PARTS OF

SPEECH

By: Usriya Tas’adina

 TEXT
PARAGRAPH
SENTENCE
CLAUSE
PHRASE
WORD
 PARTS OF SPEECH FUNCTION
1 NOUN Naming word

2 VERB Action Word

3 ADVERB Describing a verb

4 ADJECTIVE Describing Noun

5 PREPOSITION Showing relationship

6 PRONOUN Replacing a Noun

7 ARTICLE Defining word

8 CONJUNCTION Joining CLAUSE

9 INTERJECTION Expressive word

1. NOUN (BOOK, LECTURER, BOARD,..)
2. VERB (SHARE, PUT, GET, ..)
3. ADVERB (ENTLY, BEAUTIFULLY,..)
4. ADJECTIVE (COOL, GREAT, IMPRESSIVE,..)
5. PREPOSITION (TO,IN,ON,AT,WITH, OF,FOR, FROM, ETC)
6. PRONOUN (HE, SHE, IT, ….)
7. ARTICLE (A,AN,THE)
8. CONJUNCTION (SO,AND,OR,BUT,YET,BECAUSE,BEFORE, ETC)
9. INTERJECTION (WOW, REAT, WONDERFUL, ..)
 NOUN
A noun is a name of a thing that do action/s.
No Noun as examples
1 Plants Coconut tree, grass, etc
2 Fruits Apple, orange, avocado, guava, etc
3 Animals Cow, goat, hen, duck, etc
4 Profession Police, teacher, nurse, doctor
5 Position Brother, sister, father, mother, aunt, etc
6 Good Table, chair, book, pencil
7 electronics Cellphone, computer, ect

No Use in the sentence Notes

1 The doctor calls the That active sentence (no.1) has two nouns; (1) doctor
next patient to get in and (2) patient. The word “Doctor” is a noun as subject.
While the word “patient” is a noun as object.
That sentence uses simple present tense.

2 Kamil planted many That active sentence (no.2) has two nouns; (1) Kamil and
flowers in his garden (2) flowers. The word “Kamil” is a noun as subject. While
the word “flowers” is a noun as object.
That sentence uses simple past tense.
No Use in the sentence
3 That rabbit has been
eating too much
4 My aunt had taught me a
lot before I went abroad
5 A fried fish has stolen by
that cat
Notes
That active sentence (no.3) has one noun
which is “rabbit”. The word “rabbit” is a
noun as subject. That sentence uses
present perfect continuous tense.
That active sentence (no.4) has one noun
which is “aunt”. The word “aunt” is a noun
as subject. That sentence uses past
perfect tense.
That passive sentence (no.5) has two
nouns; (1) fish and (2) cat. The word “fish”
is a noun as object. While the word “cat”
is a noun as subject.
That sentence uses present perfect
tense.
 VERB
A verb functions to show the activity done by
the subject. In a sentence, a verb describes
what the subject do or does.

Learners can find easily the position of verb

because in an active sentence it is placed right
after the subject. Verb is also known as
predicate. There are numerous examples of
verbs as follows
 VERB

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Add-added-added Write-wrote-written
Look-looked-looked Draw-drew-drawn

Action verbs Auxiliary verbs

cook type suggest recommend
blend share advice apologize

Transitive Intransitive
buy cut Sit Walk
ride build run stand
 ADVERB

Adverb is a word used to describe verbs, also

to modify an adjective or adverb itself

Examples:
1. She dance gently
2. they called me in the morning
3. Peter did his job well
 ADVERB

ADVERB OF PLACE :
HERE, THERE, AT SCHOOL, IN THE MOSQUE

ADVERB OF TIME:
NOW, YESTERDAY, AT NIGHT, IN THE
MORNING

ADVERB OF WAY
GENTLY, FAST SLOWLY, WELL, HARD
 PRONOUN

Pronouns aims to replace noun

SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE

SHE HER HER BOOK
HE HIM HIS
IT IT ITS
I ME MY
YOU YOU YOUR
WE US OUR
THEY THEM THEIR
 ADJECTIVE
An indefinite adjective describes a whole group
or class of people or things, or a person or thing
that is not identified or familiar

EXAMPLES:
arrogant
calm
bossy
dangerous
excellent
famous
gorgeous
high
 ARTICLE
Articles are words that you use
with nouns.
An article determines/modify the
noun.
The articles in the English language are only 3:
1. An
2. An
3. The
 PREPOSITION
A preposition is a word—and almost always a very small, very
common word—that shows direction (to in "a letter to you"),
location (at in "at the door"), or time (by in "by noon")

Examples:

1. I gave this book to you

2. I heard that news from her
3. They are standing in front of the garden
 CONJUNCTION

Conjunctions are words that join together

other words or groups of words
Example:
1. Ann’s mother cut the onion while her
sister cleans the table
2. They played the game well after they
had prepared for it
3. Sally torn the paper then burnt it.
 INTERJECTION
An interjection is a word or phrase that is
grammatically independent from the
words around it, and mainly expresses
feeling rather than meaning.
Examples:
1. Terrific, you are so brilliant.
2. Fantastic, their shoes are awesome.
3. Wow, she looks outstanding today.
 Practice 1

Belong to what part of

speech is the word
underlined in each number?
1. It's time to step out of your comfort
zone.

A. adverb
B. noun
C. Pronoun√
D. preposition
2. He really did a childish thing this morning.

A. Adjective √
B. noun
C. verb
D. adverb
3. Stay here until he comes back.

A. conjunction
B. adverb
C. preposition√
D. interjection
4. How many knives do I really
need in my kitchen?

A. pronoun
B. adverb
C. noun√
D. adjective
5. She suddenly changed her mind
about selling her house.

A. adverb√
B. conjunction
C. adjective
D. interjection
6. Wow! You look
gorgeous!

A. pronoun
B. interjection √
C. noun
D. adjective
 Practice 2

Mention the names of the words

underlined in each number!
1. I put the book on the table.

2. I like Harry because he is helpful.

3. My father bought an expensive car.

4. He plays the piano beautifully.

5. I read the letter repeatedly.