Special Curriculum

Program
PARTS OF
SPEECH
TOPIC
PARTS OF SPEECH

01 NOUN 02 PRONOUN

03 VERB 04 ADJECTIVE
NOUN
 A noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Nouns are often used with an article (the, a, an), but not
always. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter;
common nouns do not. Nouns can be singular or plural,
concrete or abstract. Nouns show possession by adding
's. Nouns can function in different roles within a sentence;
for example, a noun can be a subject, direct object,
indirect object, subject complement, or object of a
preposition.
 DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES
In English there are three articles: a, an, and
the. Articles are used before nouns or noun
equivalents and are a type of adjective. The
definite article (the) is used before a noun to
indicate that the identity of the noun is known to
the reader. The indefinite article (a, an) is used
before a noun that is general or when its identity is
not known.
Definite article Indefinite article
● the (before a ● a (before a singular
singular or noun beginning with a
plural noun) consonant sound)
● an (before a singular
noun beginning with a
vowel sound)
A singular noun names one person,
place, thing, or idea, while a plural
noun names more than one person,
place, thing, or idea.
 RULES Singular Plural
1. Most singular nouns form boat boats
the plural by adding -s. house houses
cat cats
2. singular noun ending in s, bus buses
x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by wish wishes
adding-es. pitch pitches
3. A singular noun ending in a penny pennies
consonant and then y makes baby babies
the plural by dropping the y city cities
and adding-ies.
 Irregular Nouns
RULES Singular Plural
4. Some nouns are the same in sheep sheep
both their singular and plural deer deer
forms. aircraft aircraft
5. Some nouns ending in 'f' half halves
require that you change the 'f' knife knives
to a 'v' and then add an 'es' at life Lives
the end to make them plural. wife wives
• More irregular nouns. woman women
Child children
tooth teeth
 Activity 1.1
Directions: Choose the noun/s
in each 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.
6. Mrs. Smith gave us bananas
and apples.
7. The school had a fence, a
sidewalk, and a playground.
8. Yesterday, my mother got a
letter from my grandmother.
9. At our cottage in Muskoka, the
lake is very close to the porch.
10. On Tuesday, all the girls go to
the gym.
 Activity 1.2
Directions: Underline the
nouns in the following
sentences.
1. The house is in Africa.
2. The car is old and is missing
one door.
3. When will the bus arrive?
4. Excitement is in the air.
5. Yesterday was the coldest day
of the year.
6. Happiness is the best feeling.
7. Tim, Joe, and Anton are my
best friends.
8. Evolution is part of nature.
9. My brother is a major league
baseball player.
10. Is it time to go yet?
 Activity 1.3
Directions: Circle the proper
nouns in the box below:
elephant India jazz baseball New
York
Dr. home School The tennis
Williams Olympics
 Activity 1.4
Directions: Underline the
proper noun and circle the
common noun in the
following sentences:
1. The house is in Africa.
2. The Ford truck is missing one
door.
3. I am from Belize.
4. Jaime lives at 108 Spring St.
5. Monaco is an expensive city.
6. The Celtics won the game last
night.
7. Basketball is a fun game.
8. “Mrs. Peach needed to know
my phone number,” said Juan.
9. Alamance Community College
is a nice school.
10. Birds are my favorite animals.
 Activity 1.5
Directions: Write the plural
form of the nouns given
below.
1. child
2. man
3. woman
4. wife
5. knife
6. half
7. mouse
8. goose
9. tooth
10. elf
11. syllabus
12. analysis
13. thesis
14. diagnosis
15. crisis
16. nucleus
17. criterion
18. fungus
19. oasis
20. toe
PRONOU
N
 A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. A
pronoun is usually substituted for a specific noun,
which is called its antecedent. Pronouns are
further defined by type: personal pronouns refer
to specific persons or things; possessive pronouns
indicate ownership; reflexive pronouns are used
to emphasize another noun or pronoun; relative
pronouns introduce a subordinate clause; and
demonstrative pronouns identify, point to, or refer
to nouns.
 TYPES OF
PRONOUN :
Possessive: mine,
yours, his, hers, its,
ours, whose, theirs
Demonstrative: this,
that, these, those
Objective: me, you,
him, her, it, us, whom,
them
Subjective: I, you, he,
she, it, we, who, they
Reflexive: myself, yourself,
himself, herself, ourselves,
themselves
Indefinite: anybody,
everybody, nobody,
somebody
 Activity 2.1
Directions: Choose the
pronoun/s in each
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.
 Activity 2.2
Directions: Underline the
pronouns in the following
sentences:
1. He is on the telephone.
2. We live in Spain.
3. It is on fire!
4. I am the only student in class.
5. Tennis is a fun sport. I like to play
it.
 Activity 2.3
Directions: Read each of the
following sentences and
determine which word is a
pronoun. Circle your answer.
1. Buck Blindside lost his cowboy boots in the
treacherous mud pits of Spirit Valley.
a) Buck Blindside b) In
c) his d) cowboy
2. Duke Longarm and Drew Quickdraw met on the
dusty street in front of the clock tower a
minute before high noon for their duel.
a) Their b) Duke Longarm and Drew
Quickdraw
c) in front of d) street
3. Sally Sidearm was the one who stuck up
Reverend Long and his coterie of nuns on the way to
the chapel.
a)Was b) who
c) stuck up d) Sally Sidearm
4. Sally Sidearm tried to spit into the spittoon
nonchalantly but it landed on Deputy Dan's boot.
a) Sally Sidearm
b)spit
c) into
d) it
5. As Sheriff Pete slowly reached for his pistol,
Rootin' Tootin' Rob drew a chrome revolverfrom his
holster and said. "You don't want to make that
mistake”
a) Rootin' Tootin' Rob
b) you
c) drew
d) don’t
VER
B
 The verb in a sentence expresses action
or being. There is a main verb and
sometimes one or more helping verbs.
("She can sing." Sing is the main verb; can
is the helping verb.) A verb must agree with
its subject in number (both are singular or
both are plural). Verbs also take different
forms to express tense.
TYPES OF VERB
●ACTION/ ●LINKING/
MAIN VERB HELPING
VERB
ACTION/MAIN VERB
 express action, something
that a person, animal, force
of nature, or thing can do
LINKING/ HELPING VERB
 do not express action
 they connect the subject of
a verb to additional
information about the
subject
 Activity 3.1
Directions: Choose the verb/s
in each 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.
6. The cowboy had been chewing on a stalk of
alfalfa.
7. If you gave them this candy, the little boys
would become very happy.
8. Are you sure you broke the plate?
9. Later on today, Peter and Janet will be
going to a movie.
10. Before I lose my temper, I always count to
three.
 Activity 3.2
Directions: Encircle the action
verb in each sentence.
1. Sal listens to his favorite song.
2. Craig hits the baseball over the
fence.
3. The little pig grunts.
4. The roof of the house leaks.
5. The hunter searches for a deer.
6. Dr. Gold examines his patient.
7. The bluebird in the tree sings
beautifully.
8. The football team dashes out of the
locker room.
9. Paul reads The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer.
10. Mrs. Gray buys a roll of paper towels
at the store.
 Activity 3.3
Directions: Write a sentence
with an action verb to
describe each picture.
Underline the action verb
ADJECTIV
ES
 An adjective modifies the
meaning of a noun or pronoun.
An adjective, which may
describe or limit a noun or
pronoun, answers the following
questions:
1. Which one? his daughter
that man
2. What kind? dark suit
beautiful lady
3. How many? ten children
both people
 Activity 4.1
Directions: Choose the
adjective/s in each
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.
 Activity 4.2
Directions: Encircle the
adjective/s in each
sentences.
1. The musician played an expensive
guitar.
2. My boss invited me to a fancy dinner.
3. The furry dog made the girl sneeze.
4. The hungry man lived on the streets.
5. He was afraid to talk to the beautiful
woman.
 Activity 4.3
Directions: Circle the
adjective. On the line after
the sentence, write the noun
that is being described.
1. The perfume in the container is
fragrant.
2. The shiny car caught his attention in
the yard.
3. The homework in science was very
difficult.
4. I didn’t want to sit on the wet ground.
5. My uncle who lives in Detroit is elderly.
6. The professor taught a fascinating
class.
7. Explorers came to America from
foreign lands.
8. Her mother is an amazing cook!
9. The textbook for the class was heavy.
10. The elephant purchased by the zoo is
enormous.
ACTIVITY PROPER