29-8-2016 Parts of the

Speech
 Parts of the Speech
A verb tells about an action or a state and is the main part of a sentence

The cat slept. / That is John.

A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.

The dog slept / That is John.

A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun

She is very good at playing the piano.

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.

It was a cold day / They are good people.

An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An

adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as
how, when, where, how much.

The man walked slowly / The dogs barked loudly.

Prepositions are words which link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a
sentence

The cat is under the table / He is sitting on the chair.

You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and clauses, as in the following
example:
I ate the pizza and the pasta / Call the movers when you are ready.

An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion.

Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today / Hey! Put that down!

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 Nouns

Neuter this gender simply refers to nouns that have no sex. (Computer)
Common is the gender of nouns which can refer to either the male or female sex (Visitor)
Masculine this refers to nouns of the male sex (Rooster)
Feminine this denotes nouns of the female sex. (Cow)

Check the following list of nouns and classify them in its corresponding category

Computer Queen Girl

City Driver Member
King Uncle Actress
School Candidate Tiger
Actor Lawyer Stars
Princess Criminal Lady
Bull Leader Child
Pizza Visitor Car
Bus Princess Horse
Oven Fox Magazines
Cow Books Sun
Friend Mare Tree

Neuter Common Masculine Feminine

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 Nouns
Person: A term for a person, whether proper name, gender, title, or class.
Animal: A term for an animal, whether proper name, species, gender, or class.
Place: A term for a place, whether proper name, physical location.
Thing: A term for a thing, whether it exists now, will exist, or existed in the past.
Idea: A term for an idea, be it a real, workable idea or a fantasy.

Check the following list of nouns and classify them in its corresponding category
Grandfather ant Bat
Ball Restaurant Friend
Door Beach Leader
Grandmother Book Desk
John Trees Criminal
Sharon Sofa Niece
Table Love Tower
Dog Office Aunt
Waterfall Success Police Station
Cat Hate Belief

Person Animal Thing Place Idea

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 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns: Anything that can be counted, whether singular a dog, a

house, a friend, etc. or plural a few books, lots of oranges, etc. is a countable
noun

Uncountable Nouns: Anything that cannot be counted is an uncountable noun

Write c for the uncountable nouns and u for uncountable nouns

Water ( ) Table ( ) Furniture ( )

Printer ( ) Photograph ( ) Happiness ( )
Cheese ( ) Candles ( ) Dog ( )
Information ( ) Love ( ) Money ( )
Intelligence ( ) Rice ( ) Song ( )
Electricity ( ) Painting ( ) Music ( )
Equipment ( ) Class ( ) Art ( )
Garbage ( ) Wheels ( ) Paintings ( )

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 Singular and plural of nouns

Most singular nouns form the plural by adding -s. For example: River- Rivers
A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es. For Example:
Beach Beaches
A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es. For Example:
Citi Cities
There are some irregular noun plurals. For example:

a) Woman Women g) Leaf Leaves

b) Man Men h) Mouse Mice
c) Child Children i) Half - Halves
d) Tooth Teeth j) Knife - Knives
e) Foot Feet k) Wife - Wives
f) Person- People l) Life - Lives

Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the pluraL: For example: Sheep,
fish, deer, species, aircraft

Practice

Person: ____________ Dress: ____________

Cat: ____________ Fly: ____________
Fish: ____________ Glass: ____________
Watch: ____________ Tree: ____________
Enemy: ____________ Family: ____________
Friend: ____________ Heart: ____________
Church: ____________ Life: ____________
Lines: ____________ Wife: ____________
Wish: ____________ Fox: ____________
Baby: ____________ Bee: ____________
Key: ____________ Deer: ____________
Box: ____________ Pen: ____________
Citi: ______________ Pencil: ____________
Match: ____________ Ball: ____________

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