Level 7

PARTS OF SPEECH

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PARTS OF SPEECH
When we talk about parts of speech, we talk about the functions words have in a
sentence.
Knowing these functions can help us understand or translate a word.

◊ Can you hand me the book, please?

v
◊ Can you hand me the can, please?
n

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 NOUN It is used to to people, things, ideas, etc.

school high school university

people boy man girl woman

 It can work as SUBJECT or OBJECT in a sentence.
 It can be preceded by an article (the, a, an) or/and an adjective.

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PRONOUN It words, mainly nouns, that were

mentioned earlier.
This is a picture of Bart Simpson at school. is

ten years old, as all his classmates. All of

are good friends. Their teacher is Mrs Krabappel,

is Mr Skinner´s girlfriend. is single.

 It can work as SUBJECT or OBJECT in a sentence.
 There are several kinds of Pronouns.
 Pronouns provide contextual reference.

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ADJECTIVE It nouns (or pronouns).

Lisa Simpson is Bart’s sister.

She isn’t but is very

family is very of her.

 They usually follow the structure

 It appears after the noun or pronoun when we work with verb BE.

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VERB It .
The engineer the plan.
Present Simple

The engineer the plan.

Present continuous

The engineer the plan.

Past Simple

The engineer the plan.

Present Perfect

The plan by the engineer.

Present Continuous (PASSIVE)

 It shows a grammar tense.

 It appears after a noun or pronoun working as a subject.
 Sometimes, verbs in their infinitive form appear in sentences.
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 ADVERB It adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs.

Hares are fast.

adj.

Gazelles can run

v.

Cheetahs can run quickly.

adv.

 Adverbs can appear in different places.

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PREPOSITION It the relationship between a N or a

Pron with other word in the sentence.

Ever since the dark ages, when the king Babel challenged

God his Tower, communication human beings

has been very complicated. The confusion languages is

more patent now than ever the rise the internet.

 Prepositions can appear before object pronouns.

 There are prepositions formed by two or more words.
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CONJUNCTION It words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

Anna’s roommate, Lynn, decided to drive to work, , Anna rode into the city
with her. They needed to turn left on 140th Street, that street was under
construction. Anna could say anything, , Lynn had already
found an alternate route.
Anna arrived at work, her boss told her she would be working with her
coworker Ian on her next project. Anna was really impressed by Ian’s
professional accomplishments, she was anxious about working with him.
Anna thought Ian was annoying, unpredictable, reckless.

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INTERJECTION It an emotion.

We did it.

"I just deleted all my files. "

Quit it.

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In English, there are several words that can have different parts of speech and
have different meanings.

WORD EXAMPLE PART OF SPEECH

He’s got a lot of to do.

WORK
Carmen in the United States.
book is a dictionary.
THAT
is a kangaroo.
The company built an oil .
WELL Are you ?
Lucas speaks Chinese .

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can
The student can pick up the can.
v.
VERB
 It appears after a noun or pronoun working as a subject. S + V+O
 It is a modal verb. +

NOUN

 It can work as SUBJECT or OBJECT in a sentence. S + V+O

 It can be preceded by an article (the, a, an) or/and an adjective.

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 The student can pick up the can.
v.

El estudiante puede recoger el poder.

El estudiante puede recoger la lata.

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Thank you!

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