English Grammar

Parts of Speech

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 Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns rb s
Ve Pron
oun
s
Interjections
Interjections

r
bbss
veer P re
Adjectives d v pos
AAd i tio
ns

Conjunctions
Conjunctions
 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
boys boys
girls girls
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement be verbs
&
taste
SSuubbjejecctt feel

LLiinnkki
sound
look

inngg appear
become predicate
seem predicate
grow
remain
stay
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 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.
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Thepronoun
pronounisisaaword
wordused
usedin
inplace
placeof
ofone
oneor
ormore
morenouns.
nouns.
ItItmay
maystand
standfor
foraaperson,
person,place,
place,thing,
thing,or
oridea.
idea.

Indefinite Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns

ouns anybody
Pro
n this
o nal ine s each
that
rs , m
Pe I, me o ur
y either
y o ur, rs, these
,
you , her, h
e none
s h e i t , i t s u rs someone, one, etc. Interro those
,o gative P
, our heir,
u s
we, them,
t ronoun
, s who s
they their
e lf whom
mys elf
rs what
you
which
whose
 Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Answers these questions:

Did you lose your address

book?

Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.

Modifies
Modifies oror describes
describes
aa verb,
verb, an
an adjective,
adjective, Answers the
Answers the questions:
questions:
or
or another
another adverb.
adverb.
HHoow w??
He
He ran
ran quickly.
quickly.
Whheenn?
W
She
She left
left yesterday.
yesterday. ?
e r e ?
Wewent
We went there.
there.
Wh ?
W h e r e
ItIt was
was too
too hot!
hot! To
Towhat
what degree
degree or
or how
how much?
much?
 Interrogative
Adverbs How did you break your
introduce questions leg?

When does your plane leave?

How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
 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!

noun object of
p o si tio n pronoun preposition
pre
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.
Some Common Prepositions

aboard behind from throughout

about below in to
above beneath into toward
across beside like under
after between of underneath
against beyond off until
along by on up
among down over upon
around during past with
at except since within
before for through without
 The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
nd
a or
neithe
it he r / or r/nor
e
 The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at that

sunset!
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