Presentation on parts of speech

1. LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
AND CONVENTIONS
PARTS of speech

2. A LITTLE SONG TO WELCOME YOU
TO TODAY’S LESSON…
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3. PARTS OF SPEECH
• - A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic function.
(Alcantara, 2018)
Why learn parts of speech?
• Understanding the way sentences are structured can increase your awareness of
how to write accurately.
• Can improve/sharpen various language skills such as writing, proofreading skills and
reading comprehension.
(Wang, 2019)

4. NOUNS
CONJUNCTIONS
ARTICLES
ADJECTIVES PREPOSITIONS
VERBS PRONOUNS
ADVERS INTERJECTIONS
Inspiration from: (Villamil, 2018)

5. 1.Common Nouns: A common noun always
begins with a small letter and refers to a
common or general word.
Examples: a ball
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a city
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2.Proper Nouns: Proper nouns always
begin with a capital letter and refers to
those that NAME specific things, people or
places.
Examples: John
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Italy
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6. 3. Abstract nouns: means the opposite to a
concrete noun. If you cannot taste, touch,
hear, smell or see something, it is an
noun.
Examples:
Happy in Love
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4. Concrete nouns: are classified their
ability to reach the senses. Concrete nouns
are something physical. If you can taste,
touch, hear, smell or see an item, the word
is concrete.
Examples:
Water Air
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7. 5. Collective nouns: Are words used to
define a group of people, animals or
inanimate things.
Examples: a pride of lions
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an army of soldiers
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6. Possessive nouns- refers to a noun that
shows ownership of something.
Examples:
Baby’s doll Boys’ team
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8. 7. Compound Nouns- Compound nouns are formed by joining two simple nouns
together. A hyphen might also be used to form a compound noun such as
table.
Examples:
BOY ┼ FRIEND forms the compound noun BOYFRIEND
DINING ┼ TABLE forms the compound nouns DINING-TABLE
Definitions for types of nouns retrieve from: (Reddy, 2009)

9. Adjectives: This part of a speech is used to
describe a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives can
specify the quality, size and the number of
nouns or pronouns. (Villamil, 2018)
Examples:
A BEAUTIFUL flower a SOUR taste
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V- Verbs: Verbs are used to convey actions.
Examples: run drive
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10. A- ADVERBS: can modify a verb, an adjective,
another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb
indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and
answers questions such as “how”, “when”, “where”,
“how much”
Examples:
She ran QUICKLY- “how”
John visited YESTERDAY- “when”
They went THERE – “where”
It was TOO cold- “how much”
Defintion retrived from: (Reddy, 2009)
C-CONJUNCTIONS: is a part of speech which joins
words, phrases, or clauses together.
Examples:
I tried to hit the nail BUT hit my thumb instead.
You can have strawberry ice cream OR a chocolate
sundae.
I have two dogs AND a fish.
(Alcantara, 2018)

11. P-PREPOSITIONS: This part of a speech basically
refers to words that specify location or a location in
time. (Villamil, 2018)
Examples:
He sat ON the chair.
The dog jumped OVER the gate.
They were standing BY the tree.
P-PRONOUNS: Pronouns for the most part, take the
place of nouns.
Types:
Personal pronouns:
1st person: I, me, my’
2nd person: you, yours
3rd person: he she, it
Demonstrative nouns:
-this, that, these
-only use in place of nouns
Interrogative nouns:
-what, which, who
(Koscik, 2009)

12. I-INTERJECTIONS: This part of a speech
refers to words which express emotions.
Since interjections are commonly used to
convey strong emotions, they are usually
followed by an exclamation mark. (Alcantara,
2018)
Examples:
OUCH! that really hurt.
HEY! I said enough!
A-ARTICLES:
A, An and The are called as ARTICLES.
-Articles are divided into two parts:
1. Indefinite Article= A and An are
indefinite articles because they do not
point or refer to any particular person or
thing.
2. Definite Article= The is called a definite
article because it refers to some
particular place, thing or person.
(Chauhan, 2019)

13. Hope this lesson was informative and knowledgeable.

14. REFERENCES
Chauhan, P.S. (2019) Parts of Speech. Available from Slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/prakashschauhan/parts-of-speech-156210300 (Accessed 16 August
2021)
Alcantara, M. (2018) Pirate parts of speech. Available from Slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/MaritesAlcantara3/parts-of-speech-115612290 (Accessed 17
August 2021)
Wang, C. (2019). Parts of speech. Available from Slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/ChuangDorinWang/parts-of-speech-155880033 (Accessed 17
August 2021)
Reddy, P. (2009). Communication Skills Workshop. Available from Slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/Parinitha/parts-of-speech-2745862 (Accessed 17 August 2021)
Villamil, M. A. (2018). Parts of speech. Available from Slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/MarcoAMartnez/parts-of-speech-88128043 (Accessed 22 August
2021)