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Position of words in sentence Class: 9 & 10 Prepared byNimai Mondal Teacher of English Dumuria Govt. Girls’ High School Dumuria, Khulna. Mobile:01713925525 Aims & objectives: After going through this handout, Ss will be able to: ♦ recognize how the four basic parts of speech are used in sentences. ♦ identify the part of speech needed in a sentence by looking at the other words around it. Read the following sentences. There are public libraries in many towns. People can easily go and read there. They can find many rare publications there. Publishers also like to keep their books in this library. Some libraries publish their own magazines every year. Note that the words people, public, publish, publisher & publication are different forms of the word ‘people’. Like the word ‘people’, many words have different forms. Most common forms are: Noun, Verb, Adjective & Adverb Let us see the position of words in sentences. Noun Name of person, place, thing, or idea Position of Noun: ♦ A noun often comes before a verb Children play. ♦ A noun can come after a verb. The girl gave cookies to her friend. ♦ A noun comes after a preposition. She keeps papers in boxes. Position of Noun: ♦ A noun often comes after a determiner. The dog barked. ♦ A noun can come after an adjective. The angry dog barked. Determiners: a, an, the, my, our, your, his, her, their, this, that, these, those, some, any, many, few, one, two,……….., first, second,……. Verb An action (run, call, argue) or a state (be, seem, become) Position of Verb: ♦ A verb often comes after a noun (Subject). The baby cried. ♦ A verb can come between two nouns (Subject & Object). The boy hit the ball. Adjective Describes a noun Position of Adjective: ♦ An adjective most often comes before a noun. The red dog barked. ♦ An adjective can come after a stative verb such as be, feel or seem. The dog is red. ♦ An adjective can come after a noun with the verbs of causation (get, have, make). She made her brother angry. Adverb Describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence Position of Adverb: ♦ An adverb can come after an intransitive verb. She walked slowly. ♦ An adverb can come between a helping verb and its main verb. He has already finished his homework. ♦ An adverb can come after the object of a transitive verb. She opened the door softly. Position of Adverb: ♦ An adverb can come before an adjective. The bag was extremely heavy. ♦ An adverb can come before another adverb. She talked very quietly. ♦ An adverb can come at the beginning of a sentence. Unfortunately, he lost his wallet. ♦ An adverb can come at the end of a sentence. He lost his umbrella, too Exercise: Recognizing parts speech needed in a sentence of Read the following sentences. Identify the part of speech that should go in each blank. Write N (noun), V (verb), Adj (adjective) or Adv (adverb) to identify the part of speech that should go in each blank. Explain what clues showed you the part of speech that was needed. Example: The cow jumped over the N . N 1. The ________ left. Adj car was going too fast. 2. The ________ V 3. Cathy _______ her wallet at home today. Adv 4. _______, she got stopped by the police on her way to work. Adv 5. Henry was __________ tired after walking all afternoon. N 6. The office ________ wrote a memo to all the employees. V 7. The students ______ their homework on time. N 8. He gave good ________ to his wife. Adv 9. The funny man spoke very _______. Adj 10. The bad weather made everyone ___. 11. They look almost the same. The ___________ is in their eyes. N 12. My sister sent the letter which I __________ yesterday. V 13. Paul and his sister, Helen, _________ to V the airport early. 14. She recognized the man who ______ V the street. Adj when the 15. The woman became ______ driver in front of her stopped for no reason. 16. They usually put the flowers on __________ in front of the store. N Adv 17. The radio blared __________. N 18. John’s ______ broke down on the bridge. V 19. The letter _______ on Tuesday. Adj 20. I found a _________ envelope on the sidewalk. Bye Bye