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Parts - of - Speech PPT ST

The document outlines the eight or nine parts of speech in the English language, which are essential for understanding word functions and meanings in sentences. It provides definitions and examples for nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and prepositions, distinguishing between common and proper nouns. Understanding these parts of speech is crucial for accurate word definition and usage.

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Parts - of - Speech PPT ST

The document outlines the eight or nine parts of speech in the English language, which are essential for understanding word functions and meanings in sentences. It provides definitions and examples for nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and prepositions, distinguishing between common and proper nouns. Understanding these parts of speech is crucial for accurate word definition and usage.

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Parts of Speech

English
a part of speech or part-of-speech
(abbreviated as POS or PoS)
 There are eight/nine parts of speech in the
English language.
 The part of speech indicates how the word
functions in meaning as well as
grammatically within the sentence.
Understanding parts of speech is essential
for determining the correct definition of a
word when using the dictionary.
 Classification of word is called parts of
speech.
Nouns
- Definition: A word or word group that is used to
name a person, place, thing, or an idea.

-Examples: Mrs. Durrani, Texila, suitcase, and


freedom.
Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns

Common Noun:
-Definition: A common noun names any one of a group or persons,
places, things, or ideas and is generally not capitalized.

-Examples: Book, school, marker, computer, phone, and backpack.

Proper Noun:
-Definition: A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or
idea, and is capitalized.

-Examples: Holt Handbook, Nesbitt Discovery Academy, Mac


computer, IPhone, and Jansport backpack.
Pronouns
- Definition: A word that is used in place of one or
more nouns or pronouns.

-Examples: I, they, your, our, she, we, them, he, us,


him, his, their, them, and its.

He is playing
with the train.

They are playing all Is she sleeping in her bed?


together.
Adjective
-Definition: A word that is used to modify a noun or
a pronoun.

Green Die. Transparent Old Man


ghost Haunted House
Verb
-Definition: A verb that is used to express action or
a state of being.
-Example: Texting, jumping, push, doing.
Mom helps
Jack do his
homework.

She is
exercising. The boys get
on the bus.
Adverb
- Definition: A word that modifies
- a verb,
- an adjective,
- adverb or
- entire sentence/ phrase.
-Examples: There, up, here, down, tomorrow, weekly,
later, and early. (Think –ly too.)
It is going to rain
h tomorrow and
weekly from now
Te girl is going to on.
ride her bike up
the street.
Preposition
-Definition: A word that shows the relationship of a
noun or a pronoun to another word.
-Examples: Aboard, below, from, since, about,
beneath, throughout, concerning, past, and
without.
They are aboard the
This guy train.
is from
history.

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