1. Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Interjections

2. What is a noun?
Noun is a word which refers to a
thing, person, activity, place etc.
car streetreading

3.  A Person
 A Thing
 A Place

4. Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns
boy
girl
Proper Nouns
John
Mary
Singular Nouns
boy
girl
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’

5. Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that
takes the place of one or
more nouns.

8. Verb
A tense is a verb that shows the
time of an action or condition.

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

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Adjective is a word which describes
a noun

11. fast
big
expensive
car
adjectives noun

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What is a “comparative form”?
Comaprative form expresses the idea
of ‘more

13. fast-er
My car is fast.
But his car is faster.

14. good
modern
How is a ‘comparative’ form built?
longer
funn yier
modernmore
better

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What is a “superlative form”?
Superlative form expresses the idea
of ‘most’

16. fast-est
My car is fast.
Your car is fast.
But his car is the fastest.

17. y
longest
funniest
modernmodernmost
goodbest

18. Comparison
longest
iestfunn
modernmost
best
longer
iestfunn
modernmore
better
long
funny
modern
good
comparative superlative

19. Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Did you lose your address
book?

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Modifies or describes
verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.

21. How did you break your
leg?
How often do you
run?

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Articles: a/an/the

23. Using Articles
Basically, an article is an adjective.
Like adjectives, articles modify
nouns.

24. Indefinite Articles: a and an
"A" and "an" signal that the
noun modified is indefinite,
referring to any member of a
group. For example:

25. Definite Article: the
The definite article is used before
singular and plural nouns when the
noun is specific or particular. The
signals that the noun is definite, that it
refers to a particular member of a
group. For example

26. TENSES
A tense is a verb that shows the
time of an action or condition.

27. TYPES OF TENSES
 PRESENT TENSES-shows that an action or condition
occurs now
 PAST TENSES-shows that an action or condition
occurred in the past
 FUTURE TENSES-shows that an action or condition
will happen