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2. Pronoun
3. Adjective
4. Verb
Part of Speech
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
SOME GRAMMAR SOURCES CATEGORIZE ENGLISH
INTO 9 OR 10 PARTS OF SPEECH
Description:
A word (or group of word) that is the name of person, a place, thing or
activity, or a quality of idea.
Example:
Andi, Pandeglang, book, sense, walking stick (ph.), town hall (ph.), etc.
1. Andi is a students.
2. I live in Pandeglang.
3. I recommend this book.
4. John need walking stick.
5. Meet me at town hall.
PRONOUN
Description:
A word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.
Example:
her, she, him, they.
Description:
A word that gives more information about noun or
pronoun (noun/ pronoun modifiers.)
Example:
Kind, better, best, big.
1. He is a kind man.
2. We all want better life!
3. That’s the best thing about her.
4. That is the big house.
VERBS
Description:
A word (or group of words) which is used in describing an
action, experience or state.
Example:
Write, ride, run, be.
1. He wrote a poem.
2. I like riding a horse.
3. He run quickly.
4. We are not terrorists.
ADVERBS
(ADVERBIAL PHRASE)
Description:
A word (or group of words) that describes or adds to the
meaning of verbs, adjective, another adverbs, or a whole
sentence.
Example:
Sensibly, carefully, at home, in half an hour.
Description:
A word (or group of words) which is used to show the way
in which other words are connected.
Example:
For, of, in, on top of.
Description:
A word that connect sentences, phrases, or clauses.
Example:
And, so, but.
Description:
A word that short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a
sentence.
Example:
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well.
d. Alivia will play the trumpet and the drums in the orchestra.
N / Aux / V / Det / N / Conj / Det / N / P / Det / N
Phrases
o NP : Noun Phrase
The car, a clever student
o VP : Verb Phrase
study hard, play the guitar
o PP : Prepositional Phrase
in the class, above the earth
o AP : Adjective Phrase
very tall, quite certain
Phrase Structure Rules
• NP (Det) N (PP)
• PP P NP
The bus in the yard
The bus (NP)
NP
Det N
Det N PP
The bus P NP
Det N
V NP V NP PP
Det N Det N P NP
1. S NP (Aux) VP
2. NP (Det) (AP) N (PP)
3. VP V (NP) (PP) (Adv)
4. PP P NP
5. AP A (PP)
Example (1)
The old tree swayed in the wind
S
NP Aux VP
Det Adj N V PP
P NP
Det N
NP VP
Det N V NP PP
Det N P NP
Det N
NP VP
N V NP PP
Det N P NP
Det N
NP Aux VP
Det N V NP PP
Det N P NP
Det N
NP Aux VP
Det N V NP
Det N PP
P NP
Det N
NP Aux VP Aux NP VP
Det N V Det N V
NP Aux VP
Det N V NP
Det N
I love you.
One
verb
Independent clause
I live in Cikaliung.
Subject
Verb
Compound Sentence
A compound sentence contains two independent
clauses that are joined together.
Independent Independent
Clause Clause
ComplexSentence
A complex sentence contains one independent
and one dependent clause.
Dependent Independent
Clause Clause
Sentence
Declarative:
I will arrive at three.
Imperative:
Come here.
Interrogative:
Did you see your brother yesterday?
Exclamatory:
Just a minute!
Thank You
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