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Parts of Speech
A. Sentences are made up of words. Therefore, it is
important to understand the different categories of
words. They are called parts of speech.
Here are some common ones:
⎵娆 Nouns (n.) refer to people, places and things
e.g. Alex, father, town, book
≽娆 Verbs (v.) indicate an action or a state
e.g. do, walk, be, seem
⼊⭡娆 Adjectives (adj.) tell us more about nouns
e.g. beautiful, big, friendly, round
∗娆 Adverbs (adv.) tell us more about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs
e.g. loudly, usually, very, just, really, since
忋㍍娆 Conjunctions (conj.) join words or clauses together
e.g. and, because, so
ẋ⎵娆 Pronouns (pron.) used to replace nouns
e.g. I, it, them, you
⇵伖娆 Prepositions (prep.) used to talk about location, movement, time, etc.
e.g. at, beside, during, for, towards
≑婆娆 Interjections (interj.) show strong feelings like disgust, pain and surprise
e.g. Oh!, Ugh!, Wow!
旸⭂娆 Determiners (det.) used before nouns
e.g. a / an / the, many, some, this, that, every
Examples:
pron. v. det. n. prep. n.
1. We had a party at Christmas.
n. v. det. adj. n. prep. pron.
2. Mum prepared a big dinner for us.
interj. pron. v. adj. conj. pron. v. det. det. n. adv.
3. Ah! It was nice and we finished all the food quickly!

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B. Some words can have more than one part of speech.

Here are some examples:

shop = noun shop = verb

This shop sells sportswear. She loves to shop in Tsim Sha Tsui.
like = verb like = preposition
I like my father. I look like my father.
down = adverb down = preposition
The sun is going down now. We were walking down the hill.
though = conjunction though = adverb
Though his house is small, it is comfortable. We lost the game. It was a good experience
though.

Read the paragraph below. Complete the table by filling in different parts of speech.

I had an unforgettable holiday in Japan. I

went to Tokyo, a very clean and nice city.
Look carefully at this postcard. I send it to
you! Oh! I forgot to put a stamp on it!

1. nouns (n.)

2. verbs (v.)

3. adjectives (adj.)

4. adverbs (adv.)

5. conjunctions (conj.) and

6. pronouns (pron.)

7. prepositions (prep.)

8. interjections (interj.)

9. determiners (det.)

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BRIDGING WORKSHEET
Grammar Parts of Speech 2.1 MARKS
DATE:

Find out the correct parts of speech of the following underlined words. Write their
abbreviations on the right column.

n. v. adj. adv conj. pron. prep. interj. det.

⎵娆 ≽娆 ⼊⭡娆 ∗娆 忋㍍娆 ẋ⎵娆 ⇵伖娆 ≑婆娆 旸⭂娆

e.g. I love playing with Lego. e.g. n.

1. Most of us use mobile apps every day. 1. ______

2. Although we like using apps, few of us have tried to develop one. 2. ______

3. Apps allow us to message our friends and share photos. 3. ______

4. Anyone can learn coding. 4. ______

5. Coders aged 8 to 16 across Asia now have the chance to show off what 5. ______
they can do at the AppJamming Summit.

6. Programming is not just for brainiacs! 6. ______

7. Like most good apps, All Access is simple. 7. ______

8. The long-time favourite puzzle toy has recently started to make a

comeback. 8. ______

9. In 1947, Lego began making plastic toys. 9. ______

10. Other competitors came up with some interesting apps too. 10. ______

11. Since 1949, Lego has become a best-selling toy brand. 11. ______

12. Wow, NASA astronauts took some Lego kits into space in 2011! 12. ______

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