throat
throne
title
toothbrush
turkey
underwear
vacation
vegetable
visitor
voyage
year

kitten
laborer
language
lawyer
linen
locket
lumber
magic
minister
mitten
money
mountain
music
partner
passenger
pickle
picture
plantation
plastic
pleasure
pocket
police
pollution
railway
recess
reward
route
scene
scent
squirrel
stranger
suit
sweater
temper
territory
texture
thread
treatment
veil
vein
volcano
wealth
weather
wilderness
wren
wrist
writer

winter
woman
women

yard
zebra

List of Common Nouns for All Ages

A

account
achiever
acoustics
act
action
activity
actor
addition
adjustment
advertisement
advice
aftermath
afternoon
afterthought
agreement
air
airplane
airport
alarm
amount
amusement
anger
angle
animal
answer
ant
ants
apparatus
apparel
apple
apples
appliance
approval
arch
argument
arithmetic
arm
army

babies
baby
back
badge
bag
bait
balance
ball
balloon
balls
banana
band
base
baseball
basin
basket
basketball
bat
bath
battle
bead
beam
bean
bear
bears
beast
bed
bedroom
beds
bee
beef
beetle
beggar
beginner
behavior
belief
believe
bell

cabbage
cable
cactus
cake
cakes
calculator
calendar
camera
camp
can
cannon
canvas
cap
caption
car
card
care
carpenter
carriage
cars
cart
cast
cat
cats
cattle
cause
cave
celery
cellar
cemetery
cent
chain
chair
chairs
chalk
chance
change
channel

dad
daughter
day
death
debt
decision
deer
degree
design
desire
desk
destruction
detail
development
digestion
dime
dinner
dinosaurs
direction
dirt
discovery
discussion
disease
disgust
distance
distribution
division
dock
doctor
dog
dogs
doll
dolls
donkey
door
downtown
drain
drawer

ear
earth
earthquake
edge
education
effect
egg
eggnog
eggs
elbow
end
engine
error
event
example
exchange
existence
expansion
experience
expert
eye
eyes

art
attack
attempt
attention
attraction
aunt
authority

bells
berry
bike
bikes
bird
birds
birth
birthday
bit
bite
blade
blood
blow
board
boat
boats
body
bomb
bone
book
books
boot
border
bottle
boundary
box
boy
boys
brain
brake
branch
brass
bread
breakfast
breath
brick
bridge
brother
brothers
brush
bubble
bucket
building
bulb
bun
burn
burst

cheese
cherries
cherry
chess
chicken
chickens
children
chin
church
circle
clam
class
clock
clocks
cloth
cloud
clouds
clover
club
coach
coal
coast
coat
cobweb
coil
collar
color
comb
comfort
committee
company
comparison
competition
condition
connection
control
cook
copper
copy
cord
cork
corn
cough
country
cover
cow
cows

dress
drink
driving
drop
drug
drum
duck
ducks
dust

bushes
business
butter
button

crack
cracker
crate
crayon
cream
creator
creature
credit
crib
crime
crook
crow
crowd
crown
crush
cry
cub
cup
current
curtain
curve
cushion

face
fact
fairies
fall
family
fan
fang
farm
farmer
father
father
faucet
fear
feast
feather
feeling
feet
fiction
field
fifth
fight
finger

alley
game
garden
gate
geese
ghost
giants
giraffe
girl
girls
glass
glove
glue
goat
gold
goldfish
good-bye
goose
government
governor
grade
grain

hair
haircut
hall
hammer
hand
hands
harbor
harmony
hat
hate
head
health
hearing
heart
heat
help
hen
hill
history
hobbies
hole
holiday

ice
icicle
idea
impulse
income
increase
industry
ink
insect
instrument
insurance
interest
invention
iron
island

jail
jam
jar
jeans
jelly
jellyfish
jewel
join
joke
journey
judge
juice
jump

finger
fire
fireman
fish
flag
flame
flavor
flesh
flight
flock
floor
flower
flowers
fly
fog
fold
food
foot
force
fork
form
fowl
frame
friction
friend
friends
frog
frogs
front
fruit
fuel
furniture

grandfather
grandmother
grape
grass
grip
ground
group
growth
guide
guitar
gun

home
honey
hook
hope
horn
horse
horses
hose
hospital
hot
hour
house
houses
humor
hydrant

kettle
key
kick
kiss
kite
kitten
kittens
kitty
knee
knife
knot
knowledge

laborer
lace
ladybug
lake
lamp
land
language
laugh
lawyer
lead
leaf
learning
leather

machine
magic
maid
mailbox
man
manager
map
marble
mark
market
mask
mass
match

nail
name
nation
neck
need
needle
nerve
nest
net
news
night
noise
north

oatmeal
observation
ocean
offer
office
oil
operation
opinion
orange
oranges
order
organization
ornament

leg
legs
letter
letters
lettuce
level
library
lift
light
limit
line
linen
lip
liquid
list
lizards
loaf
lock
locket
look
loss
love
low
lumber
lunch
lunchroom

meal
measure
meat
meeting
memory
men
metal
mice
middle
milk
mind
mine
minister
mint
minute
mist
mitten
mom
money
monkey
month
moon
morning
mother
motion
mountain
mouth
move
muscle
music

nose
note
notebook
number
nut

oven
owl
owner

page
pail
pain
paint
pan
pancake
paper
parcel
parent
park
part
partner
party
passenger
paste

quarter
quartz
queen
question
quicksand
quiet
quill
quilt
quince
quiver

rabbit
rabbits
rail
railway
rain
rainstorm
rake
range
rat
rate
ray
reaction
reading
reason
receipt

sack
sail
salt
sand
scale
scarecrow
scarf
scene
scent
school
science
scissors
screw
sea
seashore

table
tail
talk
tank
taste
tax
teaching
team
teeth
temper
tendency
tent
territory
test
texture

patch
payment
peace
pear
pen
pencil
person
pest
pet
pets
pickle
picture
pie
pies
pig
pigs
pin
pipe
pizzas
place
plane
planes
plant
plantation
plants
plastic
plate
play
playground
pleasure
plot
plough
pocket
point
poison
police
polish
pollution
popcorn
porter
position
pot
potato
powder
power
price
print

recess
record
regret
relation
religion
representative
request
respect
rest
reward
rhythm
rice
riddle
rifle
ring
rings
river
road
robin
rock
rod
roll
roof
room
root
rose
route
rub
rule
run

seat
secretary
seed
selection
self
sense
servant
shade
shake
shame
shape
sheep
sheet
shelf
ship
shirt
shock
shoe
shoes
shop
show
side
sidewalk
sign
silk
silver
sink
sister
sisters
size
skate
skin
skirt
sky
slave
sleep
sleet
slip
slope
smash
smell
smile
smoke
snail
snails
snake
snakes

theory
thing
things
thought
thread
thrill
throat
throne
thumb
thunder
ticket
tiger
time
tin
title
toad
toe
toes
tomatoes
tongue
tooth
toothbrush
toothpaste
top
touch
town
toy
toys
trade
trail
train
trains
tramp
transport
tray
treatment
tree
trees
trick
trip
trouble
trousers
truck
trucks
tub
turkey
turn

prison
process
produce
profit
property
prose
protest
pull
pump
punishment
purpose
push

sneeze
snow
soap
society
sock
soda
sofa
son
song
songs
sort
sound
soup
space
spade
spark
spiders
sponge
spoon
spot
spring
spy
square
squirrel
stage
stamp
star
start
statement
station
steam
steel
stem
step
stew
stick
sticks
stitch
stocking
stomach
stone
stop
store
story
stove
stranger
straw

twig
twist

stream
street
stretch
string
structure
substance
sugar
suggestion
suit
summer
sun
support
surprise
sweater
swim
swing
system
U

umbrella
uncle
underwear
unit
use

vacation
value
van
vase
vegetable
veil
vein
verse
vessel
vest
view
visitor
voice
volcano
volleyball
voyage

walk
wall
war
wash
waste
watch
water
wave
waves
wax
way
wealth
weather
week
weight
wheel
whip
whistle
wilderness
wind
window
wine
wing
winter
wire
wish
woman

yak
yam
yard
yarn
year
yoke

zebra
zephyr
zinc
zipper
zoo

women
wood
wool
word
work
worm
wound
wren
wrench
wrist
writer
writing

List of Adverbs
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for the big list of adverbs.

Why do you need a

list of adverbs?

If you watched Schoolhouse Rock as a child, you probably remember the song Lolly, Lolly,
Lolly, get your adverbs here. This catchy song told you how adverbs were at your service to
enrich your language in various ways. Now that you have the tune stuck in your head, keep
reading to brush up on adverbs via the handy list of adverbs.
An adverb is a modifying part of speech. It describes verbs, other adverbs, adjectives, and
phrases. They are used to describe how, where, when, how often and why something happens.
Here are a few examples:
Verb- The cat climbed quickly up the tree. (quickly describes how the cat climbed)
Adverb- Mike worked very carefully on his paper. (very shows how carefully he worked)
Adjective- She is nearly ready to go. (nearly tells to what extent she is ready)

Adverbs of manner describe how something happens. Where there are two or more
verbs in a sentence, adverb placement affects the meaning. Some commonly used adverbs of
manner include:
carefully
correctly
eagerly
easily
fast
loudly
patiently
quickly

quietly
and well.
Consider the following example:
She decided to write her paper. (no adverbs)
She quickly decided to write her paper. (her decision was quick)
She decided to write her paper quickly. (her writing was quick)

Adverbs of place describe where something happens. Most adverbs of place are also used
as prepositions. Some commonly used examples include the following:
abroad
anywhere
downstairs
here
home
in
nowhere
out
outside
somewhere
there
underground
upstairs.
I wanted to go upstairs.
She has lived in the city since June. (in the city prepositional phrase)

Adverbs of purpose describe why something happens. Here are some common
examples:
so
so that
to
in order to
because
since
accidentally
intentionally
and purposely.
Jenny walks carefully to avoid falling.
Bob accidentally broke the vase.

Adverbs of frequency describe how often something happens. The following adverbs are
commonly used in this way:

always
every
never
often
rarely
seldom
sometimes
and usually.
Mackenzie gets a ride from her brother every day.
The fish usually swims near the top of its tank.

Adverbs of time describe when something happens. These examples are commonly used:
after
already
during
finally
just
last
later
next
now
recently
soon
then
tomorrow
when
while
and yesterday.
He came home before dark.
It will be too dark to play outside soon.
Jessica finished her supper first.
Andy left school early.
Some adverbs often get overused, such as very, extremely, and really. Using there is/are or it
is at the beginning of a sentence adds nothing. Sentences with these adverb phrases become
wordy, boring, and less clear. Look at some examples:
* There are many bird species living in the sanctuary. Many bird species live in the sanctuary.
* It is important to hold hands when crossing the street. Holding hands when crossing the
street is important.
* There may be more than one way to solve the problem. The problem may be solved in more
than one way.

Well, did you catch all that? Recognizing the various adverbs used in the English language can
take practice. Using them properly can make writing and speaking far more interesting.
Now you have a list of adverbs because you read this article carefully and thoroughly...

Adverbs of Completeness
Everywhere
here
there

List of Common Adverbs

A

abnormally
absentmindedly
accidentally
acidly
actually
adventurously
afterwards
almost
always
angrily
annually
anxiously
arrogantly
awkwardly

badly
bashfully
beautifully
bitterly
bleakly
blindly
blissfully
boastfully
boldly
bravely
briefly
brightly
briskly
broadly
busily

calmly
carefully
carelessly
cautiously
certainly
cheerfully
clearly
cleverly
closely
coaxingly
colorfully
commonly
continually
coolly
correctly
courageously
crossly
cruelly
curiously

daily
daintily
dearly
deceivingly
delightfully
deeply
defiantly
deliberately
delightfully
diligently
dimly
doubtfully
dreamily

easily
elegantly
energetically
enormously
enthusiastically
equally
especially
even
evenly
eventually
exactly
excitedly
extremely

fairly
faithfully
famously
far
fast
fatally
ferociously
fervently
fiercely

generally
generously
gently
gladly
gleefully
gracefully
gratefully
greatly
greedily

happily
hastily
healthily
heavily
helpfully
helplessly
highly
honestly
hopelessly

immediately
innocently
inquisitively
instantly
intensely
intently
interestingly
inwardly
irritably

jaggedly
jealously
joshingly
joyfully
joyously
jovially
jubilantly
judgementally
justly

fondly
foolishly
fortunately
frankly
frantically
freely
frenetically
frightfully
fully
furiously

hourly
hungrily

keenly
kiddingly
kindheartedly
kindly
kissingly
knavishly
knottily
knowingly
knowledgeably
kookily

lazily
less
lightly
likely
limply
lively
loftily
longingly
loosely
lovingly
loudly
loyally

madly
majestically
meaningfully
mechanically
merrily
miserably
mockingly
monthly
more
mortally
mostly
mysteriously

naturally
nearly
neatly
needily
nervously
never
nicely
noisily
not

obediently
obnoxiously
oddly
offensively
officially
often
only
openly
optimistically
overconfidently
owlishly

painfully
partially
patiently
perfectly
physically
playfully
politely
poorly
positively
potentially
powerfully
promptly
properly
punctually

quaintly
rapidly
quarrelsomelyrarely
queasily
readily
queerly
really
questionably reassuringly
questioningly recklessly
quicker
regularly
quickly
reluctantly
quietly
repeatedly
quirkily
reproachfully
quizzically
restfully
righteously
rightfully
rigidly
roughly
rudely

sadly
safely
scarcely
scarily
searchingly
sedately
seemingly
seldom
selfishly
separately
seriously
shakily
sharply
sheepishly
shrilly
shyly
silently
sleepily
slowly
smoothly

tenderly
tensely
terribly
thankfully
thoroughly
thoughtfully
tightly
tomorrow
too
tremendously
triumphantly
truly
truthfully

softly
solemnly
solidly
sometimes
soon
speedily
stealthily
sternly
strictly
successfully
suddenly
surprisingly
suspiciously
sweetly
swiftly
sympathetically
U

ultimately
unabashedly
unaccountably
unbearably
unethically
unexpectedly
unfortunately
unimpressively
unnaturally
unnecessarily
utterly
upbeat
upliftingly
upright
upside-down
upward
upwardly
urgently
usefully
uselessly
usually
utterly

vacantly
vaguely
vainly
valiantly
vastly
verbally
very
viciously
victoriously
violently
vivaciously
voluntarily

warmly
weakly
wearily
well
wetly
wholly
wildly
willfully
wisely
woefully
wonderfully
worriedly
wrongly

yawningly
yearly
yearningly
yesterday
yieldingly
youthfully

zealously
zestfully
zestily

List of Adjectives
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for 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 a noun or pronoun. 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
using verbs and 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-manysome/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.

Color AdjectivesCondition Adjectives

Appearance Adjectives
Feelings (Bad) Adjectives

adorable
beautiful

red
orange

alive
better

angry
bewildered

clean
drab
elegant
fancy
glamorous
handsome
long
magnificent
old-fashioned
plain
quaint
sparkling
ugliest
unsightly
wide-eyed

yellow
green
blue
purple
gray
black
white

careful
clever
dead
easy
famous
gifted
helpful
important
inexpensive
mushy
odd
powerful
rich
shy
tender
uninterested
vast
wrong

Size Adjectives
Feelings (Good) AdjectivesShape Adjectives

big
colossal
fat
gigantic
great
huge
immense
large
little
mammoth
massive
miniature
petite
puny
scrawny
short
small
tall
teeny
teeny-tiny
tiny

clumsy
defeated
embarrassed
fierce
grumpy
helpless
itchy
jealous
lazy
mysterious
nervous
obnoxious
panicky
repulsive
scary
thoughtless
uptight
worried
Sound Adjectives

agreeable
brave
calm
delightful
eager
faithful
gentle
happy
jolly
kind
lively
nice
obedient
proud
relieved
silly
thankful
victorious
witty
zealous

broad
chubby
crooked
curved
deep
flat
high
hollow
low
narrow
round
shallow
skinny
square
steep
straight
wide

Time Adjectives

Taste/Touch Adjectives
Touch Adjectives Quantity Adjectives

ancient
brief
early
fast
late
long

bitter
delicious
fresh
greasy
juicy
hot

boiling
breeze
broken
bumpy
chilly
cold

cooing
deafening
faint
hissing
loud
melodic
noisy
purring
quiet
raspy
screeching
thundering
voiceless
whispering

abundant
empty
few
full
heavy
light

modern
old
old-fashioned
quick
rapid
short
slow
swift
young

Why do you need a

icy
loose
melted
nutritious
prickly
rainy
rotten
salty
sticky
strong
sweet
tart
tasteless
uneven
weak
wet
wooden
yummy

cool
creepy
crooked
cuddly
curly
damaged
damp
dirty
dry
dusty
filthy
flaky
fluffy
freezing
hot
warm
wet

many
numerous
sparse
substantial

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. The A to Z list will help you do just that.

Adjectives From A to Z
Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. An adjective gives more information about
the noun, and is used in writing to create a richer experience for the reader.
Placing the right adjective with a noun can make the difference between exciting reading and
dull prose, simply by creating imagery through the use of language.
Use the alphabetized list below to choose the perfect adjective to get your point across. For the
brave and eloquent, choose more than one. However, remember that one powerfully placed
adjective will have far more impact than three weak irrelevant ones. Choose wisely.

Comprehensive List of Adjectives

A

aback
abaft
abandoned
abashed
aberrant
abhorrent

bad
barbarous
bashful
bawdy
beautiful
befitting

cagey
calculating
callous
calm
capable
capricious

daffy
daily
damaged
damaging
damp
dangerous

eager
early
earsplitting
earthy
easy
eatable

abiding
abject
ablaze
able
abnormal
aboard
aboriginal
abortive
abounding
abrasive
abrupt
absent
absorbed
absorbing
abstracted
absurd
abundant
abusive
acceptable
accessible
accidental
accurate
acid
acidic
acoustic
acrid
actually
ad hoc
adamant
adaptable
addicted
adhesive
adjoining
adorable
adventurous
afraid
aggressive
agonizing
agreeable
ahead
ajar
alcoholic
alert
alike
alive
alleged
alluring

belligerent
beneficial
bent
berserk
best
better
bewildered
big
billowy
bite-sized
bitter
bizarre
black
black-and-white
bloody
blue
blue-eyed
blushing
boiling
boorish
bored
boring
bouncy
boundless
brainy
brash
brave
brawny
breakable
breezy
brief
bright
bright
broad
broken
brown
bumpy
burly
bustling
busy

careful
careless
caring
cautious
ceaseless
certain
changeable
charming
cheap
cheerful
chemical
chief
childlike
chilly
chivalrous
chubby
chunky
clammy
classy
clean
clear
clever
cloistered
cloudy
closed
clumsy
cluttered
coherent
cold
colorful
colossal
combative
comfortable
common
complete
complex
concerned
condemned
confused
conscious
cooing
cool
cooperative
coordinated
courageous
cowardly
crabby

dapper
dark
dashing
dazzling
dead
deadpan
deafening
dear
debonair
decisive
decorous
deep
deeply
defeated
defective
defiant
delicate
delicious
delightful
demonic
delirious
dependent
depressed
deranged
descriptive
deserted
detailed
determined
devilish
didactic
different
difficult
diligent
direful
dirty
disagreeable
disastrous
discreet
disgusted
disgusting
disillusioned
dispensable
distinct
disturbed
divergent
dizzy
domineering

economic
educated
efficacious
efficient
eight
elastic
elated
elderly
electric
elegant
elfin
elite
embarrassed
eminent
empty
enchanted
enchanting
encouraging
endurable
energetic
enormous
entertaining
enthusiastic
envious
equable
equal
erect
erratic
ethereal
evanescent
evasive
even
excellent
excited
exciting
exclusive
exotic
expensive
extra-large
extra-small
exuberant
exultant

aloof
amazing
ambiguous
ambitious
amuck
amused
amusing
ancient
angry
animated
annoyed
annoying
anxious
apathetic
aquatic
aromatic
arrogant
ashamed
aspiring
assorted
astonishing
attractive
auspicious
automatic
available
average
awake
aware
awesome
awful
axiomatic

craven
crazy
creepy
crooked
crowded
cruel
cuddly
cultured
cumbersome
curious
curly
curved
curvy
cut
cute
cute
cynical

doubtful
drab
draconian
dramatic
dreary
drunk
dry
dull
dusty
dusty
dynamic
dysfunctional

fabulous
faded
faint
fair
faithful
fallacious
false
familiar
famous
fanatical
fancy
fantastic
far

gabby
gainful
gamy
gaping
garrulous
gaudy
general
gentle
giant
giddy
gifted
gigantic
glamorous

habitual
half
hallowed
halting
handsome
handsomely
handy
hanging
hapless
happy
hard
hard-to-find
harmonious

icky
icy
idiotic
ignorant
ill
illegal
ill-fated
ill-informed
illustrious
imaginary
immense
imminent
impartial

jaded
jagged
jazzy
jealous
jittery
jobless
jolly
joyous
judicious
juicy
jumbled
jumpy
juvenile

far-flung
fascinated
fast
fat
faulty
fearful
fearless
feeble
feigned
female
fertile
festive
few
fierce
filthy
fine
finicky
first
five
fixed
flagrant
flaky
flashy
flat
flawless
flimsy
flippant
flowery
fluffy
fluttering
foamy
foolish
foregoing
forgetful
fortunate
four
frail
fragile
frantic
free
freezing
frequent
fresh
fretful
friendly
frightened
frightening

gleaming
glib
glistening
glorious
glossy
godly
good
goofy
gorgeous
graceful
grandiose
grateful
gratis
gray
greasy
great
greedy
green
grey
grieving
groovy
grotesque
grouchy
grubby
gruesome
grumpy
guarded
guiltless
gullible
gusty
guttural

harsh
imperfect
hateful
impolite
heady
important
healthy
imported
heartbreaking impossible
heavenly
incandescent
heavy
incompetent
hellish
inconclusive
helpful
industrious
helpless
incredible
hesitant
inexpensive
hideous
infamous
high
innate
highfalutin
innocent
high-pitched inquisitive
hilarious
insidious
hissing
instinctive
historical
intelligent
holistic
interesting
hollow
internal
homeless
invincible
homely
irate
honorable
irritating
horrible
itchy
hospitable
hot
huge
hulking
humdrum
humorous
hungry
hurried
hurt
hushed
husky
hypnotic
hysterical

full
fumbling
functional
funny
furry
furtive
future
futuristic
fuzzy
K

kaput
keen
kind
kindhearted
kindly
knotty
knowing
knowledgeable
known

labored
lackadaisical
lacking
lame
lamentable
languid
large
last
late
laughable
lavish
lazy
lean
learned
left
legal
lethal
level
lewd
light
like
likeable
limping
literate
little
lively
lively
living
lonely
long
longing
long-term
loose
lopsided
loud
loutish

macabre
macho
maddening
madly
magenta
magical
magnificent
majestic
makeshift
male
malicious
mammoth
maniacal
many
marked
massive
married
marvelous
material
materialistic
mature
mean
measly
meaty
medical
meek
mellow
melodic
melted
merciful
mere
messy
mighty
military
milky
mindless

naive
nappy
narrow
nasty
natural
naughty
nauseating
near
neat
nebulous
necessary
needless
needy
neighborly
nervous
new
next
nice
nifty
nimble
nine
nippy
noiseless
noisy
nonchalant
nondescript
nonstop
normal
nostalgic
nosy
noxious
null
numberless
numerous
nutritious

oafish
obedient
obeisant
obese
obnoxious
obscene
obsequious
observant
obsolete
obtainable
oceanic
odd
offbeat
old
old-fashioned
omniscient
one
onerous
open
opposite
optimal
orange
ordinary
organic
ossified
outgoing
outrageous
outstanding
oval
overconfident
overjoyed
overrated
overt
overwrought

lovely
loving
low
lowly
lucky
ludicrous
lumpy
lush
luxuriant
lying
lyrical

miniature
nutty
minor
miscreant
misty
mixed
moaning
modern
moldy
momentous
motionless
mountainous
muddled
mundane
murky
mushy
mute
mysterious

painful
painstaking
pale
paltry
panicky
panoramic
parallel
parched
parsimonious
past
pastoral
pathetic
peaceful
penitent
perfect
periodic
permissible
perpetual
petite
petite
phobic
physical
picayune
pink
piquant
placid
plain
plant

quack
quaint
quarrelsome
questionable
quick
quickest
quiet
quirky
quixotic
quizzical

rabid
sable
racial
sad
ragged
safe
rainy
salty
rambunctious same
rampant
sassy
rapid
satisfying
rare
savory
raspy
scandalous
ratty
scarce
ready
scared
real
scary
rebel
scattered
receptive
scientific
recondite
scintillating
red
scrawny
redundant
screeching
reflective
second
regular
second-hand
relieved
secret
remarkable secretive
reminiscent sedate
repulsive
seemly
resolute
selective
resonant
selfish
responsible separate
rhetorical
serious
rich
shaggy

T
taboo
tacit
tacky
talented
tall
tame
tan
tangible
tangy
tart
tasteful
tasteless
tasty
tawdry
tearful
tedious
teeny
teeny-tiny
telling
temporary
ten
tender
tense
tense
tenuous
terrible
terrific
tested

plastic
plausible
pleasant
plucky
pointless
poised
polite
political
poor
possessive
possible
powerful
precious
premium
present
pretty
previous
pricey
prickly
private
probable
productive
profuse
protective
proud
psychedelic
psychotic
public
puffy
pumped
puny
purple
purring
pushy
puzzled
puzzling

right
righteous
rightful
rigid
ripe
ritzy
roasted
robust
romantic
roomy
rotten
rough
round
royal
ruddy
rude
rural
rustic
ruthless

shaky
shallow
sharp
shiny
shivering
shocking
short
shrill
shut
shy
sick
silent
silent
silky
silly
simple
simplistic
sincere
six
skillful
skinny
sleepy
slim
slimy
slippery
sloppy
slow
small
smart
smelly
smiling
smoggy
smooth
sneaky
snobbish
snotty
soft
soggy
solid
somber
sophisticated
sordid
sore
sore
sour
sparkling
special

testy
thankful
therapeutic
thick
thin
thinkable
third
thirsty
thirsty
thoughtful
thoughtless
threatening
three
thundering
tidy
tight
tightfisted
tiny
tired
tiresome
toothsome
torpid
tough
towering
tranquil
trashy
tremendous
tricky
trite
troubled
truculent
true
truthful
two
typical

spectacular
spicy
spiffy
spiky
spiritual
spiteful
splendid
spooky
spotless
spotted
spotty
spurious
squalid
square
squealing
squeamish
staking
stale
standing
statuesque
steadfast
steady
steep
stereotyped
sticky
stiff
stimulating
stingy
stormy
straight
strange
striped
strong
stupendous
stupid
sturdy
subdued
subsequent
substantial
successful
succinct
sudden
sulky
super
superb
superficial
supreme

swanky
sweet
sweltering
swift
symptomatic
synonymous
U

X and Y

ubiquitous
ugliest
ugly
ultra
unable
unaccountable
unadvised
unarmed
unbecoming
unbiased
uncovered
understood
undesirable
unequal
unequaled
uneven
unhealthy
uninterested
unique
unkempt
unknown
unnatural
unruly
unsightly
unsuitable
untidy
unused
unusual
unwieldy
unwritten
upbeat
uppity
upset
uptight
used
useful
useless
utopian

vacuous
vagabond
vague
valuable
various
vast
vengeful
venomous
verdant
versed
victorious
vigorous
violent
violet
vivacious
voiceless
volatile
voracious
vulgar

wacky
xenophobic
waggish
waiting
yellow
wakeful
yielding
wandering
young
wanting
youthful
warlike
yummy
warm
wary
wasteful
watery
weak
wealthy
weary
well-groomed
well-made
well-off
well-to-do
wet
whimsical
whispering
white
whole
wholesale
wicked
wide
wide-eyed
wiggly
wild
willing
windy
wiry
wise
wistful
witty
woebegone
womanly
wonderful

Z
zany
zealous
zesty
zippy
zonked

utter
uttermost

wooden
woozy
workable
worried
worthless
wrathful
wretched
wrong
wry

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 the nouns. 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 liking 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 cant see the end.
Object
Sarah hit me on the arm.
I need to tell you something.
Larry took him aside.
The message wasnt for her.
Take it to the store.
Summer is fun for us.
Margaret took them downstairs.

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.
Pronouns do a lot in the English language, don't they? They are the no-name workhorses, jumping
in for thesuperstar nouns when they get exhausted. Hey, someone's got to do something about the
work nobody wants to do!

List of Prounouns
A

all
another
any
anybody
anyone
anything

I
it
its
itself

each
each other
either
everybody
everyone
everything

she
some
someone
something

little

both

several

somebody

L
B

T
M

that

many
me
mine
more
most
much
my
myself

their
theirs
them
themselves
these
they
this
those

few

neither
no one
nobody
none
nothing

H
he
her
hers
herself
him
himself
his

U
us

W
O
one
one another
other
others
our
ours

we
what
whatever
which
whichever
who

ourselves

whoever
whom
whomever
whose

Y
you
your
yours
yourself
yourselves

List of Verbs
For a large list of verbs, click here for our "big verbs list".
What would happen if we didn't have verbs? Not much at all. Verbs are perhaps the most
important part of speech in the English language. You can't do or be anything unless a verb
lets you. Verbs are everywhere, and it's about time you got to know them with this list of
verbs of many types.
Action verbs tell about something a person, animal, force of nature or thing can do or be.
Can you cry, march, rinse, or turn? Can the wind blow or a cup fall? Yes, those are all actions.
Use this list to think of other action verbs.

add
allow
bake
bang
call
chase
damage

drop
end
escape
fasten
fix
gather
grab

hang
hug
imagine
itch
jog
jump
kick

knit
land
lock
march
mix
name
notice

obey
open
pass
promise
question
reach
rinse

scatter
stay
talk
turn
untie
use
vanish

visit
walk
work
yawn
yell
zip
zoom

Verbs also use special rules for telling when something happened - in the past, the present, or
the future. Here is a list of examples for each verb tense using the verb break. Try putting
other verbs in the place of break.
Present tense I/you/we/they break, he/she/it breaks

Past Tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they broke

Future Tense - I/you/he/she/it/we/they will break
Present Perfect Tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they have broken
Past Perfect Tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they had broken
Future Perfect Tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they will have broken
Being Verbs tell about something in a state of being. A noun or pronoun does not always take
action. Sometime, it just is. For that purpose, you use a being verb. Here are the being verbs
in all the past, present, and future tenses.
Present tense - I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, they are
Past Tense - I was, you were, he/she/it, was, we were, they were
Future Tense - I will be, you will be, he/she/it will be, we will be, they will be
Present Perfect Tense - I have been, you have been, he/she/it has been, we have been, they
have been
Past Perfect Tense -I had been, you had been, he/she/it had been, we had been, they had
been
Future Perfect Tense - I will have been, you will have been, he/she/it will have been, we will
have been, they will have been
Helping verbs do not stand alone or express action. They are part of verb phrases that "help"
the main verb. Helping verbs define the tense (past, present, future) or change the meaning of
the main verb. Consider these examples:
Do you need a tissue?
We are helping the third-grade class.
Hank might have been driving the wrong way.
This list has commonly-used helping verbs:

may
might
must
be

being
been
am
are

is
was
were
do

does
did
should
could

would
have
had
has

will
can
shall

Linking verbs do not show action. Instead, they connect nouns and pronouns to other
information in the sentence. Here are some examples:
My sister is smart.
The picture appeared blurry.
Your supper smells delicious.
The most common linking verbs are listed here:

am
be
have/has been
are
become
is

might have been

prove

are
feel
lie
being
get
look
appear
grow
might be

remain
seem
sit

Irregular Verbs are verbs that don't follow the rules for changing tense. The best way to
understand irregular verbs is to practice and memorize them.
Here are some common examples shown in the present/past/past participle:
The dog wants to bite me.
The dog bit me.
The dog has bitten me.
My arm hurts.
I hurt my arm yesterday.
I have hurt my arm before.
bite/bit/bitten
choose/chose/chosen
eat/ate/eaten
fall/fell/fallen
hurt/hurt/hurt
go/went/gone
lay/laid/laid
ring/rang/rung
send/sent/sent
teach/taught/taught
write/wrote/written
Verbs do a lot of work in the English language. Some are busy action verbs; others are modest
helping or linking verbs. No matter what kind they are, verbs keep the English language movin'
and shakin'.

List of Verbs
A

abide
accelerate
accept
accomplish
achieve
acquire
acted
activate
adapt

back
bake
balance
ban
bang
bare
bat
bathe
battle

calculate
call
camp
care
carry
carve
cast
catalog
catch

dam
damage
dance
dare
deal
decay
deceive
decide
decorate

add
address
administer
admire
admit
adopt
advise
afford
agree
alert
alight
allow
altered
amuse
analyze
announce
annoy
answer
anticipate
apologize
appear
applaud
applied
appoint
appraise
appreciate
approve
arbitrate
argue
arise
arrange
arrest
arrive
ascertain
ask
assemble
assess
assist
assure
attach
attack
attain
attempt
attend
attract
audited
avoid
awake

be
beam
bear
beat
become
beg
begin
behave
behold
belong
bend
beset
bet
bid
bind
bite
bleach
bleed
bless
blind
blink
blot
blow
blush
boast
boil
bolt
bomb
book
bore
borrow
bounce
bow
box
brake
branch
break
breathe
breed
brief
bring
broadcast
bruise
brush
bubble
budget
build
bump
burn
burst

cause
challenge
change
charge
chart
chase
cheat
check
cheer
chew
choke
choose
chop
claim
clap
clarify
classify
clean
clear
cling
clip
close
clothe
coach
coil
collect
color
comb
come
command
communicate
compare
compete
compile
complain
complete
compose
compute
conceive
concentrate
conceptualize
concern
conclude
conduct
confess
confront
confuse
connect
conserve
consider

define
delay
delegate
delight
deliver
demonstrate
depend
describe
desert
deserve
design
destroy
detail
detect
determine
develop
devise
diagnose
dig
direct
disagree
disappear
disapprove
disarm
discover
dislike
dispense
display
disprove
dissect
distribute
dive
divert
divide
do
double
doubt
draft
drag
drain
dramatize
draw
dream
dress
drink
drip
drive
drop
drown
drum

bury
bust
buy
buzz

consist
consolidate
construct
consult
contain
continue
contract
control
convert
coordinate
copy
correct
correlate
cost
cough
counsel
count
cover
crack
crash
crawl
create
creep
critique
cross
crush
cry
cure
curl
curve
cut
cycle

dry
dust
dwell

earn
eat
edited
educate
eliminate
embarrass
employ
empty
enacted
encourage
end
endure
enforce
engineer
enhance

face
facilitate
fade
fail
fancy
fasten
fax
fear
feed
feel
fence
fetch
fight
file
fill

gather
gaze
generate
get
give
glow
glue
go
govern
grab
graduate
grate
grease
greet
grin

hammer
hand
handle
handwrite
hang
happen
harass
harm
hate
haunt
head
heal
heap
hear
heat

enjoy
enlist
ensure
enter
entertain
escape
establish
estimate
evaluate
examine
exceed
excite
excuse
execute
exercise
exhibit
exist
expand
expect
expedite
experiment
explain
explode
express
extend
extract

film
finalize
finance
find
fire
fit
fix
flap
flash
flee
fling
float
flood
flow
flower
fly
fold
follow
fool
forbid
force
forecast
forego
foresee
foretell
forget
forgive
form
formulate
forsake
frame
freeze
frighten
fry

grind
grip
groan
grow
guarantee
guard
guess
guide

help
hide
hit
hold
hook
hop
hope
hover
hug
hum
hunt
hurry
hurt
hypothesize

identify
ignore
illustrate
imagine
implement
impress
improve
improvise
include
increase
induce
influence
inform
initiate

jail
jam
jog
join
joke
judge
juggle
jump
justify

keep
kept
kick
kill
kiss
kneel
knit
knock
knot
know

label
land
last
laugh
launch
lay
lead
lean
leap
learn
leave
lecture
led
lend

inject
injure
inlay
innovate
input
inspect
inspire
install
institute
instruct
insure
integrate
intend
intensify
interest
interfere
interlay
interpret
interrupt
interview
introduce
invent
inventory
investigate
invite
irritate
itch

let
level
license
lick
lie
lifted
light
lighten
like
list
listen
live
load
locate
lock
log
long
look
lose
love

maintain
make
man
manage
manipulate
manufacture
map
march
mark
market
marry
match
mate
matter
mean
measure
meddle
mediate
meet
melt
melt

nail
name
navigate
need
negotiate
nest
nod
nominate
normalize
note
notice
number

obey
object
observe
obtain
occur
offend
offer
officiate
open
operate
order
organize
oriented
originate
overcome
overdo
overdraw
overflow
overhear
overtake
overthrow

pack
paddle
paint
park
part
participate
pass
paste
pat
pause
pay
peck
pedal
peel
peep
perceive
perfect
perform
permit
persuade
phone

memorize
mend
mentor
milk
mine
mislead
miss
misspell
mistake
misunderstand
mix
moan
model
modify
monitor
moor
motivate
mourn
move
mow
muddle
mug
multiply
murder

owe
own

photograph
pick
pilot
pinch
pine
pinpoint
pioneer
place
plan
plant
play
plead
please
plug
point
poke
polish
pop
possess
post
pour
practice
praised
pray
preach
precede
predict
prefer
prepare
prescribe
present
preserve
preset
preside
press
pretend
prevent
prick
print
process
procure
produce
profess
program
progress
project
promise
promote
proofread
propose

protect
prove
provide
publicize
pull
pump
punch
puncture
punish
purchase
push
put
Q

qualify
question
queue
quit

race
radiate
rain
raise
rank
rate
reach
read
realign
realize
reason
receive
recognize
recommend
reconcile
record
recruit
reduce
refer
reflect
refuse
regret
regulate
rehabilitate
reign
reinforce
reject
rejoice
relate
relax
release
rely
remain
remember
remind
remove

sack
sail
satisfy
save
saw
say
scare
scatter
schedule
scold
scorch
scrape
scratch
scream
screw
scribble
scrub
seal
search
secure
see
seek
select
sell
send
sense
separate
serve
service
set
settle
sew
shade
shake
shape
share

tabulate
take
talk
tame
tap
target
taste
teach
tear
tease
telephone
tell
tempt
terrify
test
thank
thaw
think
thrive
throw
thrust
tick
tickle
tie
time
tip
tire
touch
tour
tow
trace
trade
train
transcribe
transfer
transform

render
reorganize
repair
repeat
replace
reply
report
represent
reproduce
request
rescue
research
resolve
respond
restored
restructure
retire
retrieve
return
review
revise
rhyme
rid
ride
ring
rinse
rise
risk
rob
rock
roll
rot
rub
ruin
rule
run
rush

shave
shear
shed
shelter
shine
shiver
shock
shoe
shoot
shop
show
shrink
shrug
shut
sigh
sign
signal
simplify
sin
sing
sink
sip
sit
sketch
ski
skip
slap
slay
sleep
slide
sling
slink
slip
slit
slow
smash
smell
smile
smite
smoke
snatch
sneak
sneeze
sniff
snore
snow
soak
solve
soothe
soothsay

translate
transport
trap
travel
tread
treat
tremble
trick
trip
trot
trouble
troubleshoot
trust
try
tug
tumble
turn
tutor
twist
type

sort
sound
sow
spare
spark
sparkle
speak
specify
speed
spell
spend
spill
spin
spit
split
spoil
spot
spray
spread
spring
sprout
squash
squeak
squeal
squeeze
stain
stamp
stand
stare
start
stay
steal
steer
step
stick
stimulate
sting
stink
stir
stitch
stop
store
strap
streamline
strengthen
stretch
stride
strike
string
strip

strive
stroke
structure
study
stuff
sublet
subtract
succeed
suck
suffer
suggest
suit
summarize
supervise
supply
support
suppose
surprise
surround
suspect
suspend
swear
sweat
sweep
swell
swim
swing
switch
symbolize
synthesize
systemize
U

X-Y-Z

undergo
understand
undertake
undress
unfasten
unify
unite
unlock
unpack
untidy
update
upgrade
uphold
upset
use
utilize

vanish
verbalize
verify
vex
visit

wail
wait
wake
walk
wander
want
warm
warn
wash
waste
watch
water
wave
wear
weave
wed

x-ray
yawn
yell
zip
zoom

weep
weigh
welcome
wend
wet
whine
whip
whirl
whisper
whistle
win
wind
wink
wipe
wish
withdraw
withhold
withstand
wobble
wonder
work
worry
wrap
wreck
wrestle
wriggle
wring
write