Grammar Parts Speech Guide
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This document discusses parts of speech in English grammar. It defines nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. For each part of speech, it provides examples and descriptions. It also discusses irregular nouns, the verb "to be" in the present tense, and common prepositions in English. The document serves as a reference for the basic parts of speech and their functions in the English language.
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- 1. English Grammar Part of Speech Language is my life.! Language is my freedom Language is my inspiration What is grammar? Is the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general © Capital Community
- 3. Word that names A Person A Place A Thing An Idea
- 4. Kinds of Nouns Common Nouns boy girl Singular Nouns boy girl Singular Possessive boy’s girl’s Proper Nouns John Mary Plural Nouns boys girls Plural Possessive boys’ girls’
- 5. A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement “be” verbs & taste feel sound look appear become seem grow remain stay
- 6. Every sentence must have a © Capital Community
- 7. Kinds of Verbs Action verbs express mental or physical action. He rode the horse to victory. Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it. She has been sick.
- 8. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. Indefinite Pronouns anybody each either none someone, one, etc.
- 9. Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Did you lose your address book? Is that a wool sweater? Just give me five minutes. Answers these questions:
- 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 hot! To what degree or how much?
- 11. Interrogative Adverbs introduce questions How did you break your leg? How often do you run? Where did you put the mouse trap?
- 12. A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun. The word or word group that the 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.
- 15. The conjunction A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words. or but
- 16. The interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion Goodness! What a cute baby! Wow! Look at that sunset!
- 17. PRESENT TENSE BE The verb BE has three forms: AM, IS, ARE, which we have to use according to the pronoun or subject. TO BE Occupations Nouns Adjectives Places
- 18. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES Subject Verb Form Example I AM I am a teacher. You ARE You are a student. He IS He is in the lab. She IS She is my sister. It IS It is a city. We ARE We are friends. They ARE They are doctors.
- 19. Irregular Nouns which do not form the plural in this way Woman - Women Child - Children Sheep - Sheep Child - children Man - men Ox - oxen Deer - deer Series - series Sheep - sheep Species - species Mouse - mice Person – people Cactus - Cacti
- 20. The Interjection words which express the emotions WOW Goodness OOPS The interjection is a special word which is simply added to a sentence to convey an emotion. It has no grammatical relationship to the other parts of the sentence; in other words, it could be removed with no effect on the correctness of the sentence. It is generally followed by an exclamation mark. It is also rare in academic writing, except in direct quotations. Some interjections are: Ouch, Oh no, Hey, Eh, Ah, My God All curse words, used by themselves, are interjections.
- 21. Some common prepositions At, By, On, To, For, Of, Through, Up, Off, Onto, Up to, In, Within, Across, Into, Along, Behind , Below I'm tired __ waiting for you. 2. He hasn't smoked ___ ages. 3. Nina is good __ running. 4. I'm looking ___ my keys. Has anyone found them? 5. They dream __ moving to South Africa. 6. This song was written __ Madonna 7. You can look the word __ in a dictionary. 8. I can't come to the party. Don't wait ___ me. 9. She had problems __ reading the instructions. 10. The police car chased the robbers _______ the streets. 1.