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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
boy
girl
Singular Nouns
boy
Girl
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Proper Nouns
Ali
Italy
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’
KINDS OF NOUNS
Concrete Nouns
guitar
house
smoke
Collective Nouns
family
Audience
team
Abstract Nouns
happiness
humor
bravery
Pronoun
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.
Interrogative
Pronouns
who
whom
what
which
whose
Indefinite
Pronouns
anybody, one, each,
either, none,
someone
Personal / Possessive
Pronouns
I, me, mine
you, your, yours
she, her, hers,
it, its
we, us, our, ours
they, them, their, theirs
myself, yourself
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.
Adverb
Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers these questions:
He ran
.
She left
We went
It was
.
.
hot!
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
Interjection
An exclamatory word that expresses emotion.
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