1. GRAMMAR : PART OF SPEECH
BY :
MOHAMAD SOLEHUDDIN BIN
MOHAMAD SIDEK
MOHD DZUL FADHLY BIN
MASNIN@MUSNIN
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• Parts of speech describe the job a word
does in a sentence.
• Parts of speech are the basic types of words
that are used in English. All the words in
English language must belong to one or the
part of speech.
• It is important to recognize and identify the
different types of words in English, so that
we can understand grammar and use the
right word form in the right place.
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NOUNS
PART
OF
SPEECH
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
VERBS
ADVERBS
INTERJECTIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
PREPOSITIONS
4. NOUNS
A noun is a word that names a person,
place, a thing, or an idea.
Act as a the subject in a sentence
Examples :
Idea : love, beauty
Person : uncle, Intan, Maliq, woman
Thing : bicycle, magazine, pencil, book
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5. VERBS
A verb is a word that expresses action in a sentence or a state of
being.
Known as predicate of the sentence.
End in the suffix –ed, -ing, -s
Example :
Show action (example: to run, jump,sleep,write)
Show time (example: run/ran,go/went)
State something (example: to be)
Show number (example: was/ were)
Show condition (example: It seems)
1. My classmates admired my new handphone.
2. I gave Syazwan my magazine.
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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8. PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that can take the place
of a noun.
Example : she, him, they, us, I, our, myself.
1. Who told you that?
2. They met us at the park.
3. Something is burning.
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Referring to persons or nouns :
• I, my, mine, me, myself
• You, your, yours, yourself, yourselves
• He, his, him, himself
• She, hers, her, herself
• It, its itself
• We, our, ours, us, ourselves
• They, their, theirs, them, themselves
• Who, whose, whom, whoever,
whomever
• Everybody, anybody, somebody
• Everyone, anyone, someone
• None, no one, no body
Referring to nouns :
• This, one, each, some, any, all
• That, either, neither, many, more,
much, most
• These, other, another, what, which
• Those, both, several, few, whatever,
whichever
10. PREPOSITIONS
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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.
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12. CONJUNCTIONS
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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. Matt and Tiss are running.
2. They are planning and building a house.
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13. INTERJECTIONS
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!
1. Eww. Those food look disgusting.
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14. POEM
Every name is called a noun,
As field and fountain, street and town;
In place of noun the pronoun stands
As he and she can clap their hands;
The adjective describes a thing,
As magic wand and bridal ring;
The verb means action, something done -
To read, to write, to jump, to run;
How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As quickly, slowly, badly, well;
The preposition shows relation,
As in the street, or at the station;
Conjunctions join, in many ways,
Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase;
The interjection cries out, ‘Hark!
I need an exclamation mark!‘
Through poetry, we learn how each
Of these make up the parts of speech
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15. EXERCISES
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Identify all the parts of speech in the
following sentence:
1. Yesterday we went to the cinema because
John had luckily received two free tickets.
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