Parts of speech

The English language is made up of nine different types of word, each with its own name, rules, and
roles. These are commonly referred to as “part of speech” or word classes

Nouns Verb Adjective

Pronoun Adverb Preposition
Conjunction Interjection Determiners

 Nouns

Nouns are Naming words and are used for things, Places, People, or ideas.

Singular (one) plural (more than one)

 The plural of most nouns is formed by adding - .

Ball bolls
Pet pets
Cat cats
Man mans
Tree trees

 For nouns ending in s, x, z, sh, and ch, add -es.

Watch Watches
Box Boxes
Quiz Quizzes
Brush Brushes
Bush Bushes
Inch Inches
Clutch Clutches

 Nouns ending in f or fe form their plurals by changing the f or fe to v and adding -es.

Wife Wives
Life Lives
Calf (Young cow or baby cow) Calves
Leaf Leaves

 Nouns ending in y form their plurals by changing the y to i and adding -es.

Family Families
Community Communities
Facility Facilities
Ability Abilities
Lady Ladies

I want to eat apple

I want to eat an apple
I want to eat the apple he plays cricket They play cricket
Reading helps me to learn English.
Laughing helps us to have a healthy life

Verbs
Verb forms list
Present past past participl
Cut cut cut
Run ran run
Play played played
See saw seen
Know knew known
Talk talked talked