English Grammar

Parts of Speech

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 Parts of Speech : NAME
• Noun • Pronoun
• Verb • Preposition
• Adjective • Conjunction
• Adverb • Interjection

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 Parts of Speech:
Definitions
• NOUN: A word that names a person, place,
thing, or idea.
• Verb: A word that expresses action, being
or condition.
• Adjective: A word that modifies / adds
meaning / describes a noun or a pronoun.
• Adverb: A word that modifies / adds
meaning / describes a verb, an adjective or
another verb.

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 Definitions cont…
• Pronoun: A word that substitutes for a
noun.
• Preposition: A word that shows
relationship between its objects and some
other word in the sentence.
• Conjunction: A word that joins words,
phrases, or clauses.
• Interjection: A word that shows surprise
or sudden feeling.

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 Parts of Speech:
Examples
• Noun: Sachin, Bhavnagar, Laptop,
Beauty, Democracy…
• Verb: Teach, Listen, Talk, be, have,
do, shall, can, will…
• Verb is the pivot of English grammar
and language.

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 VERB
Auxiliary Verb
Main Verb
(Helping)

Regular Verb Irregular Verb Helping Verbs

Eg. Run, cut, shut, Eg. Break, Drink, Principal Aux.:

put,… Go, Love, … Eg. Be, Have, Do

Modal Aux.:
Eg. Shall
Will, can…

Semi-Modals:
Eg. Need, dare, used
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• Adjective:
• Eg: The blue/dark/cloudy/clear sky.
• Intelligent student, hard-working
teacher, beautiful girl….

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• Adverb:
• Eg. Copy this out carefully.
• He ran fast to win the race.

• These shoes are too big.

• He ran very fast yet can’t win the
race.

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• Pronouns: He, She, It, We, they…
• Preposition: on the table, under the
table, into the well…
• Conjunction: and, but, either, or,
neither nor…
• Interjection: Oh!, Aaah!, Ouch!,
Hurray!, Alas!

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 Test your knowledge:
• Working with your partner, identify parts
of speech in the following sentences:
• 1. India will be defeated in cricket by
South Africa.
• Make two sentences using adjectives and
adverbs from the list given below:
• Black, white, very, too, succeed…

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 Use of e-dictioaries…
• To know name and functions of some
difficult words, we can make use of
good quality e-dictionaries like
Encarta.
• Give the word/s that troubles you to
identify its parts of speech.

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