Psychology worksheet - Free Printable

To solve this task, we need to find structural words in the text. Structural words (also called function words) are words that help hold sentences together but don’t carry heavy meaning on their own — like articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, and auxiliary verbs.

Content words (like nouns, main verbs, adjectives, adverbs) carry the main meaning — for example: *psychology, science, research, behaviorist*.

We’ll go through the first paragraph and pick out clear structural words, then assign them to common categories:

Common structural word categories:
- Articles: a, an, the
- Prepositions: in, on, at, by, for, with, under, etc.
- Conjunctions: and, or, but, because, although, etc.
- Pronouns: it, they, we, he, she, its, their, etc.
- Auxiliary/helping verbs: is, are, was, were, can, could, will, would, has, have, had, do, does, did
- Determiners/quantifiers: some, many, few, several, each, every, etc. (sometimes grouped with articles)

Let’s scan the text carefully:

First sentence:
“As psychology is such a wide discipline, it can be classified in a variety of ways.”

Structural words here:
- As → conjunction
- is → auxiliary verb
- such → determiner (or intensifier — often considered structural)
- a → article
- it → pronoun
- can → auxiliary verb
- be → auxiliary verb
- in → preposition
- of → preposition

Second sentence:
“For example, it can be viewed either as a pure Science or as an applied Science.”

Structural words:
- For → preposition
- it → pronoun
- can → auxiliary verb
- be → auxiliary verb
- either...or → correlative conjunctions
- as → conjunction/preposition
- a → article
- an → article

Third sentence:
“It can also be classified according to approach: process or person.”

Structural words:
- It → pronoun
- can → auxiliary verb
- also → adverb? Wait — “also” is sometimes considered content, but in grammar classification, it’s often treated as a structural modifier. However, let’s stick to clearer structural words.
- be → auxiliary verb
- according to → prepositional phrase (“to” is preposition)
- or → conjunction

Fourth sentence:
“Alternatively, psychology can be classed under several major theoretical principles: behaviorist, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanistic and social constructivist.”

Structural words:
- can → auxiliary verb
- be → auxiliary verb
- under → preposition
- several → determiner
- and → conjunction

Fifth sentence:
“In addition to these categories, psychology can be divided into specialist fields; for example: biopsychology, social, developmental, forensic and clinical psychology.”

Structural words:
- In addition to → prepositional phrase (“in”, “to”)
- these → demonstrative pronoun/determiner
- can → auxiliary verb
- be → auxiliary verb
- into → preposition
- for → preposition
- and → conjunction

Sixth sentence (second paragraph):
“When its main function is to research basic principles, psychology is regarded as a pure Science.”

Structural words:
- When → conjunction
- its → possessive pronoun
- is → auxiliary verb
- to → particle (infinitive marker — often counted as structural)
- is → auxiliary verb
- as → preposition/conjunction
- a → article

Seventh sentence:
“The academic psychologist researches into theory, expends knowledge and lays the foundations for further research.”

Wait — “expends” might be a typo? Probably meant “expands”. But regardless, structural words:
- The → article
- into → preposition
- and → conjunction
- the → article
- for → preposition

Eighth sentence:
“Theoretical research is usually carried out under controlled conditions and is particularly relevant to the fields of biopsychology and neuropsychology.”

Structural words:
- is → auxiliary verb
- under → preposition
- and → conjunction
- is → auxiliary verb
- to → preposition
- the → article
- of → preposition
- and → conjunction

Ninth sentence:
“However, pure science can have wider, practical applications.”

Structural words:
- However → conjunctive adverb (often treated as structural connector)
- can → auxiliary verb

Now, let’s select 10–15 clear, unambiguous structural words from across the text and assign them to standard categories. We’ll avoid borderline cases.

Selected structural words with categories:

1. as → conjunction (used to compare or introduce role/function)
2. is → auxiliary verb
3. a → article
4. it → pronoun
5. can → auxiliary verb
6. in → preposition
7. of → preposition
8. for → preposition
9. or → conjunction
10. under → preposition
11. and → conjunction
12. the → article
13. its → pronoun (possessive)
14. when → conjunction
15. however → conjunction (conjunctive adverb functioning as connector)

Note: Some teachers may group “however” under adverbs, but in structural word classification, it’s often included as a discourse marker/conjunction. If your teacher prefers strict parts of speech, you might replace “however” with another preposition like “into”.

But since the table has 15 rows, we’ll fill all 15.

Final list (cleaned up):

| Palabra estructural | Categoría |
|---------------------|-------------------|
| as | conjunction |
| is | auxiliary verb |
| a | article |
| it | pronoun |
| can | auxiliary verb |
| in | preposition |
| of | preposition |
| for | preposition |
| or | conjunction |
| under | preposition |
| and | conjunction |
| the | article |
| its | pronoun |
| when | conjunction |
| however | conjunction |

✔ All these appear in the text and are clearly structural.

Final Answer:
Palabra estructural Categoría
as conjunction
is auxiliary verb
a article
it pronoun
can auxiliary verb
in preposition
of preposition
for preposition
or conjunction
under preposition
and conjunction
the article
its pronoun
when conjunction
however conjunction