In these slides describe shortly parts of speech and its kinds.
Through this it too easy for reader and for take more knowledge.
This presentation is written by Jazla Aftab the student of GC University of Department BS Electrical Engineering (1st Semester).
2. A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its
syntactic functions. In English the main parts of speech are :
Noun
Pronoun
tferb
Adjective
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
3. Nouns refer to persons, animals, places, things, ideas, or events,
etc. Nounsencompass most of the words of a
language .Noun can be a/an -
Person– a name for a person: - Max, Julie, Catherine, Michel,
Bob, etc.
Animal– a name for an animal: - dog, cat, cow, kangaroo, etc.
Thing– a name for a thing: - bat, ball, chair, door, house,
computer, etc.
Idea– A name for an idea: - devotion, superstition, happiness,
excitement,etc.
Noun’sKinds
Prop
er
Nou
n
Counta
ble
Noun
Concr
ete
Noun
Collecti
ve
Noun
Comm
on
Noun
Abstra
ct
Noun
Compou
nd
Noun
UnCounta
ble
Noun
4. A pronounis a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
Pronounsrefer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun
that does not need to be named specifically. It is used to avoid repitition. In
simple a words that takees the place of noun.
Pronoun can do all of things that noun can do. They can be subjects, direct
objects, indirect objects, object of preposition and more.
Persona
l
Pronoun
Pronoun’sTypes
Relative
Pronou
n
Interrogative
Pronoun
Indefinite
Pronoun
Demonstrative
Pronoun
Distributive
Pronoun
Emphatic
Ponoun
Reciproca
l
Pronoun
Posessiv
e
Pronoun
Reflexive
Pronou
n
Relative
Compou
nd
Pronou
n
5. An adjectiveis a word that tells us more about a noun. It
"describes" or "modifies"
a noun . In simple,a word naming an attribute ofa noun, An adjectiveoften
comes BEFORE
a
noun
OR
Adjectivesare those words which add some thing tojectives’i.e.
SUBJECTS andOBJECTS. Since Nouns and Pronouns are used both as Object and
Subject,hence ADJECTItfE is that word which describes or limits noun or a
pronoun. It tells something more about the noun or the pronoun.
Adjective’sKinds
Definit
e
Numer
al
Adjecti
ve
Numer
al
Adjecti
ve
Distributiv
e
Adjectiv
eIndefina
te
Numeral
Adjectiv
e
Adjectiv
e of
Quantity
Advecti
ve Of
Quality
OrdinalsCordinal
s
Posess
ive
Adjecti
ve
Interrogati
ve
Adjective
Demonstrat
ive
Adjective
Prope
r
Adjecti
ve
6. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and
forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, In simple, tferbsare
words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being
(exist). Almost every sentence requires a verb. The basicform ofa verbis known as its infinitive.. Almost all verbshave two other important
forms called
participles.infinitive
tferb’sKinds
Finite tferbsAction
tferbs
Helping
tferb
Linking
tferb
Auxiliary
tferbs
Transitive
tferb
Modal
Auxiliaries
Intransitive
tferb
Primar
y
Auxiliari
es
NonFinite
tferbs
ParticipleGerundInfinitive
7. A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or
other adverb. Anadverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb(he sings
loudly), an adsameastheir adjectivecounterparts.
An adverbis a word/a set of words that modifies verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs. It tells
when, where, and how an action is performed or indicates the quality or
degree of the action.
jective(very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence
(Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some
(such as fast) look exactly theAdverb’sTypes
Adverb of
place
Adverbs of
manner
Adverb of
time
Adverb of
frequenc
y
Interrogati
ve
Adverb
Adverb
of
Certaini
ty
Adverb
of
Degree
Relativ
e
Adverb
8. A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or
pronoun andexpressingarelationto anotherwordorelementin the clause,asin ‘themanon the
platform.A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its
relation to some other noun or pronoun in other sentence.
Prepositionskinds
Based on the
construction of
prepositions themselves
Based on their use in a
sentence
Double
preposition
Prepos
iti on
of
movem
ent
Simple
preposition
Prepositi
on of
time
Compound
preposition
Prepositi
on of
place
Participl
e
prepositi
on
9. The action or instance of two or more events or things occuring
at the same point in time or space.. Conjunctionsare used to join clauses,
phrases, and words together for constructing sentences. Conjunctions
make a link between/among words or groups of words to other parts of the
sentence and show a relationship between/among them
Conjunction’sKinds
Coordinati
ng
Conjuncti
on
Sub_Ordinat
ing
Conjunctio
n
Corelativ
e
Conjuncti
on
Compou
nd
Conjuncti
on
Cumulativ
e
Conjunctio
n
Disjuncti
ve
Conjuncti
on
Adversativ
e
Conjunctio
n
Illative
Conjunction
Adversativ
e
Conjunctio
n
Compariso
n
Concessi
on
Conditio
n
ResultPurpos
e
Caus
e
Time
10. An interjection is a word or phrase that is grammatically
independent from the words around it, and mainly expresses feeling rather
than meaning. Interjection is a word s that expresses strong emotions,
some sudden feeling of joy sorrow grief. Interjections are common in
speech and are much more common in electronic messages than in other
types of writing. Interjectionis the noun form of the verb interject, which
most commonly meansto interrupt or insert a comment
Interjectio
ns for
Sorrow
Interjectio
ns for
Surprise
Interjectio
ns for
Approval
Interjectio
ns for
Attention
Interjectio
ns for
Greetings
Interjectio
ns for
Joy
Interjection’sKinds
