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8 Parts of Speech
1. Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Adjectives
4. Verbs
5. Adverbs
6. Prepositions
7. Conjunctions The 3 “tions”
8. Interjections
Nouns
Names a Examples:
Person Mary, girl, neighbor
or
Ali, Sara, Badshahi Masjid, English,
Proper* Pakistan, New York, United States of
America,
or
freedom, responsibility,
Abstract honesty, prejudice
(cannot be seen
or touched)
Nouns
Can be compound
Examples:
and written as:
Can be As ARTICLES,
Answer Questions: Can be
Demonstrative: can be
Which one? Proper
What kind? This or Definite
How many? That Common or
These Indefinite
Those
Adjectives
Answer Questions: Examples:
yours?
question:
What movie is your
favorite?
Which
What Whose lunch is this?
Whose
Adjectives
Can be Every boy wears a tie.
Indefinite
(not clear exactly We ate a few cookies.
which ones or how
many) Tom spent some time
doing his chores.
Adjectives
Examples:
Can be
I am a good citizen.
Common
I ate the delicious food.
or
I am a Pakistani citizen.
Proper*
I ate the Chinese food.
or
Verbs that introduce the main verb are the helping verbs.
Hint: if you can replace a verb with Am, Is, Are, Was, or Were, the verb is
functioning as a LINKING VERB!
Linking Verbs [LV PA / PN]
Linking verbs “link” Examples:
the subject of the I am a girl. (PN)
sentence with a She was pretty. (PA)
noun or adjective I felt sick. (PA)*
(Predicate Noun or This is my phone. (PN)
Predicate Adjective) This tastes sour. (PA)*
that gives us The test is easy. (PA)
information about You look great! (PA)*
the subject. You are my hero. (PN)
*Hint : if you can replace a verb with Am, Is, Are, Was, or Were, the verb is
functioning as a LINKING VERB!
Helping Verbs (& Auxiliary Verbs)
Helping verbs combine with the main verb to
form a verb phrase.
up the mountain
Not only ~ but also Not only do I like ESL, but I also like science
class.