Teacher: MARIA EUGENIE A.

ALTAR Week: 1

Topic: PARTS OF SPEECH Subject: ENGLISH

DAY 1
Nouns and Pronouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a naming word. It names a person, an animal, a place or a thing.

Examples of nouns are:

 People: teacher, cleaner, social worker, footballer, boy, girl.

 Animals: dog, cat, lion, tiger.

 Places: field, school, house, swimming pool, garden.

 Things: pen, pencil, table, mobile phone, tree.

Types of Nouns
Common Nouns

Most nouns are common nouns. Common nouns refer to people, places and things in general
like chair or dog. Any noun that is not a name is a common noun.

Examples: teacher, car, music, danger, receipt

 Have you seen my dog?

 The books are on your desk.

Proper Nouns

Names of people, places or organizations are proper nouns. Your name is a proper
noun. London is a proper noun. United Nations is a proper noun.

Rule: Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.

Examples: Jane, Thailand, Sunday, James Bond, Einstein, Superman, Game of Thrones,
Shakespeare

 Let me introduce you to Mary.

 The capital of Italy is Rome.
  He is the chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
 I was born in November.

Pronoun
A pronoun is a type of word that replaces a noun, such as 'she,' 'he,' 'you,' 'them,' and 'this.'
For example, 'Sam hates grapes' would become 'he hates grapes.'

Types of Pronouns
Personal pronoun
-can be used instead of a person, place or thing. There are 12 personal pronouns for a person or
group, and they are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us and them.
For example:
Sally gave Tim a lift to work because he needed to repair his bike. He was slow getting ready
and they were late.

A possessive pronoun shows that something belongs to someone - it shows ownership.

It's used to replace the subject of a sentence. This avoids repetition in a sentence and makes the
sentences more concise.

For example, instead of saying 'Sarah said that the computer was Sarah's,' you would say 'Sarah
said that the computer was hers.'
Day 2

Verbs and Adverbs

Verbs are action words. They are used to describe an action, state, or
occurrence. For example, when someone says, “I am running”, the word
“running” is a verb. Verbs are essential for constructing sentences and
communicating effectively.

1. Mark eats his dinner quickly.

2. We went to the market.
3. You write neatly in your notebook.
4. They thought about all the prizes in the competition.

Adverb

An adverb is a word that tells us how, when, where, how often, or how
much.

Adverb of Manner
(how)

An adverb of manner tells us how an action occurs.

 The lion crawled stealthily.
 Will you come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?
(Comedian Spike Milligan)

Adverb of Time
(when or how often)

An adverb of time tells us when an action occurs or how often.

 I tell him daily.
 What you plant now, you will harvest later. (Author Og
Mandino)
Adverb of Place
(where)

An adverb of place tells us where an action occurs.

 I did not put it there.
 Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is,
alas, not so easy as looking at it. (Artist Vincent Van Gogh)