1. Nkosithandile Q
Hlatshwayo
ENGLISH PARTS SPEECH

2. Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Interjections
Adjectives
Conjunctions

3. Word that names

A Person
A
Place
 A Thing
 An Idea

4. Nouns
People Places
Things
Example 1 Father
School
Toothbrush
Example 2 Pilot
Super
America
Avocado
Example 3 Fergie
Leila’s
house
Nintendo
Wii

5. 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’

6. A word that expresses
action or otherwise helps to
make a statement
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay

7. Every sentence
must have
A

8. 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.

He has been sick.

9. 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.

10. Pronoun Takes the place of a noun
 Pronoun Examples Subject Pronouns Object
Pronouns


11. List of Personal Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
I
ME
YOU
YOU
HE
HIM
SHE
HER
IT
IT
WE
US
YOU
YOU
THEY
THEM

12.  Adjective
Describes a noun or a pronoun
 Adjectives answer… What kind? Which one?
How many?

13.  Adverb
Describes a verb, adjective or another
adverb
 Adverbs answer… How? When? Where? Usually
ends in -ly

14. 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

15. Interrogative
Adverbs
introduce questions
How did you break
your leg?
How often
do you run?
Where did you put
the mouse trap?

16. Prepositions


A preposition links nouns,
pronouns and phrases to
other words in a sentence.
indicates the temporal,
spatial or logical
relationship of its object to
the rest of the sentence
*The book is beneath the
table.
* She read the book
during class.

17. 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.

18. Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without

19. Can be used to LINK words, phrases, or
clauses
 "and," "but," "or," "nor," "for," "so," or "yet"


20. 
Interjections are uncommon in
formal academic prose,
except in direct quotations
a word added to a sentence
to convey emotion.

21. Reference
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DIVZY.2010. PARTS OF SPEECH.
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