Word- Steem Skillshare - S1W1 - Homework Posting for @massachussetts by @yolvijrm

Explain the definition of Word on your own understanding.

List the kinds of words and give 5 examples each.

• Substantive; which are also called as names, and are those words that are used to name people, animals, plants, things, feelings or qualities; for example: Diego, teacher, bird, book, Paris, etc.

• Pronouns; they are those words that they use to replace the name to avoid its repetition; for example: I, you, he, she, you, we, them, etc.

• Verbs; they are the words that denote action, existence, condition or state of the subject; for example: talking, writing, eating, walking, reading, running, etc.

• Adjectives; they are the words that accompany the name or noun and express its qualities; for example: big, sweet, sad, new, fast, etc.

• Adverbs; are those words that modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb; for example: here, last night, a lot, yesterday, before, etc.

• Prepositions; they are the words that have the function of relating words or groups of words. The prepositions are: A, before, under, fits, with, against, from, from, in, between, towards, to, for, by, according to, without, so, on, after, through and during.

• Conjunctions; they are words that join other words or propositions (simple sentences) that perform the same grammatical function; for example: more, but, but, because, although, since, etc.

• Interjections; are those words that are not part of the sentence, since by themselves, they constitute sentences. These express attitudes, sensations and feelings of the speaker, in the same way, the appeal to the listener; for example: oh !, hey !, bravo !, come on !, my God !, etc.

Explain the two kinds of words.

List about 5 examples of invented words in the field of computer technology

• Spam, which is used to refer to “sending and posting mass advertising”, or also “stupid, purposeless and irritating messages”.

• Tweet, which is used to describe the act of posting a 140-character message on the social network Twitter.

• Hashtag, which is a label made up of one or more words preceded by the pound symbol (#). These convey an idea, name or concept that is normally associated with a message or text.

• Webinar, is the term used to refer to the conferences that are held online.

• Metadata, corresponding to highly structured data that describes information, content, quality, condition and more characteristics of the data.

• Engagement, an indicator that measures the interaction of social network users with the brand or company.

• Byte, used to designate the unit of information used by computers.

Research closed classes and give 5 examples as well. Try to explore more.

Steem Skillshare English Class | S1Week1 - Word