Eight Parts of Speech

Designed and Prepared By

A.M.
ANSARI MOHAMMED IMRAN
College of QAISER HUSAIN.
Education [Roll No. 18]
B.Ed.
Malegaon, Under Guidance of
Prof. Obaidurrahman

Method: English
 Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns

Interjections

Adjectives

Conjunctions
 Word that names

A noun is a word that names a person, a place

or a thing e.g. Sarah, lady, cat, New York,
Canada, room, school, football, reading.

The word "noun" comes from the Latin

word no men, which means "name," and
nouns are indeed how we name people,
places and things.
 Word that names

 A Person

A Place

 A Thing

 An Idea
 Kinds of Nouns

Common Nouns Proper Nouns

boy John
girl
Mary
Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
boy boys
girl
girls
Singular Possessive Plural Possessive
boy’s boys’
girl’s girls’
A word that expresses action or otherwise
helps to make a statement

“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
 Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express Linking verbs make a
mental or physical statement by
action. connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.

He rode the horse

to victory.
He has been sick.
 A pronoun is a word that is used
instead of a noun e.g. you could say,
"Lisa is a nice girl." Then you could
replace the noun "Lisa" with the word
"She" and get the following sentence:
"She is a nice girl." where "She" is
a pronoun e.g. I, he, it, we, them, us,
mine, itself.
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one,
etc.
An adjective is a word that
describes a person or thing.

Examples:
Big, pretty, expensive, green,
round, French, loud.

Example sentences: He
has big blue eyes.
 Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.

Did you lose your address

book?
Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.

 An adverb is a word that
describes or gives more information
about a verb, an adjective, another
adverb, or even the entire sentence.
An adverb can describe a verb, e.g.
She runs quickly.
Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective, Answers the questions:
or another adverb.

He ran quickly.

She left yesterday.

We went there.

It was too hot! To what degree or how much?

InterrogativeAdverbs
introduce questions How did you break
your leg?

How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
 A preposition is a word that is used before
a noun or a pronoun to connect it to another word
in the sentence. It is usually used to show location,
direction, time, and so forth.

Examples:
On, in, at, by, under, above, beside, to, out, from, for.

Example sentences:
I sat on the floor.
Let's go into the house.
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.

They received a postcard from Bobby telling

about his trip to Canada.

 The preposition never stands alone!

object of
preposition

preposition object

You can press those leaves under glass.

can have more than
one Object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.

object can have modifiers

It happened during the last examination.

 The conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins

parts of a sentence together.
Examples:
And, but, or, because, so.

Example sentences:
I want to come, but I can't.
She is smart and beautiful.
 The conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins words

or groups of words.

or

but
 The interjection

An interjection is a short sound, word or phrase used to

express the speaker's emotion.

Examples:
Oh! Look out! Ow! Hey! Wow! Ah! Um...

Example sentences:
Wow, that's amazing!
Ah, that was a good meal.
 The interjection

is an exclamatory word that expresses

emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at that sunset!

Essential Questions
 What are parts of speech?

 What is noun?
Content Questions
 What is verb?

 What are prepositions?