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ENGLISH GRAMMAR-----
‘PARTS OF SPEECH’

DEVELOPED BY---
ALKA SEHGAL-( T.G.T.-S.Sc).
NEELAM KAPOOR-(T.G.T.-
Eng).
TARGET -GROUP

CLASSES: VI – VIII

AGE: 10 – 14
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

AFTER INTERACTION WITH THIS SOFTWARE

THE LEARNER WILL BE ABLE TO:

IDENTIFY– THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH

DISTINGUISH---DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH

ILLUSTRATE-------PARTS OF SPEECH

MODIFY----ONE FORM TO THE OTHER

SELECT-----APPROPRIATE WORD FORM

RE-WRITE ----THE CORRECT FORM

INDEX -
INTRODUCTION- PARTS OF SPEECH
NOUN
VERB
ADVERB
ADJECTIVE
PRONOUN
PREPOSITION
CONJUCTION
INTERJECTION
EXERCISES RELATED TO PARTS OF SPEECH
KEY TO EXERCISES
CONCLUSION
I am the name of a person, place or a thing.I am of FOUR kinds
PROPER—George, Delhi
COMMON---boy,king
COLLECTIVE---when I am in a group---crowd, herd
ABSTRACT—wisdom, movement, sleep
In certain cases I can be counted –book, pen
Sometimes I am uncountable---sugar, honesty
I change according to GENDER—Lion---lioness
I also change according to NUMBER—mango-
mangoes
When I belong to someone---king’s crown POSSESSIVE CASE
When people get tired of using the noun again and again they use me
Hari is absent, because he is ill
I appear in different forms---
FIRST PERSON—I and We
SECOND PERSON—You (singular and plural)
THIRD PERSON---he, she,it and they
I hurt myself---Reflexive pronoun
I will do it myself---Emphatic pronoun
 I am the action word
.I tell or assert something about a person or a thing
The clock strikes
Sometimes I consist of more than one word
The girls were singing
I occur in the TRANSITIVE FORM---with object
The boy kicks the football
INTRANSITIVE FORM---The boy laughs loudly.
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I am also responsible for action performed at different times
THE PRESENT, THE PAST and THE FUTURE
The three forms---go—went—gone; see-saw,seen;
Ring,rang,rung; BUT cut is--- cut,cut,cut
PARTS OF SPEECH
Fill in the blanks using one of the following verbs
To speak, to play, to shine, to open, to eat,to live.
1. The shop ---------- everyday.
2. They ---------------- tennis well.
3. He never ------------- meat.
4. My sister ---------------in Paris.
5. The stars --------------- at night.
6. You -------------English well.

Put verbs in its correct form:

1 (this word /mean) what --------------------------?
2(not /play) He -------------------- football.
3 (the shops /open) what time ---------------------?
4(you / come) where ------------------- from ?
5(speak) Ram ---------- French.
6(not /be) snow ------------ black.
Check your answers:
1 opens.
2 Play.
3 Eats.
4 Lives.
5 Shine
6 Speak.

2. 1.does this word mean.

3. 2.does not play.
4. 3.do the shops open.
5. 4. Do you come.
6. 5. Speaks.
7. 6. Is not.
 I modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another
adverb
The old man is very happy.
I can be classified according to the meaning---
TIME---that day he arrived late
FREQUENCY---The postman called again
PLACE---My brother is out.
MANNER---Martha reads quite clearly.
Did you know that even I have three forms of comparison
Rama ran fast (positive) Arjun ran faster (comparative) Hari ran fastest of all.
(superlative)
I am used to describe a noun or to tell the number or quantity.
Comfortable shoes ,hot cup of tea
Sometimes I talk about QUALITY-honest man
QUANTITY—some rice
NUMBER—five fingers
I am used for Comparisons---POSITIVE,COMPARATIVE,SUPERLATIVE
Ram’s mango is sweet
Hari’s mango is sweeter than Ram’s.
Govind’s mango is the sweetest of all.
 Did you know that I belong to the ADJECTIVE family
I am called DEMONSTRATIVE Adjectives
A or an is indefinite article----a doctor-----any doctor
The is a definite article---the doctor—some particular doctor
• Use of a or an is determined by sound----
Before a word beginning with a vowel sound---
An enemy,an apple
Before a word beginning with a consonant sound—
A woman, a horse
 A or An? Exercises
In the following phrases, supply
either a or an:
1. ____ bingo game 11. ____ animal
2. ____ idiot 12. ____ usual feeling
3. ____ good job 13. ____ interest
4. ____ rotten plum 14. ____ alibi
5. ____ used fork 15. ____ early bird
6. ____ uncle 16. ____ couch
7. ____ historian 17. ____ airplane
8. ____ apple 18. ____ grade
9. ____ hair 19. ____ pair
10. ____ artichoke 20. ____ idea
21. ____ energy level
I am placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation it stands in
regard to something else.
There are three men in a boat.
The lady’s bag is under the bench.

I can be arranged in the following classes

Simple----of,through,with ;
Compound---about, beside,inside,without;
Phrase prepositions---according to, by virtue of,for the sake of in place of
I join together sentences and sometimes words.
John and Joan are shaking hands
This is the house that Jack built.
Sometimes I am used in pairs-----
Either take it or leave it.
Not only is he foolish,but also stubborn.
 I am used to express some sudden feeling or emotion.
JOY: hurrah! GRIEF : alas! SURPRISE: ha! What! APPROVAL: bravo!
Ouch! I have cut my finger. What a wonderful house!
What a pity he has broken his leg! Alas! he is no more.
An exclamation mark is used.
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr. V.K.Sodhi,Senior Lecturer,SCERT.
Books-Wren &Martin,Word Power Made Easy,Encarta,
Clipart.
www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/p
artsp.html-6k
www.funbrain.com/grammar/-7k/
http/www.wadsworth.org/spider-doc/