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Eight Parts of Speech NOUNS VERBS ADVERBS CONJUNCTIONS PRONOUNS ADJECTIVES PREPOSITIONS INTERJECTIONS Nouns Nouns are naming words. They may name persons, animals, plants, places, things, substances, qualities, or ideas. They are often pointed out by noun indicators (a, an, the). These indicators signal that a noun is ahead, although there may be words between the indicator and the noun itself. Examples: the book the big book a pen a blue pen an apple a red apple Pronouns Used in the place of nouns, usually to avoid repetition Some common pronouns: I, you, he, she, they, it Example: Najla went to the supermarket. She bought some groceries. Verbs There are 3 types of verbs: 1. Action verbs (He walks, she plays, they run) 2. Being Verbs (I am, he is, they are) 3. Helping verbs (she can play, we should wait) Adjectives Modify or describe nouns and pronouns. Example: Maryam is smart. Example 2: He is tall. Adverbs Modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Example 1: Samar walks slowly. (describes verb) Example 2: He is very intelligent. (describes adjective) Example 3: Mohammad runs really quickly. (describes another adverb) Prepositions It is a word, or group of words that functions as a connective. It is usually in terms of place, time, and position. Examples: 1. The pen is on the table. (in terms of position). 2. The children went to school on Monday. (in terms of place, and in terms of time) 3. I study at Qatar University. (in terms of place) Conjunctions Connect and show a relationship between words, phrases, or clauses. There are 2 types of conjunctions: 1. Coordinating conjunctions: (FANBOYS)- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. 2. Subordinating conjunctions: since, because, until, when, etc.. Coordinating Conjunctions They are usually used to connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal rank: noun with noun, adjective with adjective, verb with verb, phrase with phrase, main clause with main clause, and subordinate clause with subordinate clause. Examples: 1. Bring a pencil and paper. (two nouns) 2. Did she go to the store or to the game? (two phrases) 3. Maha had a headache, so she didn’t sleep well last night. (two main clauses) Subordinating Conjunctions Connect dependent clauses with main clauses Examples: Dependent clause comes before the main clause. Although she was in pain, she stayed in the game. 2. Because he was hungry, he ate a sandwich. Dependent clause comes after the main clause. 1. She stayed in the game although she was in pain. 2. He ate a sandwich because he was hungry. 1. Interjections Interjections convey strong emotions or surprise. It is usually punctuated with an exclamation mark. Examples: Wow! Help! Awesome! Oops! Yikes! However, when it appears as part of a sentences, an interjection is usually followed by a comma. Example: Oh, I did not consider that problem. In-Class Practice Exercises Solve the exercises in the worksheets provided. Identify the part of speech of each Italicized word or group of words The turtle can be defined as a reptile with a shell. Turtle: noun b. With: preposition a. It is a toothless creature that can smell and see well. Toothless: adjective b. Can smell: verb a. Some live mostly in the water, whereas others live mostly in places as dry as the desert. Mostly: adverb b. In: preposition a. They need both sunlight and shade. They: Pronoun b. And: Conjunction a. WORD ORDER ENGLISH WORD ORDER ARABIC WORD ORDER SUBJECT/ VERB/ OBJECT VERB/ SUBJECT/ OBJECT Example: Example: The boy ate the apple. أكل الولد التفاحة WORD ORDER SUBJECT VERB OBJECT I play football. Ali reads books. We can speak English. Miss Lina is singing a nice song. WORD ORDER Time Subject Verb Object I have breakfast in the kitchen. They play handball My friend is swimming Every Saturday Place Peter watches in the gym Time every Monday. in the pool. TV at home. •Expressions of time can be put at the beginning or the end of a statement. • At the end of the sentence: Place before Time •NEVER put Place or Time between Verb and Object WORD ORDER Adverb of time Yesterday Adverb Subject of infinite time Verb Adverb Adverb Object of of place Manner Adverb of time Nick bought a piano in London Nick bought a piano in yesterday London He bought a piano He practiced hard at school In the morning he always has lessons at school After dinner he usually meets a friend at the movies yesterday In-Class Practice Exercises Solve the exercises in the worksheets provided. Word Order Practice Which of the sentences below shows correct English word order? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. She speaks well English. b. She speaks English well. a. He in the living room sat. b. He sat in the living room. a. That is my pen. Give to me it. b. That is my pen. Give it to me. a. You played yesterday very well. b. You played very well yesterday. a. I sometimes play tennis on Sunday. b. I play sometimes tennis on Sunday. Arrange these words to make a complete sentence sell / flowers / we . → We sell flowers. you / see / me / can ? → Can you see me? buy / milk / he / wants to . →He wants to buy milk. feed / you / my / cat / can ? → Can you feed my cat? Shaikha/ Villagio / going to/ is/ today . → Shaikha is going to Villagio today. Basketball/ every Monday/ play/ we/ at school . → Every Monday we play Basketball at school. CAPITALIZATION RULES Capitalize the first letter of the word at the beginning of each sentence. (Example: Nada went to the supermarket. She bought some food.) 2. Capitalize the personal pronoun “I” (Example: Sara and I are going to the movies today.) 3. Capitalize the first letter of the names of people, streets, countries, cities, and brands (Example: Omar, Al Waab, Qatar, Doha, Adidas/Gucci) 4. Capitalize the first letter of the names of days of the week, months, and holidays (Example: Wednesday, December, Ramadan) 5. Capitalize titles of address like Mr. for mister, Dr. for doctor etc.. (more examples: Mrs./ Ms.) 1. More Rules on Capitalization 1. 2. 3. 4. Capitalize the first letter of the names of languages, nationalities, and religions. (Example: Arabic/English, Qatari/American, Islam/Christianity) Capitalize the first word in a direct quotation.(Example: Ahmad said, “The students need more help with their writing assignments.” OR “The students,” Ahmad said, “need more help with their writing assignments.”) Capitalize family relationships when used instead of proper names. (Example: I went to visit my Uncle Ahmad and Aunt Fatma). In titles (of books or papers), capitalize the first, last, and important words. Do not capitalize articles, prepositions, or conjunctions unless the title begins with them. (Example: War and Peace, The Prophet, Catcher in the Rye) In-Class Practice Exercises Solve the exercises in the worksheets provided. Capitalization Exercises Correct the following sentences by capitalizing the words where needed. 1. last year, some students at qatar university got to attend the linguistics in the gulf conference, organized by the english department. 2. on sunday, tamara came late to class, so her professor, dr. waleed tabbara, wouldn’t let her in. 3. americans all over the world celebrate the 4th of july. 4. did you know lulwa was born on september 12, 1992 in doha, qatar? 5. my favorite play is julius caesar by william shakespeare. i also like oscar wilde’s the importance of being earnest. Sources Sentences, Paragraphs, and Beyond: with Integrated Readings. 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