PARTS OF SPEECH/ WORD

CLASSES
 -ADJECTIVES
-CONJUNCTIONS
-PREPOSITIONS
-INTERJECTIONS
1. ADJECTIVES
► Tell us more about nouns
► Types of adjectives
► – descriptive/qualitative : beautiful, good,
clever
Quantitative : some, any, many, much
Distributive : each, every, either, neither
Demonstrative : this, that, these, those
Interrogative : which, whose, what
Possessive : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Descriptive/Qualitative Adjectives
► Convey the shape, colour, size, condition, etc.
of a noun
► E.g. The old and tattered book belongs to Ali.
► The blue telephone was bought
recently.
► Quantitative Adjectives
Convey the amount or number of things
E.g. Have you any tea ?
► Jessica made many mistakes in her work.
Distributive Adjectives
► Indicate whether the persons or things
classified by the nouns are taken singly or in a
group
► E.g. Each child was given a name-tag.
► Neither of us understands the teacher.
► Demonstrative Adjectives
Single out the nouns that they are used with
E.g. This hotel is rumoured to be haunted.
► These plants are not easy to take care
of.
Interrogative Adjectives
► Used to ask questions
► E.g. Whose shirt are you wearing?
► What car do you drive ?
► Possessive Adjectives
Show possession
E.g. Aileen is sitting next to her friend.
The dog is wagging its tail.
2. CONJUNCTIONS

► What are conjunctions?

► Conjunctions are words that
join two or more words,
phrases or clauses.
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What are prepositions?

PREPOSITIONS

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4. INTERJECTIONS
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