A Parts of Speech - Week 1

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In the English language . . .

There are eight parts of speech . . .

Nouns

Verbs

Pronouns

Adjectives

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Prepositions Interjections

I t is important to

understand that every word

in a sentence has a job to

do, a role in the sentence.



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Noun:person, place,thing or

quality Person: Mr. Ameer likes to eat curry.

Place: Dungun is an old town.

Thing: To serve you need a couple of plates.

Quality: Kindness is a great attitude to possess.



Proper and Common Nouns

A proper noun names a specif ic person,

place, or thing. Always capitalize the

f irst letter of a proper noun.

For example:

I went to Kuala Selangor .

Mr. Badrul was kind.

My new kitten, Chibi , is playful.

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Proper and Common Nouns

A common noun names a general

person, place or thing.

For example:

I went to the mall .

The man was deaf.

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Countable and Uncountable

NounsCountable nouns are nouns that can be

counted such as car, boy, table, fan.

Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot

be counted such as air, water, sand, flour .

Other nouns that are uncountable are

luggage, furniture, equipment, money, garbage, information, knowledge.

Some nouns can be both based on the

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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

Nouns that can be seen or recognized

through any of the five senses are called

concrete nouns.

Nouns that cannot be seen or recognized

through any of the five senses are called

abstract nouns such as kindness, anger,neighborhood, childhood .

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Verb: shows action or state of

being Action: He jumped up and down.

State of being: He was happy that

particular morning.

was is a “be” verb



Action verbs can be transitive

and intransitive A transitive verb is one which must have

an object to complete its meaning, and to

receive the action expressed.

For example:

I bake a cake.

My cat found a dead bird.

Mr. Bell invented the telephone.

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or intransitive or both An intransitive verb is one which is

complete in itself, or which is completed

by other words without requiring anobject

For example:

She cried.

My husband snores every night.

Mrs. Bond sleeps soundly.

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or intransitive or bothSometimes, a verb can be both transitive

and intransitive

For example:

She ate a banana. (T)

She ate greedily.(I)

The boy flew the kite.(T)

The bird flew high.(I)

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Regular and Irregular Verbs

• Verbs that carry d, ed, ied when theyare formed in the past and perfecttenses.

• For example: smiled , walked,carried.

Regular

Verbs

• Verbs that change and do not

change in their spelling whenthey are formed in the past and

perfect tenses.

• For example: brought, felt, set,cut

Irregular Verbs

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Pronoun: takes the place of a

nounSahari was studying for the mid-term exam

when he realized that it was four o’clock in themorning.

(There are actually many types of pronouns: subject, object, adjective, possessive, reflexive,relative )

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Types of Pronouns

Subject Object Adjective Possessive Reflexive

I me my mine myself

You you your yours yourself/

yourselvesWe us our ours ourselves

They them their theirs themselves

He him his his himself

She her her hers herself

It it its - itself

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Adjective: describes a noun

The beautiful woman only wanted a piece

of knitted handkerchief.

The rainy season made us even sadder.



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Article: There are only three articles--the, a , an (Actually, articles are adjectives and not a

different part of speech)

The car was not only red but shiny.

A full moon always appears in June.

An umbrella was left near the gate.



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Adverb: describes a verb

The little boy walked happily through the

field.

The orphan hungrily ate the hot soup.



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Adverb: describes an adjective

Aminah was too scared to enter the dark

room.

The cat is very sick.



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Adverb: describes other

adverbs

The kitten jumped incredibly high.

The boy performed extremely well in his

final exam.



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Conjunctions: words that join

words, phrases or sentences Manisa and Marisa loved to cook.

You will sit for the test, or you will fail.

I am happy because I just passed my exam.

It has been cloudy since yesterday.



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Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the

relationship between the noun that it takes as an object

and some other word in the sentence.

The cat was on the table.

The dog was under the table.

These are some common prepositions:

for on to up

at under above toward

with between in behind

from upon into off



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Interjections: expressive words

Wow , you look stunning in that red dress.

Oh , you really need to go and see a

doctor.

Huh , what did you say?

Ah, now I know how to solve the problem.



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Identify each word in the

following sentenceThe beautiful girl was walking slowly on

the cool lawn, and she was reading an

interesting book about princes and princesses which she enjoyed.



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The beautiful girl was walking slowly

article adjective noun verb verb adverb

on the cool lawn, and she was reading an preposition article adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb verb article

Interesting book about princes and princesses adjective noun preposition noun conjunction noun

which she enjoyed. pronoun pronoun verb



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Assignment: Identify parts of speech1. The rich girl knew that she would be the only pretty

woman at the party.

2. Mother did not know if she was going to make the

cake, and she was very tired to buy the ingredients.

3. The worried doctor told the patients that they

desperately needed to go on a diet.

4. I ran many miles every day, and I couldn’t even

lose a kilogram.

5. This quiz was a piece of cake.

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