It is too easy to misunderstand the nature of a word in a sentence. This confusion arises due to the versatility of certain words; they have the ability of being polymorphic. In simple terms, a word under the same form can act differently. Let’s see some concrete examples:

1) Using words which are most commonly tagged as verbs, into nouns

=> Words like drink, look, smoke, wash, swim, drive, try, ..etc - generally used as verbs
 We can use them as nouns just by preceding them with ‘have a‘ as you can see below:
- have a drink
- have a smoke
- {.. try the rest for yourself ..}

2) Using words which are most commonly tagged as nouns, into verbs

=> Words like shoulder, head, finger, eye, elbow, hand, ..etc - generally used as nouns
We can use them as verbs as shown below:
- shoulder our responsibilities
- head towards the dressing room
- finger an object
- eye a girl
- elbow someone else aside
- hand him a glassful of water

What Can We Conclude?

It is wise to classify words, into parts of speech, according to the work they do instead according to their general form. That is, words should be grouped based on their function in a sentence.

Another Interesting Example

=> With the word ‘fast‘
a) I need a very fast connection
b) Michael Phelps swims very fast
c) These people are going to fast for one month; during that time they won’t eat anything
d) At the end of their one month fast, they will have normal meals.

Short Exercises For You - The Reader!

1) In the above example, give the form or class of the word ‘fast‘ in each sentence
2) Make sentences with the words ‘spring‘ and ‘watch‘ to show the possible forms they might take
=> Use the comment form below to show your answers..

Previously:
=> The Eight Classes Grouping All Words In The English Language

To better gain good writing skills and to present your thoughts conveniently, it would be to your advantage to grasp the basic constructs of the language itself. As of this post, Wakish Wonderz will put forward a set of essential basics to help you write better and effectively.

The Eight Classes

1) Nouns
- Words taking the form of a person, a place, a thing..etc.

Example:
- blog, computer, woman, Brooke, football, fruits, Canada, Mauritius

2) Pronouns
- Words that can designate things or people without having to name them specifically

Example:
- you, them, I, who, themselves, somebody, someone

3) Adjectives
- Words that qualify a noun to give a more precise meaning

Example:
- a glamorous woman
- a clamourous weather
- an empty bag

4) Verbs
- Words helping us to express or indicate an action, a state or occurrence of an object

Example:
- I feel hungry
- Jeremy was fat
- Sumer brings warmth

5) Adverbs
- Words used alongside verbs, except nouns and pronouns, to enhance the meaning of a sentence
- Help to answer the following questions: When, Where, How and Why

Example:
- He will soon arrive
- Darren is going there
- Chow eats rather quickly
- FIFA therefore suspends this player

6) Preposition
- Words used to express the relationship between objects
- Used with nouns and pronouns

Example:
- I wrote a letter to Skellie
- The letter went by air mail
- Rooney lives near Lorie

7) Conjunctions
- Words used to connect or join phrases, sentences or words

Example:
- I make a great effort to write artivcles on this blog because I love sharing knowledge
- Problogger and Darren Rowse are interlinked

8.) Interjections
- Words used to express feelings and emotions
- Do not fall into the syntactical construction of a sentence nor forming an actual part of it
- Generally followed by an exclamation mark

Example:
- Eeureka! bravo!
- ah! bah!
- alas!