Part of Speech

Unit 1

Tim MKU Bahasa Inggris

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 Part of Speech

• The smallest elements that have distinctive

meanings based on their use and functions.
• Each part of speech explains not what the
word is, but how the word is used.
• The same word can be a noun in one
sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.,
i.e. : love, work, etc
 Part of Speech

ADJECTIVE
ADVERB CONJUNCTION
VERB PREPOSITION

PRONOUN INTERJECTION

PART OF
SPEECH
 Part of Speech
PART OF
FUNCTION EXAMPLE WORDS EXAMPLE
SPEECH
EnglishClub.com is a
(to) be, have, do, like, web site.
Verb Action or state
work, sing, can, must I like EnglishClub.com.

pen, dog, work, music, This is my dog.

Noun Thing or person town, London, teacher, He lives in my house.
John We live in London.
a/an, the, 69, some,
My dog is big.
Adjective Describes a noun good, big, red, well,
I like big dogs.
interesting
My dog eats quickly.
Describes a verb, quickly, silently, well,
Adverb When he is very hungry,
adjective or adverb badly, very, really
he eats really quickly.
 Part of Speech
PART OF EXAMPLE
FUNCTION EXAMPLE
SPEECH WORDS

I, you, he, she, Tara is Indian.

Pronoun Replaces a noun
some She is beautiful.

Links a noun to another to, at, after, on, We went to school on

Preposition
word but Monday.

I like dogs and I like cats.

Joins clauses or I like cats and dogs.
Conjunction and, but, when
sentences or words I like dogs but I don't like
cats.
Short exclamation, Ouch! That hurts!
oh!, ouch!, hi!,
Interjection sometimes inserted into Hi! How are you?
well
a sentence Well, I don't know.
 Adverbs

• An adverb can modify a verb, an

adjective, another verb, a phrase, or a
clause.
• The seamstress quickly made the
wedding dress.
 Verb

• A verb “is what you do!”

• I will run, hop, and skip down the track.
 Nouns

• A noun is a person place or thing.

• Ms. Arruda is going to Vegas this
weekend.
 Pronouns

• A pronoun can replace the noun or

another pronoun.
• Which show do you want to see?
 Adjectives

• An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun

by describing, identifying, or qualifying
words.
• The truck-shaped balloon floated over
the treetops.
 Conjunctions

• You can use Conjunctions to link words,

phrases, and clauses.
• I ate the pizza and the pasta!
 Prepositions

• A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and

phrases to other words in a sentence (on,
against, over, during, beneath, beside)
• The teacher is standing in front of the
class.
 Interjection

• An interjection is a word added to a

sentence to convey emotion.
• (Ouch!, Hey!)
 Example

• Here are some sentences made with

different English parts of speech:

Inter Pron. Conj. Adj. Noun Verb Prep. Noun Adv

Well, she and young John walk to school slowly.

Words with More than One Function

•  Many words in English can have more

than one function, or be more than one
part of speech.
• For example, "work" can be a verb and a
noun; "but" can be a conjunction and a
preposition; "well" can be an adjective,
an adverb and an interjection.
• "What function is this word doing in this
sentence?"
 More Examples

Word Part of Speech Example

Noun My work is easy.
Work
Verb I work in London.

Conjunction John came but Mary didn't

But come.
Preposition Everyone came but Mary.
Adjective Are you well?
Well Adverb She speaks well.
Interjection Well! That's expensive!
Noun We ate in the afternoon.
Afternoon
Noun acting as adj We had afternoon tea.