Do yo know

“parts of
speech”?
Meetings 1 and 2:
Introduction
Parts of speech
 Parts of Speech
Are the basic types of words that English has

There are eight parts of speech

It is important to be able to recognize and

identify the different types of words in English

you can understand grammar explanations and use

the right word form in the right place
 Kinds of parts of speech
Is a naming word. It names a person, place,
Noun
thing, etc.
• Examples: Richard, box, tree, etc.

Is a word which describes an action (doing

Verb something) or a state (being something)
• Examples: walk, talk, think, believe, like etc.

Adjective Is a word that describes a noun.

• Examples; big, yellow, thin, beautiful, quick, etc.
 Adverb Is a word which usually describes a verb
• Examples: slowly, well, yesterday, here, everywhere, etc.

Pronoun Is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun

• Examples: I, you, they, we, he, she, it

Conjunction Joins two words, phrases or sentences together

• Examples: but, so, and, because, or
 Usually comes before a noun, pronoun or
Preposition noun phrase
• Examples: on, in, by, under, at

Is an unusual kind of word because it often

Interjection stands alone
• Examples: Ouch!, Hurray!, Oh no!

Article Is used to introduce a noun

• Examples: the, a, an
Passage 1
 Read it!
 Look for the difficult words and find the
meaning!
 Find parts of speech!
 Make a sentence by using parts of
speech!