Transcript parts of speech - 220112012salinaunisel

PARTS OF SPEECH
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PARTS OF SPEECH
OPEN CLASS
NOUNS
VERBS
PRONOUNS
CLOSED CLASS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
PREPOSITIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
DETERMINERS
AUXILIARIES
NOUNS
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a word which names a person, place or thing
proper nouns and common nouns
KLCC
AN ELEPHANT
NORISH KARMAN
Most nouns are common nouns and do not begin with
a capital letter.
Proper nouns are nouns which begin with a capital
letter because it is the name of a specific or
particular person place or thing.
If you see a word beginning with a capital letter in in the
middle of a sentence, it is probably a proper noun.
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Malaysia
Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak
Atlantic Ocean
February
Monday
New York City
Salina
Maple Street
Burger King
Many nouns have a special plural
form if there is more than one.
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For example,
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we say one book but two books. Plurals are usually
formed by adding an -s (books) or -es (boxes)
some plurals are formed in different ways
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(child - children, person - people, mouse - mice, sheep
- sheep)
VERBS
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a word which shows action or state of being
every sentence must have a verb
The dog bit the man.
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bit is the verb and the word which
shows the action of the sentence.
The man is sitting on a chair.
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even though the action doesn't
show much activity, sitting is the
verb of the sentence.
She is a smart girl.
there is no action but a state of
being expressed by the verb is.
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verbs in many ways but can still be
thought of as a verb.
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Verb ‘To Be’
Subject
Present
Past
Perfect
(past
participle)
Progressive
(present
participle)
I
am
was
have been
am being
We
are
were
have been
are being
You
are
were
have been
are being
They
are
were
have been
are being
He
is
was
has been
is being
She
is
was
has been
is being
It
is
was
has been
is being
Modals
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Verbs are also often accompanied by
verb-like words called
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modals (may, could, should, etc.)
auxiliaries (do, have, will, etc.)
to give them different meanings
verbs change their form
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Sometimes endings are added
learn - learned
sometimes the word itself becomes different
teach-taught
The different forms of verbs show different
meanings related to such things as :
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tense (past, present, future)
person (first person, second person, third person)
number (singular, plural)
voice (active, passive)
ADJECTIVES
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modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing,
identifying, or quantifying words.
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a beautiful girl
five thick book
An adjective usually precedes the noun or the
pronoun which it modifies.
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The truck-shaped balloon floated over the
treetops.
Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with
hideous wall paper.
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.
A battered music box sat on the mahogany
sideboard.
The back room was filled with large, yellow rain
boots.
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
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can modify a verb, an adjective, another
adverb, a phrase, or a clause.
An adverb indicates manner, time, place,
cause, or degree and answers questions
such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".
Unlike an adjective, an adverb can be found
in various places within the sentence.
The seamstress quickly made the
mourning clothes.
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In this sentence, the adverb "quickly"
modifies the verb "made" and indicates
in what manner (or how fast) the clothing
was constructed.
The midwives waited patiently
through a long labour.
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Similarly in this sentence, the adverb
"patiently" modifies the verb "waited"
and describes the manner in which
the midwives waited.
The boldly spoken words would
return to haunt the rebel.
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In this sentence the adverb "boldly"
modifies the adjective "spoken."
Fill in the blanks.
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On a _____________ day at the end of March,
____________ decided that he/she was tired of
playing inside. ________________ needed some
adventure. So he/she grabbed his/her
________________ and his/her _____________ and
set off. There was fresh snow on the ground and the
clouds were ___________________.
The first thing _____________ saw was a
___________________ standing beside a tree.
He/She __________ over to the _______________.
"What's your name?" asked ____________. The
___________ replied, "__________________." Was
this the beginning of the adventure ______________
was seeking?
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On the ground Brother saw a __________. It
was the color of __________ and had a
texture like __________. It reminded him of
__________.