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Parts of Speech Grammar for TS4 www.lrjj.cn Question • Can you name any parts of speech? How do we call the words we are using in English? Parts of Speech: • Nouns • Pronouns • Verbs • Adverbs • • • • Adjectives Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections www.lrjj.cn Parts of Speech www.lrjj.cn Nouns Can you give an example of a noun? Which questions does a noun answer? www.lrjj.cn Nouns The names of persons, places, things, feelings, or ideas. Nouns usually answer the questions who or what. Nouns are divided into proper nouns and common nouns. Do you know what is the difference between them? www.lrjj.cn Proper Nouns A proper noun, which names a specific person, place, or thing (Carlos, Middle East, Malaysia, God, Spanish, Buddhism, Monday etc.), is almost always capitalized. Other examples of proper nouns? www.lrjj.cn Common Nouns Common nouns name everything else (table, weather, juice, horse, etc.), things that usually are not capitalized. Can you give any other examples of common nouns? www.lrjj.cn Pronouns Pronouns are words which take the place of nouns to keep from repeating the nouns over and over in a sentence or paragraph. Can you give any examples of pronouns? The most common pronouns are: I, he, we, she, they, me, him, us, her, them, it, this, that, who, which, what. www.lrjj.cn Possessive Pronouns One form of pronoun shows possession or ownership. These possessive pronouns work like adjectives, describing nouns. Examples? Possessive pronouns include the words my, mine, his, her, hers, our, ours, their, theirs, your, yours, its, and whose. www.lrjj.cn Verbs Verbs are words which show action or doing. All sentences must have at least one verb. Verbs change form to show a difference in time. If you change a sentence from present to past, or past to present, the words which change are verbs. Can you give any examples of a verb? www.lrjj.cn Verbs Complete verbs may include two or more verbs working together and consisting of a main verb and "helping verbs“ or auxiliaries. The only words that can be helping verbs are: • can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must -- (always helping verbs) • have, has, had, do, does, did, be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being -- (helping or main) www.lrjj.cn Adjectives Adjectives are words which describe nouns. What questions can adjectives answer? www.lrjj.cn Adverbs Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. What questions can adverbs answer? www.lrjj.cn Prepositions Prepositions are common words which begin prepositional phrases (groups of words which work together). Prepositional phrases always start with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun, and the entire phrase describes other words. Most prepositions indicate time, place, or position. Examples? On, in, at, between, from, under,… www.lrjj.cn Conjunctions Conjunctions are words which connect words, phrases, or sentences. Examples? For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, … www.lrjj.cn Words which express emotion or are "fillers" in sentences, but which serve little other function are called interjections. Examples? Ah, oh, ouch, wow, ... www.lrjj.cn