Parts of Speech

Aim: this exercise is to help you to learn some different parts of speech (e.g. nouns, verbs and adjectives) for some academic words.

Noun	Verb (infinitive)	Adjective
a contribution (countable noun) e.g. I would like to thank Mr. Chan for his generous contribution.	to contribute e.g. I would like you all to contribute your opinions.	contributing e.g. I would like to thank all contributing members for their support.
an introduction (countable noun) e.g. The main argument of the essay is laid out in the introduction.	to introduce e.g. The topic sentence is the place to introduce the topic of a paragraph.	introductory e.g. In his introductory remarks he joked about his age.
an objection (countable noun) e.g. If you have no objection we will move on to the next point.	to object e.g. I want to object to the lack of discussion of this issue.	objective / objecting e.g. The objecting member is preventing us from reaching an objective conclusion.
determination (uncountable noun) e.g. Determination is good when you are right, otherwise it is just stubbornness.	to determine e.g. We should analyse the report in order to determine the cause of the problem.	determining e.g. The determining factor is the rate of growth of the industry.
cooperation (uncountable noun) e.g. I am looking forward to your cooperation in this venture.	to cooperate e.g. I would like to cooperate with you on this matter.	cooperative e.g. He is not a very cooperative person.