Transcript Parts of Speech

TITLEENGLISH GRAMMAR----‘PARTS OF SPEECH’
DEVELOPED BY---
ALKA SEHGAL-( T.G.T.-S.Sc).
NEELAM KAPOOR-(T.G.T.Eng).
TARGET -GROUP
CLASSES: VI – VIII
AGE: 10 – 14
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
AFTER INTERACTION WITH THIS SOFTWARE
THE LEARNER WILL BE ABLE TO:
IDENTIFY– THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH
DISTINGUISH---DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH
ILLUSTRATE-------PARTS OF SPEECH
MODIFY----ONE FORM TO THE OTHER
SELECT-----APPROPRIATE WORD FORM
RE-WRITE ----THE CORRECT FORM
INDEX
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INTRODUCTION- PARTS OF SPEECH
NOUN
VERB
ADVERB
ADJECTIVE
PRONOUN
PREPOSITION
CONJUCTION
INTERJECTION
EXERCISES RELATED TO PARTS OF SPEECH
KEY TO EXERCISES
CONCLUSION
I am the name of a person, place or a thing.I am of FOUR kinds
PROPER—George, Delhi
COMMON---boy,king
COLLECTIVE---when I am in a group---crowd, herd
ABSTRACT—wisdom, movement, sleep
In certain cases I can be counted –book, pen
Sometimes I am uncountable---sugar, honesty
I change according to GENDER—Lion---lioness
I also change according to NUMBER—mangomangoes
When I belong to someone---king’s crown POSSESSIVE CASE
When people get tired of using the noun again and again they use me
Hari is absent, because he is ill
I appear in different forms--FIRST PERSON—I and We
SECOND PERSON—You (singular and plural)
THIRD PERSON---he, she,it and they
I hurt myself---Reflexive pronoun
I will do it myself---Emphatic pronoun
I am the action word
.I tell or assert something about a person or a thing
The clock strikes
Sometimes I consist of more than one word
The girls were singing
I occur in the TRANSITIVE FORM---with object
The boy kicks the football
INTRANSITIVE FORM---The boy laughs loudly.
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I am also responsible
for action performed at different times
THE PRESENT, THE PAST and THE FUTURE
The three forms---go—went—gone; see-saw,seen;
Ring,rang,rung;
BUT cut is---
cut,cut,cut
PARTS OF SPEECH
Fill in the blanks using one of the following verbs
To speak, to play, to shine, to open, to eat,to live.
1. The shop ---------- everyday.
2. They ---------------- tennis well.
3. He never ------------- meat.
4. My sister ---------------in Paris.
5. The stars --------------- at night.
6. You -------------English well.
Put verbs in its correct form:
1 (this word /mean) what --------------------------?
2(not /play) He -------------------- football.
3 (the shops /open) what time ---------------------?
4(you / come) where ------------------- from ?
5(speak) Ram ---------- French.
6(not /be) snow ------------ black.
Check your answers:
1 opens.
2 Play.
3 Eats.
4 Lives.
5 Shine
6 Speak.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.does this word mean.
2.does not play.
3.do the shops open.
4. Do you come.
5. Speaks.
6. Is not.
I modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another
adverb
The old man is very happy.
I can be classified according to the meaning--TIME---that day he arrived late
FREQUENCY---The postman called again
PLACE---My brother is out.
MANNER---Martha reads quite clearly.
Did you know that even I have three forms of comparison
Rama ran fast (positive) Arjun ran faster (comparative) Hari ran fastest of all.
(superlative)
I am used to describe a noun or to tell the number or quantity.
Comfortable shoes ,hot cup of tea
Sometimes I talk about QUALITY-honest man
QUANTITY—some rice
NUMBER—five fingers
I am used for Comparisons---POSITIVE,COMPARATIVE,SUPERLATIVE
Ram’s mango is sweet
Hari’s mango is sweeter than Ram’s.
Govind’s mango is the sweetest of all.
Did you know that I belong to the ADJECTIVE family
I am called DEMONSTRATIVE Adjectives
A or an is indefinite article----a doctor-----any doctor
The is a definite article---the doctor—some particular doctor
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Use of a or an is determined by sound---Before a word beginning with a vowel sound---
An enemy,an apple
Before a word beginning with a consonant sound—
A woman, a horse
A or An? Exercises
In the following phrases, supply
either a or an:
1. ____ bingo game
2. ____ idiot
3. ____ good job
4. ____ rotten plum
5. ____ used fork
6. ____ uncle
7. ____ historian
8. ____ apple
9. ____ hair
10. ____ artichoke
11. ____ animal
12. ____ usual feeling
13. ____ interest
14. ____ alibi
15. ____ early bird
16. ____ couch
17. ____ airplane
18. ____ grade
19. ____ pair
20. ____ idea
21. ____ energy level
I am placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation it stands in
regard to something else.
There are three men in a boat.
The lady’s bag is under the bench.
I can be arranged in the following classes
Simple----of,through,with ;
Compound---about, beside,inside,without;
Phrase prepositions---according to, by virtue of,for the sake of in place of
I join together sentences and sometimes words.
John and Joan are shaking hands
This is the house that Jack built.
Sometimes I am used in pairs-----
Either take it or leave it.
Not only is he foolish,but also stubborn.
I am used to express some sudden feeling or emotion.
JOY: hurrah! GRIEF : alas!
SURPRISE: ha! What! APPROVAL: bravo!
Ouch! I have cut my finger.
What a wonderful house!
What a pity he has broken his leg!
An exclamation mark is used.
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Alas! he is no more.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr. V.K.Sodhi,Senior Lecturer,SCERT.
Books-Wren &Martin,Word Power Made Easy,Encarta,
Clipart.
www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/p
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http/www.wadsworth.org/spider-doc/