{"id":736,"date":"2020-04-23T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/?page_id=736"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:55:50","slug":"word-types-parts-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/topic\/language\/vocabulary-concepts\/word-types-parts-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Word types – parts of speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The words that children tend to say first are naming words (<\/span>common\u00a0<\/span>n<\/span>ouns and\u00a0<\/span>p<\/span>roper\u00a0<\/span>n<\/span>ouns). Then action words (<\/span>v<\/span>erbs) are the second earliest type of word. Other words which are learnt early on are a few examples of modifiers (for example \u2018more<\/em>\u2019), and personal-social phrases (for example \u2018please<\/em>\u2019, \u2018no<\/em>\u2019).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>There are\u202feight main types of words<\/span>, conventionally called parts of speech<\/span>. Each word type is learned at different stages and\u00a0<\/span>fulfill different roles<\/span>\u00a0when used in sentences. The speed and order that children learn word types is dependent on age, but also on their language-learning experiences. Children need to learn different word types so they can start building their own sentences.<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>These include:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n