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English Grammar
PARTS OF
SPEECH
Presented by: Pir Suhail Ahmed
Adapted by: Mrs. Yancey
EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns
Interjections
Pronouns
Conjunctions
A word that names
A Person
 A Thing
A
Place
 An Idea
KINDS OF NOUNS
Common Nouns (a general person,
Proper Nouns(a specific
place, thing, or idea)
person, place, thing, or idea)
boy
Girl
Singular Nouns (one person, place,
Ali
Italy
Plural Nouns (more than
thing, or idea)
one person, place thing or idea)
boy
Girl
Singular Possessive (one person
boys
Girls
Plural Possessive (more
place, thing, or idea that shows possession)
than one person, place, thing or
idea that shows possession)
boy’s
girl’s
boys’
girls’
KINDS OF NOUNS
Concrete Nouns (a person, place,
Abstract Nouns (a
thing, or idea that occupies space or can person, place, thing, or idea that
be recognized by one of the five senses)
names an idea, quality, or
characteristic)
guitar
house
smoke
Collective Nouns (a person,
place, thing, or idea that names a group)
family
audience
Team
happiness
humor
bravery
Pronouns
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. The word it
stands for is the antecedent.
Personal Pronouns
(refers to a specific person or thing)
I, me, we, us, you, he,
him, she, her, it, they
them
Indefinite Pronouns
(refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way
than a noun does)
anybody, one, each, all, another, any, both, few, several,
either, none, someone, many, most, much, no one
Pronouns Continued…
Interrogative Pronouns
(used to form questions)
who
whom
what
which
whose
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
(reflexive pronouns reflect back
to a noun or pronoun while an
intensive pronoun adds emphasis)
myself, ourselves, yourself,
yourselves, himself, herself,
itself, themselves
Verb
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement.
Every sentence must have a verb.
Subject
Verb
Predicate
KINDS OF VERBS
Action verbs
express mental or
physical action.
He rode the horse to
victory.
Transitive verbs are action verbs
that are followed by words that
answer the question what? or
whom?
Cats see their prey in the dark.
Intransitive verbs are action
verbs that is not followed by
words that answer the questions
what? or whom?
Cats see well.
KINDS OF VERBS
Linking verbs make a statement by
connecting the subject with a
word that describes or explains it.
Common Linking Verbs:
am, is, are, was,
were, seem, be
Other Linking Verbs:
look, remain, seem,
become, stay, grow,
appear, sound, taste, smell,
feel
He has been sick.
KINDS OF VERBS
Verb Phrases are verbs that
consist of more than one word.
Helping verbs are words that
assist the main verb.
Common Helping Verbs:
am, is, are, was, were,
Seem, be, has, have, had, can,
could, do, does, did, may, might,
must, do, does, did, shall, should,
will, would
Adjective
Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Answers these questions:
Did you lose your
Is that a
Just give me
book?
sweater?
minutes.
Adjectives Continued
• Articles - The words “a,”
“an,” and “the” are
called articles. Articles
are adjectives!
• She found a ring.
• They spotted an iceberg.
• He was the honorable
choice.
• Proper adjectives –
These are words that
are formed from proper
nouns and begin with a
capital letter.
• Ex. Rembrandt was a
Dutch painter.
• The Berlin Wall came
down in 1989.
Adverb
Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers these questions:
He ran
.
She left
We went
It was
.
.
hot!
• the word “not” and the contraction
“n’t” are adverbs!
- ex. The plane has not
landed.
Preposition
Introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or
clause functioning in the sentence as a noun.
The word or word group that the preposition
introduces is its object.
COMMON PREPOSITIONS
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
Conjunction
A word that joins words or groups of words.
either/or
so
Coordinating
Conjunctions
Correlative
Conjuncitons
Subordinating
Conjunctions
• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Both…and, just as…so, not only…but also, either…or,
neither…nor, whether…or
• After, although, as, as far as, as if, as long as, as soon as,
as though, because, before, considering that, if,
inasmuch as, in order that, provided that, since, so long
as, so that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever,
where, whereas, wherever, while
Interjection
An exclamatory word that expresses emotion.