This ppt contains Noun, Pronoun, Adjectives and their types.

1. Parts of Speech
Virtual English Lesson No.1

2. Parts of Speech in this
Lesson
• Noun
• Types of Noun
• Pronoun
• Types of Pronoun
• Adjective
• Types of Adjective

3. Noun and its Types
• So, What is a Noun?
•Common Noun
•Concrete Noun
•Abstract Noun
•Collective Noun
•Proper Noun

4. Common Noun
• A common noun is the generic name for a person, place, or thing in a
class or group. A common noun is not capitalized unless it either
begins a sentence or appears in a title. Common noun is further
divided into concrete and abstract nouns.
Find common nouns from the following;
Lahore City Pakistan Girl Ali
Boy Zainab Ahmed New York Man
Class Car Toyota Street House

5. Concrete Noun
• A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the
five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
• Examples:
• Would someone please answer the phone?
• What is that noise?
• Find concrete nouns from the following?
Teacher Clever Police Officer
Courage Loyalty Cat
Phone Confidence Snow

6. Abstract Noun
• An abstract noun is a noun/things that cannot be perceived using one
of the five senses.
• Can you find abstract Nouns from these;
• We can’t imagine the courage it took to do that.
• Early paleontologists assumed that the small brains
indicated stupidity of the species.
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7. Collective Nouns
• You might not know it, but you encounter collective nouns in
everyday speech. Collective nouns are words for single things that are
made up of more than one person, animal, place, thing, or idea.
• Here are some examples;
• Pakistan army is one of the best armies in the world.
• Our team has won the final.
• A herd of sheep is crossing the road.
• A group of students are working for the epidemic.
• All I need is a bunch of grapes.

8. Proper Noun
• Proper nouns have two distinct features: They name specific one-of-
a-kind items, and they begin with capital letters, no matter where
they occur within a sentence.
• Can you identify proper nouns from the sentences below?
• I want to be a writer.
• Agatha Christie wrote many books.
• Would you like a cookie?
• I’m craving Oreos.
• Let’s go to the city.
• Let’s go to Murree.

9. Pronoun
• Let’s watch a video to make things a little interesting;

10. So, what is a Pronoun?
• A pronoun is defined as a word that is used as a substitution for a
noun, which is known as the pronoun’s antecedent. Pronouns are
short words and can do everything that nouns can do and are one of
the building blocks of a sentence.
• Identify pronouns from these, are there any mistakes?
• Ali came to his room and she went straight to bed.
• The teacher was sitting in his office and he was preparing his lesson.
• All students were in the ground because they had to play cricket.
• My friends were at my home because he wanted to play together.

11. Types of Pronoun
• Indefinite Pronoun
• Pronouns referring to one or more unspecified objects, beings, or places, such
as someone, anybody, nothing.
• For example;
• Would anyone like a coffee?
• Take whatever you like. Jamie took one cookie and Ben took the other.
• Whoever owns this is in big trouble! I want someone to move this now.

12. • Personal Pronoun
• Pronouns associated with a certain person, thing, or group. These are often
used with proper nouns.
• For example;
• Jack and David are friends. They play basketball together.
• We will be late if you don’t hurry up.
• We can master Parts of Speech if we study them properly.

13. • Possessive Pronoun
• Pronouns which show possession or ownership, which includes, mine, its, his,
hers, yours, ours, theirs, whose.
• For example;
• Are these bananas yours?
• This money is ours.
• This bag is mine.
• This is his pen.

14. • Interrogative Pronouns
• Pronouns which introduce a question.
• For example;
• Who will come to the party?
• Who is absent today?
• What do you need?
• Whose pen is this?
• Whom did you give your notebook?

15. Let’s solve a Pronoun Exercise together.
1. This is __________ speaking.
• John
• he
• he john
• am
2. Abdul Momin is as smart as
__________ is.
• I
• me
• she
• we
3. It could have been_____.
• ali
• ahmed
• anyone
• more difficult
4. Rayyan is taller than ______ am.
• I
• me
• she
• we

16. Adjective
• Let’s watch a video to better understand Adjectives;

17. So, what are adjectives?
• Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of
nouns: enormous, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the
quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.
• Can you identify adjectives from the following?
• The old clock hung upon the wall.
• A white horse galloped across the lush, green grass.
• Have you met our three intelligent boys?
• Ours is the last house on the street.

18. Types of Adjective
• Adjective of Quality
• The adjectives that are used to describe the nature of a subject or a noun or
showing the kind or quality of nouns or pronouns are called Adjective of
Quality. They basically answer the question of “what kind of?”
• Can you give me some adjectives of quality?
• The empty plate was a sign that the hungry boys enjoyed their meal.
• A lonely leaf floated down from the empty branches of the oak and settled on
the ground.
• Do you see the wooly sheep in that pasture over there?

19. • Adjective of Quantity
• Indicates the amount or estimated amount of the noun or pronoun in the
sentence. It does not provide information about exact numbers, it tells only
the amount of noun in relative or whole terms.
• For example;
• He has many colored pencils.
• I have enough money to buy a good meal.
• He has completed most of his homework.

20. • Adjective of Number
• Adjective which states the number of persons or things is called the Adjective
of Number or Numeral Adjective.
• For example;
• The brilliant one of you can be the leader of this group.
• One hour has sixty minutes.
• Five of the students are absent today.
• A week has seven days.

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