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English X01
Part of the speech
Lpez Valenzuela Francisco Alan
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Part of the speech
The parts of the speech are: the verb, the noun, the pronoun,
the adjective, the adverb, theconjunction, and the
interjection.
Each part of the speech explains how the word is used. The first
one is the verb.
Verb: A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of
being.
Examples: I AM clever
Kyle RUNS fast
Adeline SMILES everyday
Alejandro IS ugly
William Fitzsimmons SINGS beautiful
They LOVE music
We ARE golden
Adele cries every night
Noun: It is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing
or an abstract idea.
A noun can function in sentences as subject, a direct object, an
indirect object, a subject
complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or
an adverb.
Types of noun:
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Noun Gender: Actor Actress, Waiter Waitress
Noun Plurals: Box Boxes, Sky Skies
Possessive Nouns: Alejandros suitcase, Danias car.
Proper Nouns: Rachel, Mary Ann, Lewis, Alice.
Concrete Nouns: Pencil, pen, car.
Abstract Nouns: Childhood
Countable Nouns: Cars, towels, trash cans.
Non-countable nouns: furniture, sugar, money.
Pronoun: A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You
use pronouns like "he,"
"which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less
cumbersome and less repetitive.
Personal Pronouns
Subjective Personal Pronouns
Objective Personal Pronouns
Possessive Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
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Adjective: An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by
describing, identifying, or
quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the
pronoun which it
modifies.
The sea is big and dark
The Sirens are liars
Money can be treacherous
Adverb: An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another
adverb, a phrase, or a clause.
An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and
answers questions such as
"how," "when," "where," "how much".
Lovely, badly and quickly.
Preposition: A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to
other words in a sentence.
The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the
object of the preposition.
On, In, Under, Beneath, Against, Along, Beside, Over, Above,
During, Throughout, For,
Of, Without.
Conjunction: You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases,
and clauses
Co-ordinating Conjunctions
"and," "but," "or," "nor," "for," "so," or "yet"
Subordinating Conjunctions
"after," "although," "as," "because," "before," "how," "if,"
"once," "since," "than," "that,"
"though," "till," "until," "when," "where," "whether," and
"while."
Correlative Conjunctions
"both...and," "either...or," "neither...nor,", "not only...but
also," "so...as," and "whether...or."
Interjection: An interjection is a word added to a sentence to
convey emotion. It is not
grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
Ouch, that hurt!
