3. Noun
◦ A noun is apart of speech that names a person ,place ,thing , idea , action or quality
Examples
Ali (person) ,Lahore(place),house (thing)
Boy
5. Proper noun
◦ Proper noun refer to the individual name of person ,place or thimng.
◦ Examples
◦ Islamabad, may and Aslam
6. Common noun
◦ A common noun is a non-specific person, place or thing.
◦ Examples
◦ Cat ,boy, country
7. Common nouns can be divided into
Abstract noun
Compound noun
Collective noun
Concrete noun
Countable noun
Uncountable noun
Verbal noun
8. Abstract noun
◦ A noun donating an idea quality or state rather then a concrete object
◦ Examples
◦ Truth ,danger ,happiness, love
i.e.,
I love apples.
9. Compound noun
◦ A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. Most compound
nouns in English are formed by nouns modified by other nouns or adjectives.
◦ Examples
The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they
form a new word - toothpaste.
10. Collective noun
◦ A collective noun refers to a collection of things taken as a whole.
Examples
An army of ants.
A flock of birds.
A flock of sheep.
A herd of deer.
A hive of bees.
A litter of puppies
11. Concrete noun
◦ concrete nouns are things that you can experience through your five senses: sight, smell,
hearing, taste, and touch
◦ Examples
◦ I can touch these walls
12. Countable noun
◦ a count noun is a noun that can be modified by a numeral and that occurs in both singular and
plural forms.
◦ Examples
◦ dog, cat, animal, man, person.
◦ bottle, box, litre.
◦ coin, note, dollar.
◦ cup, plate, fork.
13. Uncountable noun
◦ Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. They may be the
names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects that are too small or too amorphous
to be counted
◦ Examples
◦ Liquid ,powder, gases
14. Verbal noun
◦ A verbal noun is a noun formed from or otherwise corresponding to a verb
◦ Examples
◦ That was an awful decision by the referee.
15. pronoun
◦ A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
◦ Examples
◦ I ,we ,they , you , them .
◦ Aslam is tired. He wants to sleep.
18. Personal pronoun
◦ Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical
person.
◦ Examples
(He , they )
He is third person (because he is the person being spoken about), singular, and masculine.
19. Demonstrative pronoun
◦ A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to something specific within a
sentence. These pronouns can indicate items in space or time, and they can be either singular or
plural.
◦ Examples
(This ,these)
This plays music.
20. Interrogative pronoun
◦ An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun which is used to make asking questions easy.
◦ Examples
◦ (Which ,who,whom)
◦ Whose is this bag? Is it yours or somebody else's?
21. Indefinite pronouns
◦ An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to non-specific beings, objects, or places.
◦ Examples
◦ (Anybody ,anyone ,nobody)
22. Possesive pronouns
◦ A possessive form is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of
possession in a broad sense.
◦ Examples
(His, yours )
The kids are yours and mine.
The house is theirs and its paint is flaking.
23. Reciprocal pronouns
◦ A reciprocal pronoun is a pronoun which is used to indicate that two or more people are
carrying out or have carried out an action of some type, with both receiving the benefits or
consequences of that action simultaneously.
◦ Examples
◦ (each other, one another )
24. Adjective
◦ The simplest definition of an adjective is that it is a word that describes or clarifies a noun.
◦ Examples
Hot, sad
The boy has a black watch.
She wore a beautiful dress
26. Descriptive adjective
◦ The descriptive adjectives can be simply defined as the type of adjectives that are used to
express the size, color, or shape of a person, a thing, an animal, or a place.
◦ Example
◦ His house is so big.
27. Quantitative adjectives
◦ Quantitative Adjective :Adjective which show the quantity of a thing is called the Adjective of
Quantity.
◦ Examples
◦ She ate the whole apple.
28. Demonstrative adjective
◦ Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives that are used to modify a noun so that we know
which specific person, place, or thing is mentioned.
◦ Examples
◦ "that one's wife"
29. Possessive adjective
◦ A possessive adjective is an adjective that is used to show ownership. It comes before a noun
in the sentence and lets us know to whom the noun belongs.
◦ Examples
◦ We have a bird
30. Interrogative adjective
◦ which” and “what” are the two interrogative adjectives and are used ininterrogative sentences
to modify nouns found in the question.
◦ Examples
◦ Which one is yours??
31. Distributive adjective
◦ Distributive adjectives are normally used with singular nouns. They include “each”, “every”,
“either”, and “neither” and are used to refer to members of a group as individuals.
◦ Examples
◦ Each of you have to participate.
32. adverb
◦ a word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb, expressing
manner, place, time, or degree.
◦ Examples
◦ (e.g. gently, here, now, very ).
34. Adverb of manner
◦ Adverbs of manner are used to tell us the way or how something is done.
◦ Examples
◦ "He left the room quickly."
35. Adverb of place
◦ An adverb of place can indicate an object's position in relation to another object.
◦ Examples
◦ Nearby, far away, miles apart.
36. adverb of time
◦ Adverbs that change or qualify the meaning of a sentence by telling us when things happen
are defined as adverbs of time.
◦ Examples
◦ a word that describes when, for how long, or how often a certain action happened.
◦ I come to this museum regularly.
37. Preposition
◦ Prepositions are usually used in front of nouns or pronouns and they show the relationship
between the noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
◦ Examples
◦ The cat is on the box.
39. Simple preposition
◦ A preposition connects the relationship between a noun, pronoun and phrase to other parts of
the sentence.
◦ Examples
◦ The old school on the hill top is haunted .
40. Compound preposition
◦ Compound prepositions are those prepositions which are formed by prefixing
the preposition to a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
◦ Examples
◦ The boys ran around the bench.
41. Double preposition
◦ The double preposition is a proposition that is made by combining two simple prepositions.
◦ Examples
◦ the phrase "out of" would be a double preposition, since both "out" and "of" are
simple prepositions
42. Participle preposition
◦ A participial preposition is a participle (an -ed or –ing verb) that functions as a preposition.
◦ Examples
◦ Every where my father went ,his dog was following him.
43. Conjunction
◦ A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
◦ Examples
◦ You and he should attend the function. (The word “and" is connecting two other words you &
he)
44. Types of conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunction. Among the three types of conjunctions, this is probably the most
common one.
Subordinating Conjunction.
Correlative Conjunction.
45. Coordinating conjunction
◦ - A coordinating conjunction is a conjunction (such as and) that joins two similarly
constructed and/or syntactically equal words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence.
◦ Examples
◦ “I took the subway, and got off at 96th Street.”
46. Subordinating conjunction
◦ a conjunction that introduces a subordinating clause, e.g. although, because.
◦ Examples
◦ We looked on top of the refrigerator, where Jenny will often hide a bag of chocolate chip
cookies.
47. Correlative conjunction
◦ A correlative conjunction is a two-part conjunction: it consists of two words or phrases that are
used to join sentence elements of equal value.
◦ Examples
◦ “I will either go for a walk or play tennis.” ○ neither . . . nor
48. Interjection
◦ To capture short bursts of emotion, you can use an interjection, which is a single word, phrase,
or short clause that communicates the facial expression and body language that the sentence
itself will sometimes neglect.
◦ Examples
◦ The burrito is vegan.
◦ The burrito is vegan.
◦ The burrito is vegan. ;/
49. Types of interjection
Interjections for Greeting. ...
Interjections for Joy. ...
Interjections for Approval and Praise. ...
Interjections for Surprise. ...
Interjections for Grief/Pain. ...
Interjections for Bidding Farwell. ...
Interjections for Expressing Doubt or Hesitation.
50. Verb
◦ Verbs are words that express action or state of being.
◦ Examples
◦ Anthony is throwing the football.
◦ She accepted the job offer.
52. Transitive verb
◦ Transitive Verbs A transitive verb always has a noun that receives the action of the verb, called
the direct object.
◦ EXAMPLE
◦ Alina raises her hand. The verb is raises. Her hand is the object receiving the verb’s action.
Therefore, raises is a transitive verb.
53. Intransitive verb
◦ An intransitive verb never has a direct or indirect object. Although an intransitive verb may be
followed by an adverb or adverbial phrase, there is no object to receive its action.
◦ EXAMPLE
◦ alia rises slowly from her seat. The verb is rises. The phrase, slowly from her seat, modifies the
verb, but no object receives the action
54. Linking verb
◦ A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or
describes the subject. This noun or adjective is called the subject complement.
◦ EXAMPLE
◦ Zaid became a business major. The verb, became, links the subject, zaid, to its complement, a
business major.
55. Helping verb
◦ Helping verbs are used before action or linking verbs to convey additional information
regarding aspects of possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was, did, has, etc.). The main verb with
its accompanying helping verb is called a verb phrase.
◦ EXAMPLES
◦ Zaman is (helping verb) going (main verb) to Florida. The trip might (helping verb) be (main
verb) dangerous.