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PARTS OF SPEECH I. PARTS OF SPEECH. OPEN CLASS. CLOSED CLASS. NOUNS. VERBS. ADJECTIVES. ADVERBS. PRONOUNS. PREPOSITIONS. CONJUNCTIONS. DETERMINERS. AUXILIARIES. NOUNS. a word which names a person, place or thing proper nouns and common nouns. KLCC. NORISH KARMAN. AN ELEPHANT.
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PARTS OF SPEECH OPEN CLASS CLOSED CLASS NOUNS VERBS ADJECTIVES ADVERBS PRONOUNS PREPOSITIONS CONJUNCTIONS DETERMINERS AUXILIARIES
NOUNS • a word which names a person, place or thing • propernouns and common nouns KLCC NORISH KARMAN AN ELEPHANT
Most nouns are common nouns and do not begin with a capital letter.
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Many nouns have a special plural form if there is more than one. • For example, • we say one book but two books. Plurals are usually formed by adding an -s (books) or -es (boxes) • some plurals are formed in different ways • (child - children, person - people, mouse - mice, sheep - sheep)
VERBS • a word which shows action or state of being • every sentence must have a verb
The dog bit the man. • bit is the verb and the word which shows the action of the sentence.
The man is sitting on a chair. • even though the action doesn't show much activity, sitting is the verb of the sentence.
She is a smart girl. • there is no action but a state of being expressed by the verb is. • the word beis different from other verbs in many ways but can still be thought of as a verb.
Modals • Verbs are also often accompanied by verb-like words called • modals (may, could, should, etc.) • auxiliaries (do, have, will, etc.) • to give them different meanings
verbs change their form • Sometimes endings are added learn - learned • sometimes the word itself becomes different teach-taught • The different forms of verbs show different meanings related to such things as : • tense (past, present, future) • person (first person, second person, third person) • number (singular, plural) • voice (active, passive)
ADJECTIVES • modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. • a beautiful girl • five thick book • An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.
The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops. • Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wall paper. • The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea. • The coal mines are dark and dank. • Many stores have already begun to play irritatingChristmas music. • A batteredmusic box sat on the mahogany sideboard. • The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots.
ADVERBS • 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". • Unlike an adjective, an adverb can be found in various places within the sentence.
The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes. • In this sentence, the adverb "quickly" modifies the verb "made" and indicates in what manner (or how fast) the clothing was constructed.
The midwives waited patiently through a long labour. • Similarly in this sentence, the adverb "patiently" modifies the verb "waited" and describes the manner in which the midwives waited.
The boldly spoken words would return to haunt the rebel. • In this sentence the adverb "boldly" modifies the adjective "spoken."
Fill in the blanks. • On a _____________ day at the end of March, ____________ decided that he/she was tired of playing inside. ________________ needed some adventure. So he/she grabbed his/her ________________ and his/her _____________ and set off. There was fresh snow on the ground and the clouds were ___________________. • The first thing _____________ saw was a ___________________ standing beside a tree. He/She __________ over to the _______________. "What's your name?" asked ____________. The ___________ replied, "__________________." Was this the beginning of the adventure ______________ was seeking?
Cntd. • On the ground Brother saw a __________. It was the color of __________ and had a texture like __________. It reminded him of __________.