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Parts of Speech

The document provides an overview of the parts of speech in English, detailing nine categories including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and articles. Each part of speech is defined with examples and types, emphasizing their roles in communication and writing. Additionally, it includes rules for using articles and exceptions to those rules.

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Parts of Speech

The document provides an overview of the parts of speech in English, detailing nine categories including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and articles. Each part of speech is defined with examples and types, emphasizing their roles in communication and writing. Additionally, it includes rules for using articles and exceptions to those rules.

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Parts of

Speech
Parts of speech are the basic categories of words in language.

Understanding parts of speech is essential for effective

communication, writing, and language analysis."


There are nine Parts of
speech in English
Bullet points
1. Nouns
2. Verbs
3.
Adjectives
4. Adverbs
5. Pronouns
6.
Prepositions Ingoude
Compan
y
7.
Nou
n
A noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing or
idea

John, Londo,
Proper Noun
Google
Common City, Company,
Pen
Noun Family, Team,
Audience
Collective Happines, Freedom,
Love
Noun
Abstract
Pronoun
s
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a
noun in a sentence

Personal pronouns: I, You, She, They, We


Possessive pronouns: Mines, Yours,His,,Hers
Reflexive pronouns:Myself, Yourself, Himself
Demonstrative pronouns: This,That, These,
Those
Verb
s
A verb is a word that expresses action,
occurrence, or state of being.
Types of
Verbs
Action
Verbs that express physical or mental
Verbs: action.
Linking Examples: Run, Read, Jum.
Verbs: Verbs that connect the subject to additional
information.
Types of
Verbs
Helping
Verbs:
Verbs that are used to help form the tense, mood, or voice of another
Example: Will, Shall, verb.
Would.
Transitive
Verbs: Verbs that take an object directly.
- Examples: write, paint, buy.
Intransitive
Verbs: Verbs that do not take an object
directly
Adjective
s is a word that modifies or describes
An adjective
a noun or pronoun.
Quantitative
adjectives: Three, Four, Five,
Many.

Qualitative adjectives:
Happy, Blue ,
Loud

Demonstrative This, That,


These
adjectives:
What,Whose,
Adverb
s is a word that modifies or describes a
An adverb
verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Types of
Adverbs

Manner Adverbs: Time Place


Quickly, Loudly, Adverbs
Yesterday, Soon, Adverbs
Here, There,
Wisely anywhere
Already
Frequency Degree
Adverbs
Often, Rarely, Slightl, very,
Adverbs
Preposition &
Conjunction
preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and
other words in a sentence.

Examples: Conjunctio
Words of location: In, On, At, A conjunction is an
word that connects
by words, phrases, or clauses in a
Words of direction: To, From, sentence
Examples:
up, Down Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or,
Words of time: at, on, during, so
Subordinating conjunctions: because,
Words of manner: by, with, in
since,
after, although
Interjectio
ns
An interjection is a word that expresses emotion
or feeling
Words that express
happiness?
Wow, Yay, Words that express
sadness?
Oh Oh no, Alaas,
Words that express Ouch
surprise? Words that express
Hurrah, Wow, anger?

Ahh Ughh, Durn,


Guess the
Interjection
Activit
y
a student comes to the front of the class and
expresses a chosen interjection through facial
expressions, body language, and tone of
voice, without speaking it aloud. The rest of
the class tries to guess which interjection is
being portrayed,
Use of
Articles
Articles are words that modify nouns and indicate whether they are specific or
general.
There are two types of articles in
English

the definite article (the) and the indefinite


articles (a/an)."
The definite article is used to refer to a specific noun, while the indefinite articles
are used to refer to a non-specific noun
USE OF ARTICLS

Use "the" before a specific noun:


"I'm reading the book you lent me."
- Use "the" before a noun that has already been mentioned: I saw a
movie last night. The movie was great

Use "a" before a non-specific noun that begins with a consonant


sound:
need a pen."

Use "an" before a non-specific noun that begins with a vowel


sound:
Exceptions to the
Rules
While the general rules for using articles are
straightforward,
Exampl
there are some exceptions to be aware of.
s
Use "the" before a country that is a union of
states:
"the United States", "the United Kingdom
Use "the" before a river, the Nile the Amazon,
Use the before a mountain range: the Himalayas
the Rocky Mountains
Do not use an article before a noun that is part of a title or a proper noun: "John
Smith ,Harvard University.
Use Articles in a
Paragraph

I'm reading ____________ (1) interesting book about ____________ (2) history
of science. The book is written by ____________ (3) renowned scientist and
is full of ____________ (4) fascinating facts and insights. I found ____________
(5) amazing story about ____________ (6) discovery of gravity particularly
captivating.
:

I'm reading An interesting book about the history of science. the book is written
by a renowned scientist and is full of fascinating facts and insights. I found an
amazing story about the discovery of gravity particularly captivating.
Thank you!
By Pirah
Samejo

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