use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:

1. verbs (irregular verbs);
2. nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);
3. adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);
4. adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot);
5. prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;
6. reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves);
7. correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor); and
8. use time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;