Confidence Phrases

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

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

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

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 that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite

• He may talk a good game, but his actions speak louder than words.
• She talks a good game, but can she actually deliver?
• Don't listen to him, he just talks a good game to impress people.
• The politician talks a good game, but is he really making any progress?