English Grammar

Parts of Speech
 Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns e r bs
V
Pron
o uns
Interjections

rb s
ve Pr e
Adjectives Ad pos
it io
ns

Conjunctions
Eight Parts of Speech
 Noun is derived from the Latin
word “nomen” which means
“name”.
It is a word that names a
person, a thing, a place, or an
event.
 Word that names
 A Person

 doctor  Harry Potter  girl

 Word that names
 A Place

 movie house

 city  school
 Word that names
 A Thing

 flower  pencil  food

 These nouns refer to specific or particular
persons, places or things. They begin with capital
letters.
 Examples:

 Vietnam  Taylor Swift

 These are names of persons, things, and
places in general.
 Examples:

 teacher  hospital  chocolate

 Names of ideas, feelings, qualities, emotions, etc. are
abstract nouns. They refer to matters that don’t exist in the
physical world, but are known through the effects they
create.
 Examples:

 love  intelligence  joy

 These are nouns that appeal to one’s senses; they
refer to objects that exist in the physical world.
 Examples:

 rose  dog  building

 Words that refer to things that can be counted;
they can be made plural by the addition of s to their
end parts.
 Examples:

 boy - boys  lady - ladies

 These refer to things which cannot be counted.
These nouns do not have plural equivalents. They can
be qualified, nevertheless, by the use of counters or
units of measures which can be pluralized such as: a
lot of, a kilo of, a slice of, a gallon of etc.
 Examples:
 a piece of paper – pieces of paper
 a pack of cigarette – packs of cigarettes

 a tablet of medicine – tablets of medicines