Tuesday, December 21, 2010

PARTS OF SPEECH


1.VERB
-Describes an ACTION/INDICATES a state of being
Example:Verb TO BE/BE
-am,is,are,was,were,been,being


2.NOUN
-Is used to name A PERSON,PLACE,THING,QUALITY,OR ACTION and CAN FUNCTION AS THE SUBJECT/OBJECT of verb.

There are 4 CLASSES of NOUN.
*PROPER NOUN
-Start with CAPITAL LETTER to indicates a TITLE/SPECIFIC THING/PERSON
Example:Woodside Elementary,Rob Jones,June
*COMMON NOUN
-Names GENERAL ITEM
Example:Refrigerator,magnet,store,window
*COLLECTIVE NOUN
-Refers to A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
Example:Team committee/Family
*ABSTRACT NOUN
-Names an IDEA,EVENT,QUALITY/CONCEPT AND FEELING
Example:Things which are INTANGIBLE and CANNOT BE COUNTED


3.PRONOUN
-A WORD that takes the PLACE OF A NOUN,NOUN PHASE.
Example:I,it,you, we,he,she,them,whom,someone,everyone,none,anybody,that


4.ADJECTIVES
-MODIFIES A NOUN/PRONOUN by DESCRIBING ,IDENTIFYING/QUALIFYING.An adjective usually PRECEDES THE NOUN/PRONOUN which it modifies.
Example:
-The trucked-shaped balloon floated over the treetops
-The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea
-The coal mines are dark and dank
-Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmas music


5.ADVERB
-Primarily used to MODIFY A VERB,ADJECTIVES/OTHER ADVERBS

FUNCTION OF AN ADVERB
-Add information about TIME(RARELY,FREQUENTLY,TOMORROW)MANNER(SLOWLY,QUICKLY,WILLINGLY) or PLACE(HERE,THERE,EVERYWHERE)


6.PREPOSITION
-A WORD and A MEMBER of a CLOSED WORD CLASS that shows the RELATIONSHIP between A NOUN/PRONOUN and other WORDS in a sentences.

Example:
-They are on the aboard now
-They are talking about their presentations
-They are across the street
-We eat desert after a meal


7.INTERJECTION
-A WORD added to a sentence to CONVEY EMOTION.It is not GRAMMATICALLY related to any other PART OF THE SENTENCE.

Example:
-Ouch
-Oh no
-Hey!
-Eh?

8.CONJUNCTION
-Serves to CONNECT WORDS,PHRASES,CLAUSES/SENTENCES

Example:
-F(FOR)
-A(AND)
-N(NOR)
-B(BUT)
-O(OR)
-Y(YET)
-S(SO)

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