Part of speech

Vocabulary Class
Part of speech
• Nouns,
• Pronouns,
• Adjectives,
• Verbs,
• Adverbs,
• Conjunctions,
• Prepositions
• Interjections
1. NOUNS
name people
Places
Things
Idea
For example:
I am freshmen in
Universitas Ahmad
Dahlan.
freshmen and
Universitas Ahmad
Dahlan = Noun

Types of Noun
• Common nouns –
dog, computer,
river, biscuit
• Collective nouns
(names of a group
 of something) – a
herd of cows, a
flock of sheep
• Proper nouns (the
names of people,
places and so on) –
London, Anne,
Plain English
Campaign
• Abstract nouns
(names of things
we can’t see or
touch) – love,
hope, fear,
decision, poverty
2. pronoun
To take place of noun
Type of Pronoun:
• Possessive pronoun (her, his, my, our,
your, their)
• Personal pronoun (I, you, he, she, it,
we, they)
• Indefinite pronoun (another anyone,
anybody, anything, someone,
somebody, something, everyone,
everybody, everything, none, nobody,
nothing, each, either, neither, several,
some, many, few, all)
• Interrogative pronoun (who? which?
what? whose? whom?)
• Demonstrative pronoun (this, these,
that, those)

3. adjective
Modify noun or
pronoun
For example:
• She wore a blue
dress.
• The small dog
barked at me.
• A cool breeze made
her shiver.

4. Verb
Show action, makes
statement or shows
link between word
relationship
1. Main verb
The horse jumped
the fence.
2. Helping verb
The rider is not
hurt.
5. adverb
Modify verb /
adjective / another
adverb
For example
• He drove slowly.
• She spoke loudly.
• The article is well
written.
6. Preposition
Shows relationship
between nouns or
pronouns and other
words in sentence
For example:
• Your pen is on the
desk.
• The children went
to the park.
• We rested under the
tree.
• Jim hid behind the
door.
7. Conjunction
Coordinating
conjunction (connect
phrase or clause)
For example:
 The rug is blue and
it is soft.
I want to eat, but I
am really sleepy.
Subordinating
conjunction
(introduce dependent
clause)
For example:
 I didn’t lock the
door because I
thought Dinda was
still inside.

8. Interjection
Exclamatory words
that express strong
emotion
For example:
Ouch! That slap hurt!
Wow! I thought that
you died!
Part of speech
Based on the
function, part of
spech is divided into
two:
1. function words
2. content words
Function words
Content words
Carry real meaning
• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

exercise 1
Colour/underline/
rewrite the nouns in
the following
sentences.
1. The dog jumped
on the sofa.
2. A monkey is
smarter than a cow.
3. Jonathan doesn’t
have much
imagination.
4. The boys and girls
danced in the
sunshine.
5. The teacher went
to Australia for a
visit.
exercise 2
Colour/underline/
rewrite the pronouns
in the following
sentences.
1. He was afraid that
he had lost it.
2. Did you tell them
about it?
3. They thought she
was on the train.
4. On Monday, he
hurt himself playing
hockey.
5. This is the high
road and that is the
low road.
exercise 3
Colour/underline/
rewrite the verbs in
the following
sentences.
1. The girls opened
the door.
2. She is a very
pretty baby.
3. The raccoons have
been washing their
food for ages.
4. The kangaroo can
jump very high.
5. All the king’s men
can not put Humpty
Dumpty together
again.
exercise 4
Colour/
underline,rewrite the
adjectives in the
following sentences.
1. The cute little
bunny was hopping
around in our garden.
2. Jennifer’s first doll
lost her head in a
terrible accident.
3. Our American
friends are coming
for a short visit.
4. Jason’s old dog
always comes along
on his trips to the big
orchard.
5. Alison was
embarrassed when
her elderly aunt
shouted loudly.
exercise 5
Colour/underline/
rewrite the adverbs
in the following
sentences.
1. Bob shouted
loudly and ran
quickly across the
driveway.
2. The very sad dog
headed home.
3. The girls moved
too slowly to suit
their teacher.
4. The young
children were eagerly
waiting for
Christmas.
5. We have a really
nice cat.
exercise 6
Colour/underline/
rewrite the
prepositions in the
following sentences.
1. My house is at the
end of this street.
2. The car drove
through the woods
and into the valley.
3. Do you have a lot
of money for me?
4. Tie a yellow
ribbon around the old
oak tree.
5. The three girls are
no longer friends
with each other.
exercise 7
colour/underline/
rewrite the
conjunction in these
following sentences.
1. Byron likes to
think in terms of
dollars and cents.
2. She lives near the
bridge but far from
the pond.
3. We were out of
groceries, so we went
to the supermarket.
4. My father really
likes the painting that
hangs on your wall.
5. When my sisters
were infants, they
cried all night long
exercise 8
Colour/underline/
rewrite the
interjections purple
in the following
sentences.
1. My gosh, that’s a
huge pumpkin!
2. I can’t go to
school today, alas.
3. Ladies and
gentlemen, ahem,
dinner is served.
have a nice day