Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá

Facultad de Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales

Licenciatura en Ciberseguridad

Subject:

Ingles Técnico I

Group:

1S3 701

Topic:

Grammar - Using nouns and parts of speech

Student:

Fernando Mojica 8-969-1999

Date:

June 5th, 2022

 GRAMMAR - USING NOUNS AND PARTS OF SPEECH

• Solve the following activities of Using Nouns

A. Design a diagram or synoptic table about the topic Using Nouns with pictures

and examples.
B. Answer the questions briefly and clearly.

1. What are nouns? Mention five examples.

A//. Nouns are words that names people, places, things, animals, ideas, or qualities. E.g.,

mouse, eraser, Francisco, Hong Kong, and shark.

2. Give three examples of each about common nouns, proper nouns, singular and

plurals nouns.

A//. ● Common nouns: smartphone, canteen, paper.

● Proper nouns: Raquel, Sakinah, Mount Fuji.

● Singular nouns: woman, baby, child.

● Plural nouns: women, babies, children.

3. What are compound nouns and give two examples written in sentences.

A//. Compound nouns consists of two or more words. Compound nouns may be proper

or common. E.g., Daredevil: she’s used to do those daredevil stunts.

Lovesick: he was crying like a lovesick teenager.

4. Define collective nouns and write five examples.

A//. A collective noun refers to a group of people, places, or things. The collective noun

treats a group of people, places, or things as if they were all one person, place, or thing.

E.g., family, team, mob, hive, album.

5. How do you identify irregular nouns and write three examples?

A//. Irregular nouns are identified by the fact that they do not have the suffix -s or -es

added to the base to make it plural. Although most English count nouns have normal

plurals, some do not (such as sheep), and others (such as woman and half) form the

plural by modifying an internal vowel (women) or a consonant (half) (halves).

E.g., woman – women, calf – calves, fungus – fungi.

6. What is the difference between abstract and concrete nouns?

A//. The main difference between these two is that the abstract nouns refer to things that

we cannot perceive with our five senses in the physical world, like ideas, thoughts,

conditions, or feelings. In the other hand, concrete nouns are the things that we can feel

with our five senses in the physical world, like people, materials, food, air, water.

7. Define possessive nouns. Give two examples of possessive nouns in sentences.

A//. Possessive nouns show ownership. Possessive comes from the same root as

possession, something you own. E.g., That is Fernando’s book. / Bintsaleh’s eyes are the

most beautiful eyes I’ve seen.

8. What is the difference between count and non-count nouns?

A//. There are two types of nouns: countable and uncountable. Countable nouns, such

as an apple, two apples, three apples, and so on, can be counted. Uncountable nouns,

such as air, rice, and water, cannot be numbered. The main difference is that countable

nouns can be counted and non-countable nouns cannot be counted.

 • Solve the following activities in Parts of Speech

A. Create a conceptual map, chart, or a diagram about Parts of Speech and give

examples, and illustrations.

B. Answer the questions briefly and clearly.

1. What are parts of speech?

A//. The parts of speech are a classification system for words based on their syntactic

roles. The noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction,

and interjection are the main parts of speech in English.

2. What functions do parts of speech do?

A//. The parts of speech describe how a word functions both grammatically and in terms

of meaning inside a phrase. The language would never be able to function without them.

The parts of speech are linguistic categories that categorize words based on their role

inside a sentence.

3. Do parts of speech help you for writing good sentence? Why?

A//. Of course, they help with our grammar, we wouldn't be able to make logical sentences

without them, thus it's critical that we understand what each of them means as parts of

speech.

4. Mention all the parts of speech and write two examples of each.

A//. ● Noun: The girl has a dog. / Jake is the dog’s name.

● Verb: She writes a love letter. / I drink one gallon of water every day.

● Adjective: That is one small dog. / She ordered two cups of coffee.

● Adverb: They quickly got out. / I carefully took care of her.

● Preposition: Maria is looking at the cat. / I left the letter on the counter.
● Interjection: Well, she deserved it. / Hooray! She deserved it.

● Conjunction: Niko and Tony went to the club. / She wanted to go to the park, but it was

raining.

● Pronoun: That pencil is hers. / She wanted to go out.

● Article: I’d like a ticket for that movie. / The dog is fat.

5. Write 3 sentences using interjections, 3 using conjunctions.

A//. ● Interjections: Wow! I can’t believe that. / Oops! I think she forgot that part. / Hey!

Did you know that Wayne got out?

● Conjunctions: I was unmotivated yet I finished my homework. / Do you want to go to

the theater or the park? / She finished her work and went to her home.

6. What are the positions of adjective and adverbs in sentences?

A//. ● An adjective is a word that modifies or changes the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

It tells the reader.

● An adverb tells how, when, where, or what extent. They modify verbs, adjectives, and

another adverb.

7. Explain briefly the use of pronouns in a sentence. What is their function in parts

of speech and give 3 examples?

A//. A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. Its function varies in the context and the

use of the pronoun. E.g., there are different types of pronouns, like possessive, personal,

relative, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite. One example of possessive pronoun in

a sentence is: that notebook is hers. Other example, but for interrogative pronoun is:

whom do I have the pleasure to speak with? And for final example, in this case is going

to be an indefinite pronoun: Now you’re just somebody that I used to know.

8. Why are parts speech so important in grammar usage, and in the English

language?

A//. Parts of speech are important in grammar because with these ones we can assemble

a sentence into a complete sentence that conveys the intended meaning. Without them

we wouldn’t be able to write a proper sentence with meaning.

9. What role do parts of speech play in constructing writing?

A//. They play a big role in constructing writing because we need them to form a sentence

so that it is coherent and in accordance with the grammar of the sentence.