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English Grammar. Parts of Speech. Presented by: Pir Suhail Ahmed. Verbs. Adjectives. Prepositions. Eight Parts of Speech. Nouns. Interjections. Adverbs. Pronouns. Conjunctions. A Person. Noun. A word that names. A Place. A Thing. An Idea. Kinds of Nouns. Adjective.
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English Grammar Parts of Speech Presented by: Pir Suhail Ahmed
Verbs Adjectives Prepositions Eight Parts of Speech Nouns Interjections Adverbs Pronouns Conjunctions
A Person Noun A word that names • A Place • A Thing • An Idea
Adjective Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Answers these questions: Did you lose your addressbook? Which? What kind? Is that a woolsweater? Just give me fiveminutes. How many?
Pronoun The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. Demonstrative Pronouns this, that, these, those Personal Pronouns I, me, mine you, your, yours she, her, hers, it, its we, us, our, ours they, them, their, theirs myself, yourself Interrogative Pronouns who whom what which whose Indefinite Pronouns anybody, one, each, either, none, someone
Verb A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement. Every sentence must have a verb. Verb Subject Predicate
Action verbs express mental or physical action. Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it. Kinds of Verbs He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.
Adverb Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Answers these questions: He ran quickly. How? When? She left yesterday. Where? We went there. To what degree or how much? It was toohot!
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 itsobject. They received a postcard from Bobbytelling about his tripto Canada.
Common Prepositions behind below beneath beside between beyond by down during except for from in into like of off on over past since through throughout to toward under underneath until up upon with within without aboard about above across after against along among around at before
Conjunction A word that joins words or groups of words. and but thus if either/or neither/nor although however because then so
Interjection An exclamatory word that expresses emotion. Goodness! What a cute baby! Wow! Look at the time! I’ll never finish my work!
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