Unit 1 A Fresh Start P.

3 Parts of Speech
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Date_________________

Parts of Speech
Part of
speech

Function or
"job"

Example
words

Example sentences

action or state

(to) be, have,

do, like, work,
sing, can,
must, move,
fly, write, give

I walk to school.
I hand in my
homework

thing or
person

pen, dog,
work, music,
teacher, John,
flower,
student, water,
wind,

I have a dog. I live in

Hong Kong. My
teacher is Mr. Chan.

Adjective
(Adj)

describes a
noun

a/an, the,
some, good,
red, well,
interesting,
smart, cold,
strong, clever

My shoes are black.

Mr. Chan is tall.

Adverb
(Adv)

describes a
verb,
adjective or
adverb

quickly,
silently, well,
badly, very,
really,
beautifully,
quickly

The bell will ring soon.

I run to my classroom
quickly.
We are very quiet
when Mr. Chan is
speaking.

Pronoun
(Pron)

replaces a
noun

I, you, he, she,

some

Tara is Indian. She is

beautiful.

Preposition
(Prep)

links a noun to
another word

to, at, after, on

We go to school hall
at 8:05 on Monday.

Conjunction
(Conj)

joins clauses
or sentences
or words

and, but, when

We should keep the

classroom clean and
tidy.

Verb (V)

Noun (N)

Lets Practice.

Write the symbols up on the underlined

words.
1. We can sit down now.
2. Stand up!
3. There is a pen on my desk.
4. Your pencil case is beautiful.
5. I eat quickly during lunch.
6. We should walk to the VA room quietly.
7. We have class-teacher period at 8:10 to 8:45.
8. Peter and Jane are good friends but they always argue.
9. I live in Hong Kong.
10. This test is difficult.
11. It is raining heavily.
12. Limbu sits next to me.
13. He and young John walk to school slowly.

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