Competitive Phrases

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adjective a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in 'the man on the platform', 'she arrived after dinner', 'what did you do it for?'

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope

• Please hold my coat while I speak at the podium.
• Hey, can you hold my coat for a sec?
• Yo, hold my coat real quick, I gotta handle something.
• I can handle this situation on my own, you don't need to hold my coat.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or state of being

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

• The new security system will knock ten bells out of the old one in terms of efficiency.
• My new gaming console can knock ten bells out of your old one.
• I heard that boxer can knock ten bells out of anyone who challenges him.
• The storm last night knocked ten bells out of the power grid, causing widespread outages.