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Parts of Speech Overview

Parts of Speech Overview . Noun, Pronoun, Adjective. The Noun and compound nouns. A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Common and proper nouns. A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas. .

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Parts of Speech Overview

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  1. Parts of Speech Overview Noun, Pronoun, Adjective

  2. The Noun and compound nouns • A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea

  3. Common and proper nouns • A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas. A common noun generally does not begin with a capital letter. • A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun begins with a capital letter.

  4. Concrete and abstract nouns • A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell). • An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic.

  5. Collective Nouns • A collective noun is a word that names a group.

  6. The pronoun and personal pronouns • A pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns. The word that a pronoun stands for is called its antecedent. Elena read the book and returned it to the library. antecedent pronoun Sometimes the antecedent is not stated. Who invented the telephone? pronoun

  7. A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking (first person) the one spoken to (second person), or the one spoken about (third person). Please note that sometimes the words my, your, his, her, its and there are also called adjectives.

  8. Reflexive and intensive pronouns • A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and functions as a complement or an object of a preposition. • An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun. Notice that reflexive and intensive pronouns have the same form.

  9. Reflexiveexamples • The rescuers did not consider themselvesheroes. (direct object) • Juan wrote himself a note. (indirect object) • She is herself again. (predicate nominative) • I don’t feel like myself. (object of the preposition) Intensive examples • Amelia designed the costumes herself. • Imyself sold more than fifty tickets.

  10. Demonstrative, interrogative, and relative pronouns • A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, a place, a thing or an idea. These are the names of those who volunteered. • An interrogative pronoun introduces a question. Who scored the most points in the game? • A relative pronoun introduces an adjective clause. Ray Charles is a performer who has had many hit recordings.

  11. Indefinite Pronouns • An indefinite pronoun refers to a person a place, a thing, or an idea that may or may not be specifically named.

  12. Adjectives and proper adjectives • An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun • A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter

  13. Articles • The most frequently used adjectives are a, an, and the. These adjectives are called articles. The adjectives a and an are called indefinite articles because they refer to any member of a general group. A is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound. An is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound. a, an, and the

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