Overview of Part of Speech

OVERVIEW : PART OF
SPEECH
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• Parts of speech describe the job a word
does in a sentence.
• Parts of speech are the basic types of words

that are used in English. All the words in
English language must belong to one or the
part of speech.
• It is important to recognize and identify the

different types of words in English, so that
we can understand grammar and use the
right word form in the right place.
NOUNS
INTERJECTIONS PRONOUNS
PART
CONJUNCTIONS OF ADJECTIVES
SPEECH
PREPOSITIONS VERBS
ADVERBS
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NOUNS
A noun is a word that names a person, place,
a thing, or an idea.
Act as a the subject/object in a sentence
Examples :
Idea : love, beauty
Person : uncle, Intan, Maliq, woman
Thing : bicycle, magazine, pencil, book
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PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that can take the place

of a noun.
Example : she, him, they, us, I, our, myself.
1. Who told you that?

2. They met us at the park.
3. Something is burning.
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Referring to persons or nouns :
• I, my, mine, me, myself

• You, your, yours, yourself, yourselves
• He, his, him, himself
• She, hers, her, herself
Referring to nouns :
• It, its itself
• We, our, ours, us, ourselves • This, one, each, some, any, all
• They, their, theirs, them, themselves • That, either, neither, many, more, much,
• Who, whose, whom, whoever, most
whomever • These, other, another, what, which
• Everybody, anybody, somebody • Those, both, several, few, whatever,
• Everyone, anyone, someone whichever
• None, no one, no body
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ADJECTIVES
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun by limiting its
meaning.
Descriptive words that most often describe nouns or pronouns.
Can describe other adjectives.
A lot of adjectives end in the suffix –ous
Example :
Happy, big, purple, thin, beautiful.
1. I bought two shirts yesterday.

2. Amir is shorter than me.
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VERBS
A verb is a word that expresses action in a sentence or a state of
being.
Known as predicate of the sentence.
End in the suffix –ed, -ing, -s
Example :
Show action (example: to run, jump,sleep,write)
Show time (example: run/ran,go/went)
State something (example: to be)
Show number (example: was/ were)
Show condition (example: It seems)
1. My classmates admired my new handphone.

2. I gave Syazwan my magazine.
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ADVERBS
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb by making its meaning more specific.
Adverbs can come either before or after the verbs they are describing.
Adverbs typically end in the suffix –ly
Adverbs modify by answering the questions “when”, “where”, “how”

and ‘how much.
Example : Slowly, quickly, awful, therefore, seriously.
1. He walked to his room quickly.

2. This laksa tastes awful.
3. Harith talked slowly over the phone.
4. She often drinks coffee with milk.
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PREPOSITIONS
A preposition is a word that shows the
relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other
word in a sentence.
Prepositions show where, time and place or give
direction.
Example :
over, across, through, to, beside, beneath, into, inside,
during, since.
1. The bird flew over the barn.
2. The presents were placed under the tree. 10

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CONJUNCTIONS
A conjunction is a word that joins single words or
groups of words.
Conjunctions join a phrases or clauses or words together

in sentences, and are often separated by a comma
A semicolon can take the place of a comma and a

conjunction
Example : and, but, yet, so, or, either, while, although.

1. Matt and Tiss are running.
2. They are planning and building a house.
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INTERJECTIONS
An interjection is a word or phrase that
expresses emotion or exclamation.
Do not need sentences to make sense.
Usually placed at the beginning of sentences and

are followed by a punctuation mark.
Example : Ouch! Eww! Awe! Wow!
1. Eww. Those food look disgusting.

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EXERCISES
Identify all the parts of speech in the

following sentence:
Yesterday we went to the cinema

because John had luckily received
two free tickets.
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OVERVIEW : PART OF

• Parts of speech are the basic types of words

• It is important to recognize and identify the

Act as a the subject/object in a sentence

A pronoun is a word that can take the place

Example : she, him, they, us, I, our, myself.

1. Who told you that?

• I, my, mine, me, myself

Descriptive words that most often describe nouns or pronouns.

Can describe other adjectives.

A lot of adjectives end in the suffix –ous

1. I bought two shirts yesterday.

Known as predicate of the sentence.

End in the suffix –ed, -ing, -s

1. My classmates admired my new handphone.

Adverbs typically end in the suffix –ly

Adverbs modify by answering the questions “when”, “where”, “how”

Example : Slowly, quickly, awful, therefore, seriously.

1. He walked to his room quickly.

1. The bird flew over the barn.

2. The presents were placed under the tree. 10

Conjunctions join a phrases or clauses or words together

A semicolon can take the place of a comma and a

Example : and, but, yet, so, or, either, while, although.

Do not need sentences to make sense.

Usually placed at the beginning of sentences and

Example : Ouch! Eww! Awe! Wow!

1. Eww. Those food look disgusting.

Identify all the parts of speech in the

Yesterday we went to the cinema

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