Transcript Position of words in sentence

Position of words in sentence
Class: 9 & 10
Prepared byNimai Mondal
Teacher of English
Dumuria Govt. Girls’ High
School
Dumuria, Khulna.
Mobile:01713925525
Aims & objectives:
After going through this handout, Ss
will be able to:
♦ recognize how the four basic parts
of speech are used in sentences.
♦ identify the part of speech needed
in a sentence by looking at the other
words around it.
Read the following sentences.
There are public libraries in many
towns. People can easily go and read
there. They can find many rare
publications there. Publishers also
like to keep their books in this library.
Some libraries publish their own
magazines every year.
Note that the words people, public,
publish, publisher & publication are
different forms of the word ‘people’.
Like the word ‘people’, many
words have different forms.
Most common forms are:
Noun, Verb, Adjective & Adverb
Let us see the position of words in
sentences.
Noun
Name of person, place, thing, or
idea
Position of Noun:
♦ A noun often comes before a verb
Children play.
♦ A noun can come after a verb.
The girl gave cookies to her
friend.
♦ A noun comes after a preposition.
She keeps papers in boxes.
Position of Noun:
♦ A noun often comes after a
determiner.
The dog barked.
♦ A noun can come after an adjective.
The angry dog barked.
Determiners:
a, an, the,
my, our, your, his, her, their,
this, that, these, those,
some, any, many, few,
one, two,………..,
first, second,…….
Verb
An action (run, call, argue) or a
state (be, seem, become)
Position of Verb:
♦ A verb often comes after a noun
(Subject).
The baby cried.
♦ A verb can come between two nouns
(Subject & Object).
The boy hit the ball.
Adjective
Describes a noun
Position of Adjective:
♦ An adjective most often comes before a
noun.
The red dog barked.
♦ An adjective can come after a stative
verb such as be, feel or seem.
The dog is red.
♦ An adjective can come after a noun with
the verbs of causation (get, have, make).
She made her brother angry.
Adverb
Describes a verb, an adjective, another
adverb, or a whole sentence
Position of Adverb:
♦ An adverb can come after an intransitive
verb.
She walked slowly.
♦ An adverb can come between a helping
verb and its main verb.
He has already finished his homework.
♦ An adverb can come after the object of a
transitive verb.
She opened the door softly.
Position of Adverb:
♦ An adverb can come before an adjective.
The bag was extremely heavy.
♦ An adverb can come before another adverb.
She talked very quietly.
♦ An adverb can come at the beginning of a sentence.
Unfortunately, he lost his wallet.
♦ An adverb can come at the end of a
sentence.
He lost his umbrella, too
Exercise: Recognizing parts
speech needed in a sentence
of
Read the following sentences. Identify the
part of speech that should go in each
blank. Write N (noun), V (verb), Adj
(adjective) or Adv (adverb) to identify the
part of speech that should go in each
blank. Explain what clues showed you the
part of speech that was needed.
Example: The cow jumped over the N .
N
1. The ________
left.
Adj car was going too fast.
2. The ________
V
3. Cathy _______
her wallet at home today.
Adv
4. _______,
she got stopped by the police on
her way to work.
Adv
5. Henry was __________
tired after walking
all afternoon.
N
6. The office ________
wrote a memo
to all the employees.
V
7. The students ______
their homework
on time.
N
8. He gave good ________
to his wife.
Adv
9. The funny man spoke very _______.
Adj
10. The bad weather made everyone ___.
11. They look almost the same. The
___________
is in their eyes.
N
12. My sister sent the letter which I
__________
yesterday.
V
13. Paul and his sister, Helen, _________
to
V
the airport early.
14. She recognized the man who ______
V the
street.
Adj when the
15. The woman became ______
driver in front of her stopped for no reason.
16. They usually put the flowers on
__________
in front of the store.
N
Adv
17. The radio blared __________.
N
18. John’s ______
broke down on the bridge.
V
19. The letter _______ on Tuesday.
Adj
20. I found a _________ envelope on the
sidewalk.
Bye Bye