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Cours N°02 Parts of Speech

This document discusses the parts of speech in English. It identifies 9 main parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and articles. It provides examples and definitions of the functions of each part of speech. The document concludes with an exercise that asks the reader to identify examples of each part of speech in sample sentences.

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Cours N°02 Parts of Speech

This document discusses the parts of speech in English. It identifies 9 main parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and articles. It provides examples and definitions of the functions of each part of speech. The document concludes with an exercise that asks the reader to identify examples of each part of speech in sample sentences.

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Course n°02 : Parts of speech

Level : L01 Module : English

Teacher : M.Benhaddi Date: 11/10/2021

Every word is a part of speech. The term “part of speech” refers to the role a
word plays in a sentence. “Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that
English has. Most grammar books say that there are eight parts of
speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions,
prepositions and interjections. We will add one more type: articles.

It is important to be able to recognize and identify the different types of


words in English, so that you can understand grammar explanations and use
the right word form in the right place.

This is a summary of the 9 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you
click on each part of speech.

part of Function or Example Example sentences


speech "job" words

Verb action or state (to) be, English Club is a web site.


have, do, I like English Club.
like, work,
sing, can,
must

Noun thing or person pen, dog, This is my dog. He lives in


work, music, my house. We live in London.
town,
London,
teacher,
John
part of Function or Example Example sentences
speech "job" words

Adjective describes a good, big, My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
noun red, well,
interesting

Determiner limits or a/an, the, 2, I have two dogs and some rabbits.
"determines" a some, many
noun

Adverb describes a quickly, My dog eats quickly. When he


verb, adjective silently, is very hungry,he eats really quickly.
or adverb well, badly,
very, really

Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.


she, some

Preposition links a noun to to, at, after, We went to school on Monday.


another word on, but

Conjunction joins clauses or and, but, I like dogs and I like cats. I like
sentences or when cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't
words like cats.

Interjection short oh!, ouch!, Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are
exclamation, hi!, well you? Well, I don't know.
sometimes
inserted into a
sentence
* Some grammar sources traditionally categorize English into 8 parts of
speech. Others say 10. However, we use the more recent categorization
of 9 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:

 Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:

o lexical Verbs (work, like, run)

o auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)

 Determiners may be treated as adjectives, instead of being a separate part


of speech.

Exercise: Identify the noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition,


conjunction, interjection in the given sentences.

 Tom went to market to buy books ( __________ ).


 He went to the market but ( __________ ) did not buy new books.
 I liked ( __________ ) him ( __________ ) better than he likes me.
 A smart girl was dancing quickly ( __________ ).
 She ( __________ ) eats apples in the morning daily.
 When he was sitting ( __________ ) on the grass, a snake bit him.
 You ( __________ ) caught him by his arm.
 A rich ( __________ ) lady bought a beautiful ( __________ ) necklace.
 Hurrah! ( __________ ) I have passed the examination.
 The cat is sitting under ( __________ ) the chair.
 Alas! ( __________ ) I could not receive you.
 The body of the cage is made of iron. ( __________ )
 It is not your ( __________ ) pen; it is hers.
 There is still some milk in ( __________ ) the jug.
 Jimmy is performing ( __________ ) his duties diligently.
 The drawing made by you is almost ( __________ ) perfect.
 I shall not go unless ( __________ ) you allow.
 The road is to ( __________ ) go by.
 The flowers smell sweet. ( __________ )
 He frequently ( __________ ) goes to the beach.

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