Transcript Parts of Speech (詞性)

Parts of Speech (詞性)
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Peter
A table
clever
flowers
Hong Kong
Because “clever” is an Adjective, but others are Nouns.
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drink
play
laugh
listen
creative
Because “creative” is an Adjective, but others are Verbs.
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well
slowly
quickly
hot
carefully
Because only “hot” is an Adjective, but others are Adverbs.
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foolish
great
fast
fat
exciting
Because only “Fast” is an Adverb, but others are Adjective.
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strong
favourite
before
important
generous
Because “Before” is a Preposition, but others are Adjectives.
There are eight types of
Parts of Speech
Noun
• A name of a person, a thing or a place
e.g The book is on the desk.
Peter saw a snake in the garden.
Verb
• An action
• Something that the subject does
e.g. Tom is clever and kind.
My sister fell from the top of a house.
Adjective
• Modify (修飾) a noun.
• Add something to the meaning of a noun.
e.g. A strong man killed a fierce tiger.
Tom is a fat boy.
Adverb
• Modify (修飾) a verb, an adjective or
another adverb.
e.g The water is very hot.
The girl sings sweetly.
A snake crept very quickly through the grass.
Pronoun
• A word used instead of (代替) a noun
e.g. Mary was afraid because she saw a snake.
John was a great man. He was a French.
Preposition
• A word put before a noun, a pronoun,
showing the relation to other words.
e.g. I put my hand on the table.
I am pointing to the picture.
Conjunction
• Join words, phrases, or sentences together
e.g. John is fat and tall.
The girl is thin but the boy is fat.
Interjection
• Express feeling
e.g. Oh! How foolish I was to lost it.
Hurrah! We shall have a holiday on Monday.