Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Parts of Speech
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Conjuction
Interjection
NOUN
is a word used as the name of a person, place or
thing.
The word thing here means all things concrete
or abstract , including human feelings and
emotions.
Examples:
Sita loves to read books.
Boys are playing football.
PRONOUN
In simple words, a pronoun is a word used in
place of noun.
Examples:
You are late.
I am sorry.
The camera is where you left it.
ADJECTIVE
is a word that qualifies noun. It adds
quality to a noun.
Examples:
Meera is a beautiful girl.
It is a difficult problem.
VERB
A verb is a word that tells us what a noun or
pronoun is doing in a sentence. Words like is,
am, are, was, were also function as verbs. They
come under the class of Be verbs.
Examples:
I never tell a lie.
Do you believe in God?
Farmers are working in their fields.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sunday is a holiday.
I fast on Monday.
He slipped on the wet floor.
Where are you?
MUCH / MANY
The words much and many mean a lot of.
If a noun is in singular, we use much
Example:
much money
Note: Of course you can count money but then you would name
the currency and say that you have got 5 euro (but not 5 money).
many
much
many
many
much
many
much
much
many
many
cars
music
pictures
flowers
milk
numbers
money
tea
girls
pencils
MUCH / MANY
_____ food
_____ evenings
______ websites
______ sugar
______ women
______ cheese
______ children
______ time
_______ mice
_______ information
much food
many evenings
much - websites
much sugar
many women
much cheese
many children
much time
many mice
much information
SOME / ANY
The words some and any are used for
countable and uncountable nouns. In
general, we could say that some means a
few / a little and any means none in
negative clauses or a few / a little in
questions.
Positive Clauses
In positive clauses, we usually use some.
Example:
I have bought some bread.
I have bought some apples.
Negative Clauses
In negative clauses, we use any. Note,
however, that any alone is not a negative it must be not ... any
Example:
I have not bought any bread.
I have not bought any apples.
Questions
In questions, we usually use any.
Example:
Have you bought any bread?
Have you bought any apples?
Some & any can also be part of compound words such as:
something / anything
someone / anyone
somewhere / anywhere
Note that some & any have to be used with a noun while compound
words with some & any can stand on their own.
Example:
I have bought some bread.
I have bought something.
However, some and any need not stand directly before the noun.
Sometimes, the noun appears somewhere before some or any and
is not repeated. So if you are not sure whether to
use some or something for example, check if there is a noun in the
sentence that you can place after some.
Example:
I do not have to buy bread. Rachel has already bought some [bread].
Exceptions
We usually use some in positive clauses. But after never, without, hardly, we use any.
Example:
We never go anywhere.
She did her homework without any help.
Theres hardly anyone here.
We usually use any in questions. But if we expect or want the other to answer yes, we use some.
Example: