5. Types of Noun
Proper Noun. Common Noun.
Abstract Noun. Concrete Noun.
Countable Noun. Un-countable Noun.
Collective Noun. Compound Noun.
6.
7. Pronoun
A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and
that refers either to the participants in the discourse.
Examples are:
I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, etc.
13. Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word
that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a
state of being.
Examples:
- Anthony is throwing the football.
- She accepted the job offer.
- He thought about his stupid mistake in the test.
14. Main/Action verb
They are words that express an action (give, eat, walk, etc.) or
possession (have, own, keep , etc.).They express specific actions
(physical or mental) and are used any time you want to show an
action or discuss someone doing something.
15. StativeVerb
A stative verb is one that
describes a state of being, in
contrast to a dynamic verb,
which describes an action.
16. AuxiliaryVerb
An auxiliary verb (or a helping verb as it's also called) is
used with a main verb to help express the
main verb's tense, mood, or voice.
Examples:
- Anthony is throwing the football.
- She was offered a job.
17. ModalVerb
Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs, (also called helping verbs)
like can, will, could, shall, must, would, might, and should,
which are used to express abilities, permissions,
possibilities , and obligations.
Examples:
-You must turn in your assignment on time.
- He might be the love of my life.
-The doctor can see you now
18. Regular verb
A regular verb is one that conforms to the usual rule for
forming its simple past tense and its past participle.
Add "ed" to most verbs: jump > jumped , paint > painted
Irregular verb
A verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding
the usual -ed ending.
feel (felt); and go (went).
21. Adjective
Is a word which describe or gives
more information about a noun or
pronoun.
• Beautiful Flower
• Big House
Examples:-
22. Adjectives describe nouns in terms
of such qualities as
size, color, number and kind.
-The lazy dog sat on the rug
-The lazy, old, brown dog sat on the rug
23. Usually an objective comes
-Before the noun
*tall man
-It can also come after a form of the word
Be - *The man is tall
25. Possessive Adjectives
Which shows possession or ownership
Person Singular Plural
1st Person My OUR
2ND YOUR YOUR
3RD His/her/its their
26. Proper Adjectives
These are formed from proper nouns.
They always begin with capital letters.
Proper Nouns Proper Adjective
America American
Britain British
Canada Canadian
China Chinese
Christianity Christian
France French
27. Most adjectives can be described in
degree.This means that something can
have more or less of the adjectives
quality:
Comparatively
Superlatively
43. No Explaination Examples
Adjective An ajective tell us more about a noun
We use adjective befor noun and after
a few Verbs (especially be)
• Tom is a careful driver
• Be quiet
• We did not go out
because of the heavy
rain
Adverb It tells us more about the verb
An adverb tells us in
what way someone
does something or in
what waysomething happens
• Tom drove carefyully
along the narrow road
(not drove carefully)
• Speak quietly. Please!
(not speak quitly)
47. Definition:
• A preposition is a group of words used
before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to
show direction, time, place, location or to
introduce an object.
48. • It often describes the position of something
• The time when something happens
• The way in which something is done
• It may sometimes used to end the sentence.
49. ExAmPleS
• Some prepositions are
in,up,above,under,behind,below,at,on,beyond,between,
before,after,for,as,away,until,often,since,along,towards,u
pon,during,from….etc.
53. Conjunction
A word used to connect clauses or sentences in the same clause.
What do conjunctions do?
• Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence
that are grammatically equal.
Example: The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming.
• Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent
clause to the main clause,
Example - I went swimming, although it was cold.
55. Comma Usage
However, if the independent clauses are short and well-
balanced, a comma is not really essential:
- She is kind so she helps people.
When "and" is used with the last word of a list, a comma is
optional:
- He plays cricket, hockey, snooker and basketball.
- I have completed my English and Sociology assignment.
56. Subordinating conjunctions
A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate
(dependent) clause to a main (independent) clause.
Here are some common subordinating conjunctions:
after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since,
than, that, though, till, until, when, where, whether, while
57. Examples
- Rehman went swimming, although it was raining.
- Although it was raining, Emma went swimming.
58. Interjection
An interjection is a part of speech that demonstrates the
emotion or feeling of the author.
Examples:
bam, bingo, blah, boo, bravo, brrr.
cheers, congratulations.
59. Usage
- These words or phrases can stand alone, or be placed
before or after a sentence:
- Ahh, that feels wonderful
- Gesundheit!
- You are going to Pakistan, wow!