The Parts of

Speech
Presentation by:
Leila Janezza Paranaque
1. NOUN
- It is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of
objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of
existence, or ideas.
EXAMPLES OF NOUN
• Town

• Baseball Bat

• Kitten

• Woman

• Wattpad Books
2. PRONOUN
- It is a word or a group of words that substitutes a noun or
noun phrase.
EXAMPLES OF PRONOUN
• This

• That
• Those
• I
• Me
3. ADJECTIVE
- It is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes
its referent.
EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVE
• Flamboyant

• Generous
• Healthy
• Little
• Heavy
4. VERB
- It is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence,
or a state of being.
EXAMPLES OF VERB
• Walked
• Read
• Sleep
• Leave

• Kiss
5. ADVERB
- It is
a word or an expression that modifies a verb, adjective,
another adverb, determiner, clause, preposition, or sentence.
- It  typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree,
level of certainty, etc., answering questions such as how?, in
what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?.
EXAMPLES OF ADVERB
• Very

• Neatly
• Never
• Tomorrow

• Carefully
6. PREPOSITION
- It is used in English to show a relationship between two words or
phrases.
- It is
a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun,
or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location,
spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
EXAMPLES OF PREPOSITION
• According to
• Along

• Above
• Except
• Upon
7. CONJUNCTION
- It is used as a way of joining two or more ideas or words together.

- It is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses

that are called the conjuncts of the conjunctions.
EXAMPLES OF CONJUNCTION
• Either
• Neither
• Because

• Unless
• However
8. INTERJECTION
- It is used for emotion, reaction or excitement and have no
grammatical link to anything else within the sentence they appear.
-  is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its
own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction.
- It is a diverse category, encompassing many different parts
of speech, such as exclamations, curses, greetings, response
particles, hesitation markers and other words.
EXAMPLES OF INTERJECTION
• Wow!

• Nice!
• Oops!
• Aha!
• Oh!