Eight Parts of Speech

Designed and Prepared By

A.M.
ANSARI MOHAMMED IMRAN
College of QAISER HUSAIN.
Education [Roll No. 18]
B.Ed.
Malegaon, Under Guidance of
Prof. Obaidurrahman

Method: English
 Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns rb s
Ve

Interjections
Interjections

r
bbss Pre
veer po
Adjectives d v siti
AAd on
s

Conjunctions
Conjunctions
 Word that names

A noun is a word that names a person, a place or 
a thing e.g. Sarah, lady, cat, New York, Canada, 
room, school, football, reading.

The word "noun" comes from the Latin 
word no men, which means "name," and 
nouns are indeed how we name people, 
places and things.
 Word that names

A Person

 A Place

 A Thing

 An Idea
 Kinds of Nouns

Common Nouns Proper Nouns

boy John
girl
Mary
Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
boy boys
girl
girls
Singular Possessive Plural Possessive
boy’s boys’
girl’s girls’
A word that expresses action or otherwise 
helps to make a statement

“be” verbs
&
taste
SSuubbje
ject
ct feel
sound
LLiinnk look
kiinngg
appear
become
predica
pre dicate
te
seem
grow
remain
stay
 Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express Linking verbs
mental or physical make a
action. statement by
connecting the
subject with a
word that
describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse 
to victory.
He has been sick.
          A pronoun is  a  word  that  is  used 
instead  of  a noun  e.g.  you  could  say, 
"Lisa  is  a  nice  girl."   Then  you  could 
replace  the  noun  "Lisa"  with  the  word 
"She"  and  get  the  following  sentence: 
"She  is  a  nice  girl."  where "She"  is 
a pronoun  e.g.  I,  he,  it,  we,  them,  us, 
mine, itself.
 The
Thepronoun
pronounis
isaaword
wordused
usedin
inplace
placeof
ofone
oneor
ormore
morenouns.
nouns.
It
Itmay
maystand
standfor
foraaperson,
person,place,
place,thing,
thing,or
oridea.
idea.

ns Indefinite Pronouns
n ou
a l Pro anybody Demonstrative Pronouns
son ine rs this
Per e, m , you each
r ,
I, m , you hers either that
u
yo , her ,
rs none these
she ts r , ou ir,
i u e someone, one,
it, us, o m, th those
,
w e y, t he etc.
the irs
the elf
Inter
rogat
s
my rself who ive Pr
you
onou
whom ns
what
which
whos
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An adjective is a word that 
describes a person or thing.

Examples:
Big, pretty, expensive, green, 
round, French, loud.

Example sentences: He 
has big blue eyes.
 Modifies or describes a
 noun or pronoun.

Did you lose your address
book?
s that a wool sweater?

st give me five minutes.
 An adverb is a word that 
describes or gives more information 
about a verb, an adjective, another 
adverb, or even the entire sentence. 
An adverb can describe a verb, e.g. 
She runs quickly. 
Modifies or describes
Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
a verb, an adjective, Answers the questions:
Answers the questions:
or another adverb.
or another adverb.

He ran quickly. H w??
Hoow
He ran quickly.
Whheen?
W
She left yesterday.
She left yesterday. n?
We went there.
We went there.
W h
h e
erre
e ?
?
W
It was too hot!
It was too hot! To what degree or  how much?
To what degree or  how much?
InterrogativeAdverbs
introduce questions How did you break 
your leg?

When does your plane leave?

How often do 
you run?
Where did you put the 
mouse trap?
 A preposition is a word that is used before 
a noun or a pronoun to connect it to another word 
in the sentence. It is usually used to show location, 
direction, time, and so forth.

Examples:
On, in, at, by, under, above, beside, to, out, from, 
for.
Example sentences:
I sat on the floor.
Let's go into the house.
A preposition 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.

They received a postcard from Bobby telling 

about his trip to Canada.
 The preposition never stands alone!

n object of
nou
p o si t ion pronou preposition
pre n

preposition object

You can press those leaves under glass.
can have more than
 one Object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.

object can have modifiers

It happened during the last examination.
 The conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins 
parts of a sentence together.
Examples:
And, but, or, because, so.

Example sentences:
I want to come, but I can't.
She is smart and beautiful.
 The conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.

n d or
a

neith
e r/no
r
r/ or
eithe

but
 The interjection

An interjection is a short sound, word or phrase used to 
express the speaker's emotion.

Examples:
Oh! Look out! Ow! Hey! Wow! Ah! Um...

Example sentences:
Wow, that's amazing!
Ah, that was a good meal.
 The interjection

is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!

ow! Look at that sunset!
Essential Questions
 What are parts of speech?

 What is noun?
Content Questions
 What is verb?

 What are prepositions?