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Luleadey Tadesse
English Writing Specialist
The Writing Lab
Student Learning Support Center
WHAT ARE PARTS OF SPEECH?They are components of the English Language
CONJUNCTIONS
VERBS
PRONOUNSNOUNS
ADVERBS
ADJECTIVES
INTERJECTIONS
PREPOSITIONS
NOUNS
Nouns are used to name persons, animals, plants, places, things, substances, or ideas.
They are often indicated by definite and
indefinite articles, ‘the’ ‘a’ and ‘an’.
the goat, the policeman, the bride, the
certificate
a building, a train, a mountain
an airplane, an actor, an adapter
IDENTIFYING NOUNS IN A SENTENCE
A noun can be: A subject of a sentence.
Philip likes to ride a motorbike.
The chair is too high for me.
Direct object of a sentence.Salma loves fruit.
The doctor gave some medicine to me .
Indirect object of a sentenceThe coach gave a warning to Hassan.
PRONOUNS Anything unusual about these
sentences? Mrs. Hanson is texting because Mrs. Hanson
loves texting.
Maria and Giovanni are hugging because Maria and Giovanni just met after the summer break.
…CONT’D
Pronouns are substitutes for nouns:
He, she, it, they, we, you, I, me, her, him, them, etc.
They are used to avoid repetitions
…CONT’D Subject pronouns: they indicate the ‘who’
or ‘what’ subject in a sentence. [before the verb]
Object pronouns: they are action recipients. [after the verb]Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Examples
He Him He is funny! I like him.
She Her She was just here; I’ve seen her.
It It It was a nice movie. I loved it.
They Them They are nice people but I never talked to them.
I Me “I am happy that you love me”.
You You You didn’t hear but she was calling you.
We us We bought a new house; it is now enough for all of us.
EXERCISE I.
Put the pronouns in their right place in the sentences she my our they him it her us
1. Ahmed is kind. Everybody likes ________.
2. Some people like to be famous and _______ work hard
for that.
3. That is _______ house over there; that’s where I live
by myself; do you see ______?
4. I hope ______ doesn’t mind that I took _______ seat.
5. We don’t have classes next week. ________ teacher
told _______ that he’ll be travelling.
ANSWER KEY
1. him
2. they
3. my, it
4. she, her
5. our, us
ADJECTIVES They modify/describe a noun or a pronoun.
They tell us what somebody or something is
like.
Beautiful, dutiful, determined, focused,
big, white, expensive, exciting, etc.
They usually come before or close to a noun
or a pronoun. They bought an expensive house. [noun]
We went to a party; it was exciting! [pronoun]
VERBSDescribe the photo: What do you see? What’s happening?
…CONT’D Verbs are words that describe actions,
feelings or states of being.
I take a bus to school every morning.
[action]
Mustafa loves his wife dearly. [feeling]
Leila is upset after the accident. [state of
being]
Put these verbs under the right category
Wish play love eat want know
wash dig sing enjoy think readAction Feeling/State
Eat know
…CONT’D
Action Feeling/State
Eat Know
Dig Love
Wash Wish
Read Enjoy
play Think
Sing Want
ADVERBS They describe verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs. They are usually written closer to the words
they describe [before or after].
Fatima immediately called the police.
The little girl ran quickly to her mother.
Hassan is extremely intelligent.
I saw her very briefly.
Many adverbs end in “ly”; however, there are some irregular adverbs such as ‘hard’ and ‘fast’ which do not have ‘ly’.
EXERCISE II. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct word
new gives she car seriously
Asma is a student at Qatar University.
_____(1.) is majoring in Linguistics. Each
morning, her friend ______(2.) her a ride to the
university. Asma doesn’t have a _____ (3.) but
she is planning to buy a _______ (4.) one this
month. She is thinking about it _______ (5.).
ANSWER KEY
1. She
2. gives
3. car
4. new
5. seriously
EXERCISE III. Underline the adjectives and circle the adverbs (total of 8)
We live in a big city called New York. I didn’t
like it when we moved there 3 years ago; but I
quickly realized that it was not bad at all. I got a
scholarship immediately after I’ve applied at NY
City University. I am now in my final year. Even
though I am extremely busy with assignments
and projects, I always make sure to spend a
relaxing time with friends whenever I can.
ANSWER KEYUnderline the adjectives and circle the adverbs (total of 8)
We live in a big city called New York. I didn’t
like it when we moved there 3 years ago; but I
realized that it was not bad at all. I got a
scholarship after I’ve applied at
NY City University. I am now in my final year.
Even though I am busy with
assignments and projects, I always make sure to
spend a relaxing time with friends whenever I
can.
quickly
immediately
extremely
EXERCISE IV.Write what part of speech the underlined word is
1. I like dogs very much. _______
2. Elena is very pretty. ______ , ______, ______
3. My city is big! ______, ______
4. We fly to Dubai this summer. ______, ______
5. That building is big and it is designed
beautifully. ______, _____, ________
ANSWER KEY
1. verb
2. noun, adverb, adjective
3. pronoun, adjective
4. pronoun, verb
5. noun, pronoun, adverb
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your attention!
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