A presentation on the main parts of speech in English.

1. Sentence Structure
• Sentence structure is the order of all
the parts in a sentence: subject, verb,
objects, phrases, punctuation, etc
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that
express a complete thought. In English, a
simple sentence is made up of a subject +
a verb + any complement (possibly an
object or prepositional phrase).

2. PARTS OF SPEECH
In English, there are eight different
parts of speech: nouns, pronouns,
adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions,
conjunctions and interjections. They are
divided into two classes: Open class, and
closed class.

3. (1) OPEN CLASS
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb

4. (2) CLOSED CLASS
Pronouns
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections

5. WHAT IS A NOUN?
 person place thing idea
Examples: fireman – Ali - Sally - Cairo – Mansoura - cat –
– house – pencil –– creativity - nobility.
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
They can act as the subject or the object of a
sentence.

6. Practice!
 Find the nouns in the following sentence:
(Remember!...a noun is a person, place, thing, or
idea)
1. Mark and Jennifer have a son.
2. There are many people in this classroom who
are missing assignments.
3. I am ready for the picnic.
4. The man in the mirror was no one but
himself.
5. I have never been so upset in my life!

7. WHAT IS A VERB?
A verb conveys action, a state of being, or
existence.
 Examples: walk – go – sing – are – sleep.
Action verbs express action, something
that a person, animal or thing can do.
Playing Driving

8. VERBS PRACTICE
 Identify the verbs in the following
sentences:
1. Marion was the first woman to become a
lawyer.
2. I like it.
3. There is a large group of students in the
hallway.
4. She played piano all night long.
5. I will be 18 next month.

9. ADJECTIVE
 Adjectives are words that describe or
modify another person or thing in the
sentence.
 Adjectives are descriptive words. An
Adjective describes nouns and pronouns.
Examples: beautiful – green – angry –
necessary.
- red house tall man large hut

10. ADJ. PRACTICE…
Identify the following adjectives:
1. There are many good students in high
school.
2. She was grateful for the interview.
3. I am a very intelligent person.
4. The basketball team was clever in knowing
the difficult plays.
5. The blue sky was a beautiful sight to see.

11. ADVERBS
 Adverbs are words that modify
*a verb (He drove slowly.)
*an adjective (He drove a very fast car.)
*another adverb (She moved quite slowly.)
 Examples: cheerfully – wickedly – delicately – fast – never –
now.
 Tells you when, where, how, in what manner or to what
extent an action is performed
 some adverbs can be identified by their characteristic "ly"
suffix

12. ADVERBS PRACTICE…
 Identify the following adverbs:
 Ex: She ran fast in the race.
1. Ashley danced very well.
2. She angrily slammed the door.
3. She is screaming very loudly.
4. She is a very happy person to be
around.

13. Determiner
 A determiner is a word placed in front of a
noun to specify quantity (e.g., "one dog,"
"many dogs") or to clarify what the noun
refers to (e.g., "my dog," "that dog,"
"the dog").
• An Article (a/an, the)
• A Demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
• A Possessive
(my, your, his, her, its, our, their)
• A Quantifier (common examples
include many, much, more, most, some)