Content V Function Words

How many Parts of Speech does English have?

• 9

• 8

• 10

Content words answer which of the following WH questions?

• What

• How

• Who

• When

• Why

Function words answer which of the following WH questions?

• What

• How

• Who

• When

• Why

Which of the following two categories is more important

• Content

• Function

The Parts of Speech that are Content words, are

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Pronouns

• Verbs

• Conjunctions

Which of the following are Function words?

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Prepositions

• Verbs

• Interjections

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Content words provide you with

• Meaning

• Nuances

• Ideas

• More information

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Function words provide you with

• Meaning

• Nuances

• Ideas

• More data

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

All words in English

• belong to a grammatical category.

• belong to a content category.

• belong to a function category.

Each grammatical category

• has a specific meaning

• has a specific purpose

• has a specific group

• has a specific meening