LS 1 – Communication Skills (English)

TOPIC: PARTS OF SPEECH (Part 1)

There are eight parts of speech in the English Language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb,
preposition, conjunction, interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions. Understanding
parts of speech is essential for determining the correct definition of a word when using the dictionary.

1. Noun
 A noun is a name of a person, place, thing or idea.

Person Place Thing Animals Idea

teacher zoo soap butterfly justice
policeman airport carpet cat success
Anna New York City School bus Dalmatian peace

Types of Noun
 Common noun – name any person, place, animal, place, thing or idea. They are not specific and
not written in capital letter (unless written at the beginning of the sentence)
Example: boy, river, car, doctor

 Proper noun – are the names of specific people, place, thing, animals, or ideas. Proper nouns
SHOULD ALWAYS be capitalized.

Common Noun Proper Noun

 boy  James
 river  Rio Grande de Mindanao River
 car  Fortuner
 doctor  Dr. Jefferson

 Concrete Nouns – name of people, places, or things that you can TOUCH, SEE, HEAR, SMELL, or
TASTE
Example:

Person Place Thing

Mrs. Jones Paris book
children mountain ballpen
Juan Dela Cruz Tent City Ferrari

 Abstract Nouns – name of ideas, concepts or emotions. Nouns that you CANNOT touch, see, hear,
smell or taste using your five senses
Idea Emotion
love happiness
intelligence anger
justice excitement
religion fear

 Compound Nouns – nouns that are made up of two or more words.

Example:
hair + cut = haircut
ice + cream = ice cream
tooth + paste = toothpaste

 Collective Nouns – comes from its root word collection. It names a group, which is a collection of
people or things.

Example:
team – a number of persons working together
gang – a group of people doing antisocial acts
herd – a large group of animals

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2. Pronouns
 They take the place of nouns.

Example: I, you, we, they, he, she, it, me, us, them, her, him, this, those, etc.

Sample Sentence with noun:

Wow! Lyqa likes clothes.
Sample sentence using pronoun:
Wow! She likes clothes.

***The noun Lyka was replaced with the pronoun she

3. Adjective – describes, modifies or gives information about a noun or pronoun.

 To describe taste:
Bitter sweet yummy
Sour delicious salty
fruity spicy gingery

 To describe Touch:
Smooth Slippery silky
sharp fluffy sticky
solid hard soft

 To describe sound:
Silent Screeching Deafening
husky loud whispering
faint noisy melodic

 To describe color
green crimson pinkish
purple dull gold
multicolored red bright

Example Sentences:
He is an adorable baby. (describing the pronoun He)
She wore a beautiful dress. (describing the dress)
The road was slippery. (describing the noun road)
He gave me a fluffy toy. (describing the toy)
The soup was so sour. (describing the taste of the soup)

4. Verb – shows actions or state of being.

 Action Verb – these are verbs that shows action

Example: jump, dance, write, eat

John visited his friend.
Sam and Eric ride the bus to school each morning
Ian reads a chapter in his books every night.

 Linking verb – not all verbs are action. Linking verbs serve as a connection between the subject
and further information about the subject. They “link “ the subject to the rest of the sentence

Most common linking verbs are: am, is are, was, were, has been, are being, might be, etc.

Examples:
She is a nurse.
The moon is in the outer space.
I was at the hotel lobby.
William is excited about his promotion.

Now you are ready to take the following activities!

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Name: ____________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________

Learning Strand 1 (English) Topic: PARTS OF SPEECH (1)

PRETEST:

Activity 1:
In a bond paper/yellow paper, follow the template and write as many examples that you can give
for each part of speech.
Noun Pronoun

Adjective Verb

POST TEST

Activity 1. Common and Proper noun

Determine whether each noun is common or proper noun.
 If the noun is common, write COMMON NOUN on the line,
 If the noun is proper, write PROPER NOUN on the line.

Copy and answer in a bond paper of yellow paper.

1. February ________________________ 6. restaurant _______________________

2. ocean ______________________________ 7. Google _________________________
3. Dr. Morgan _________________________ 8. Russia _________________________
4. Coca-cola _______________________ 9. tree _____________________________
5. planet ________________________ 10. woman _________________________

Activity 3. Identify whether the underlined word is a NOUN, PRONOUN, VERB, OR ADJECTIVE.

__________________________1. Sherrie lost her earring.

__________________________2. I bought a new and expensive car.
__________________________3. Catherine was not at school today.
__________________________4. They ate some delicious food.
__________________________5. This car belongs to us.
__________________________6. Dan sat on the broken chair.
__________________________7. You must see a doctor because of your sleeping disorder.
__________________________8. We shall wait for Kara at the house.
__________________________9. I am in the middle of something.
__________________________10. Hannah has a spacious room.
__________________________11. They went to the museum.
__________________________12. She was trying to control her anger.
__________________________13. Let’s watch the full moon at the rooftop.
__________________________14. Linda’s hair was gorgeous.
__________________________15. The cat jumps over the fence.

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