UNIVERSITY <<GOCE DELCHEV >>STIP

FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ​

AND LITERATURE
Parts of speech

Sofija Manasieva
Index number:162649

Pavle Petrovski
Index number:162630
The Parts of Speech Words have been divided into different classes or groups according to
the function they perform in a sentence. These classes or groups of words are called parts
of speech.

ADJECTIVES VERB

PRONOUN
NOUN

CONJUNCTION
Parts of
speech ADVERB

INTERJUNCTIO PREPOSITION
NOUN - WORD THAT NAMES:

A PERSON
A THING
AN ANIMAL
A PLACE
 Kinds of Nouns

Common Nouns: A common noun is the word used for a class of

person, place or thing. Example : Car , Man
Proper Nouns: A proper noun is the name of a person, place or
thing (i.e., its own name). A proper noun always starts with a
capital letter. Example : Michael , Africa
Collective Nouns : A collective noun is the word used for a group
of people or things. Example : Team , Jury
Abstract nouns : Abstract nouns are ideas, feelings or qualities .
Example : love, hate, kindness, imagination, courage,
intelligence, happiness, sadness, joy, confidence, luck, bitterness,
cheerfulness. Material Noun : Material Noun is the name of a
material or a substance or an ingredient of an alloy
Example : I purchased a gold ring. , Calcium is good for health .
Verb - a word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a statement.
Every sentence must have a VERB
Types of verbs​
Verbs are of different types according to their forms
and functions in sentences.The following are the
main verb types in English language. ​
lexical verbs (main)​
Auxilliary verbs (helping) ​
Finite and non-finite verbs ​
Transitive and intransitive verbs ​
Active and passive verbs ​
Regular and irregular verbs
 ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun by limiting its

meaning.
Descriptive words that most often describe nouns or
pronouns.
Can describe other adjectives.
A lot of adjectives end in the suffix –ous
Example:
Happy, big, purple, thin, beautiful.
1. I bought two shirts yesterday.
2. Amir is shorter than me.
 ADVERBS

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by

making its meaning more specific.
Adverbs can come either before or after the verbs they are describing.
Adverbs typically end in the suffix –ly .
Adverbs modify by answering the questions “when”, “where”, “how” and ‘how
much. Example : Slowly, quickly, awful, therefore, seriously.
1. He walked to his room quickly.
2. This laksa tastes awful.
3. Harith talked slowly over the phone.
4. She often drinks coffee with milk.
 Pronoun
The pronoun is a word used in place of
one or more nouns. It may stand for a
person, place, thing, or idea.
Personal| Indefinite Interrogative Demonstrative
Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns

I, me, mine anybody who this

you, your, each whom that
yours
she, her, hers none what these
it, its someone, one, which those
etc.
we,us, our, whose
ours
they, them,
their, theirs
myself
 PREPOSITIONS

A preposition is a word that shows the

relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other
word in a sentence. Prepositions show where, time
and place or give direction.
Example : over, across, through, to, beside,
beneath, into, inside, during, since.
1. The bird flew over the barn.
2. The presents were placed under the tree.
 CONJUNCTIONS

A conjunction is a word that joins single words or groups of

words. Conjunctions join a phrases or clauses or words
together in sentences, and are often separated by a comma .
A semicolon can take the place of a comma and a
conjunction Example : and, but, yet, so, or, either, while,
although. |
1. Sofia and Alex are running.
2. They are planning and building a house.
 INTERJECTION

An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion or

exclamation. Do not need sentences to make sense.
Usually placed at the beginning of sentences and are followed
by a punctuation mark.
Example : Ouch! Eww! Awe! Wow!

- Eww. Those food look disgusting.