a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. In English the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

1. ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
UNDERSTANDING PARTS OF SPEECH

2. INTRODUCTION
WHAT ARE PARTS OF
SPEECH?

4. VAINCAPP

5. VERB
SHOW ACTION OR A STATE OF BEING. SOME DESCRIBE IT
AS A DOING WORD, EXAMPLE, WALKING OR TALKING

6. EXAMPLES OF VERBS
 ACTION VERBS
 LINKING VERBS
 HELPING VERBS
 TRANSITIVE VERBS

7. ADJECTIVES
 ARE WORDS THAT DESCRIBES NOUNS AND PRONOUNS.
 FOUR KINDS OF ADJECTIVES:

8. INTERJECTIONS
 SHOW STRONG EMOTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, “ OH! WHAT A SHOCK YOU GAVE ME WITH THAT
GORILLA SUIT”

9. NOUNS
a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class
of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a
particular one of these ( proper noun ).

10. CONJUCTIONS

11. ADVERB
 AN ADVERB CAN MODIFY A VERB, AN ADJECTIVE,
ANOTHER ADVERB, A PHRASE, OR A CLAUSE. AN
ADVERB INDICATES MANNER, TIME, PLACE, CAUSE
OR DEGREE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS SUCH AS
“HOW”, “WHERE”, “WHEN”, “HOW MUCH”.

12. PRONOUNS
 a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants
in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse
(e.g. she, it, this ).

13. PREPOSITION
 A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a
sentence. Prepositions are usually short words, and they are normally placed directly in front
of nouns. In some cases, you’ll find prepositions in front of gerund verbs.

14. REFERENCE
 https://www.slideshare.net/larae9411/understanding-parts-of-speech-2094295?qid=41a0aaf5-a311-471f-82f0-
ddcbbcccf7dc&v=&b=&from_search=11
 https://www.slideshare.net/guest92183c/parts-of-speech-presentation?qid=51e87497-360d-43ab-bf6b-
869b50f31ed5&v=&b=&from_search=2
 https://www.slideshare.net/Maximoff/parts-of-speech-4645396?qid=51e87497-360d-43ab-bf6b-
869b50f31ed5&v=&b=&from_search=7
 https://www.slideshare.net/winsleyn/8-parts-of-speech-powerpoint?qid=51e87497-360d-43ab-bf6b-
869b50f31ed5&v=&b=&from_search=3

15. CONCLUSION