This document discusses the eight parts of speech in English grammar: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions of each part of speech, including the different types of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs. It also lists some common prepositions and functions of conjunctions and interjections.

1. Grammar
Parts of Speech
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2. Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Interjections

3. Word that names
 A Person
A Place
A Thing
 An Idea

4. Kinds of Nouns
Commo n No un s
boy
girl
Pr o per No un s
John
Mary
Sin g ul ar No un s
boy
girl
Pl ur al No un s
boys
girls
Sin g ul ar
Po ssessiv e
boy’s
girl’s
Pl ur al
Po ssessiv e
boys’
girls’

5. A word that expresses
action or otherwise helps
to make a stateme“ben” vetrbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay

6. Every sentence must have
a
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7. Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs
express mental
or physical
action.
Linking verbs
make a
statement by
connecting the
subject with a
word that
He the
describes or
rode explains He it. horse to
has been sick.

8. pronoun is a word used in place of one or more It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.

9. Modifies or describes a
Answers these questions:
noun or pronoun.
Did you lose your address
book?
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.

10. Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too hToot w!hat degree or how much?

11. Interrogative
Adverbs
introduce questions How did you
break your leg?
How often do you
Whreurne? did
you put the

12. A preposition introduces a noun or
or a phrase or clause functioning as a noun. The word or word group
preposition introduces is its object
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.

13. The preposition never stands alone!
object of
preposition
preposition object
You can press those leaves under glass.
can have more than
one object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
object can have modifiers
It happened during the last examination.

14. Some 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

15. The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
or
but

16. The interjection
an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that
sunset!