Slide 1: English Grammar Parts of Speech Presented by: Pir Suhail Ahmed
Eight Parts of Speech : Eight Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Adverbs Conjunctions Interjections
Slide 3: A Person An Idea A Thing A Place A word that names Noun
Kinds of Nouns : Kinds of Nouns
Slide 5: Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Is that a wool sweater? Just give me five minutes. Did you lose your address book? Answers these questions: Adjective Which? What kind? How many?
Slide 6: Interrogative
Pronouns
who
whom
what
which
whose Indefinite
Pronouns
anybody, one, each,
either, none,
someone Personal Pronouns
I, me, mine
you, your, yours
she, her, hers,
it, its
we, us, our, ours
they, them, their, theirs
myself, yourself Demonstrative
Pronouns
this, that, these, those Pronoun The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Slide 7: A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement.
Every sentence must have a verb. Verb Subject Predicate Verb
Kinds of Verbs : Kinds of Verbs Action verbs express mental or physical action. Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it. He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.
Slide 9: How? He ran quickly. She left yesterday. When? We went there. Where? It was too hot! To what degree
or how much? Adverb Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Answers these questions:
Slide 10: Introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or
clause functioning in the sentence as a noun.
The word or word group that the preposition
introduces is its object. Preposition They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
Slide 11: aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without Common Prepositions
Slide 12: A word that joins words or groups of words. and however because either/or neither/nor Conjunction but so if although then thus
Slide 13: An exclamatory word that expresses emotion. Goodness! What a cute baby! Wow! Look at the time!
I’ll never finish my work! Interjection
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