2. Names of persons,
places, things, animals, ideas,
and actions.
Examples:
1. Wenie
2. Cavite
3. Honesty
3. Kinds of
1. Proper - a name used for an individua
person, place, or organization.
2. Common - noun denoting a class of
objects or a concept as opposed to
a particular individual.
17. During the California gold rush, a
tailor named Levi Strauss saw miners
daily. Their pants were often
extremely worn. Strauss worked very
carefully to fashion stiff canvas into
overalls. These tough pants ultimately
became today’s blue jeans.
20. a tiny mouse in the small hole
a young boy sitting on a large
bench
a big house for the rich kids
the silly child with a cute dog
a delicious meal on a bright
day
25. Examples:
John sang and Mary danced.
I’m not going, nor is Joan.
John was there but Peter was not.
Hurry or you’ll be late.
26. Exercises: Put conjunction to complete the
sentences.
1.) A mother ____ child.
2.) He is neither an officer _____ a gentleman.
3.) You'd better leave ____ you'll be late.
and
nor
or
27. Preposition
- Is a word or group of
words used to express the
relationship between a
noun or pronoun and
some other words in the
sentence.
28. Types of Preposition
1. Place or Position
about , above, after, between, in,
beyond
2. Time
at, around, by, during
30. INTERJECTIONS
An interjection is a word that
expresses feeling or emotion and
functions independently of a sentence.
Interjections can express a variety of
feelings, such as joy, fear, anger,
surprise, exhaustion, dismay, or
sorrow.
32. Assessment
1. I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.
2. What did she ask you to do?
3. I left my shoes under the table.
4. If we finish our work quickly, we can go to the movies.
5. On Saturdays, I work from nine to five.
6. I want to go to a university in the United States.
7. Geez, you should have told me!
8. Which do you prefer, apple or orange?
9. After lunch, let’s go out for coffee.
10. Yikes, I’m late for class!
11. Bruno’s shabby thesaurus tumbled out of my bag.
12. What was I thinking of?
13. Frankenstein is the name of the scientist.
14. Everyone in the room cheered for him.
15. Judy and Anna want a snack.
16. The dog jumped out of the fence.
17. The rock was placed on the table.
18. The sun was shining as we set out for our first winter camping trip.
19. Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.
20. The census taker knocked loudly on all the doors but nobody was home.
33. ASSIGNMENT
Identify the parts of speech in each sentence. Underline once the nouns, twice
the pronouns, cross-out the verbs, encircle the adverbs, box the prepositions,
put star above adjectives, heart above conjunctions and exclamation point
above interjections.
1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect
to be successful at something.
2.We left for the mountain just before six in the
morning.
3.We first went to the store to buy a few things.
4. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.
5. My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy
rucksack.