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English Grammar

English Grammar

Parts of
Parts of
Speech
Speech
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Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns rbs
Ve Pron
oun
s
Interjections
Interjections

r
bbss
veer Pre
Adjectives d v pos
AAd it i ons

Conjunctions
Conjunctions
Word that names

 A Person

A Place

A Thing

 An
Idea
Kinds of Nouns

Common Nouns Proper Nouns


boy John
girl
Mary
Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
boy boys
girl
girls
Singular Possessive Plural Possessive
boy’s boys’
girl’s girls’
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement “be” verbs
&
taste
SSuubbjejecctt feel

LLiinnkki
sound
look

inngg appear
become predic
ate
seem predicate
grow
remain
stay
Every sentence
Every sentence must
must have
have

a
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Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs  Linking verbs
express mental or make a statement
physical action. by connecting the
subject with a
word that
describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to
victory.
He has been sick.
The
Thepronoun
pronounisisaaword
wordused
usedin
inplace
placeof
ofone
oneor
ormore
morenouns.
nouns.
ItItmay
maystand
standfor
foraaperson,
person,place,
place,thing,
thing,or
oridea.
idea.

Indefinite Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns


o uns anybody
Pro
n this
o nal ine s each
that
rs , m
Pe I, me our y either
y o ur, er s , these
,
y o u , her, h
none
she it, its urs someone, one, etc. Interro those
,o gative P
, o u r th e i r ,
u s
we, them, ronoun
, s who s
th e y th e i r f whom
el
mys elf what
rs
yo u
which
whose
Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Answers these questions:

Did you lose your address


book?

Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.


Modifies
Modifies oror describes
describes
aa verb,
verb, an
an adjective,
adjective, Answers the
Answers the questions:
questions:
or
or another
another adverb.
adverb.
HHoow w??
He
He ran
ran quickly.
quickly.
Whheenn?
W
She
She left
left yesterday.
yesterday. ?
e r e ?
We went
We went there.
there.
Wh ?
W h e r e
ItIt was
was too
too hot!
hot! To
To what
what degree
degree or
or how
how much?
much?
Interrogative
Adverbs How did you break your
introduce questions leg?

When does your plane leave?

How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.

They received a postcard from Karma telling

about his trip to Trashigang.


The preposition never stands alone!

no un object of
p o s i t i o n pr on ou n preposition
pr e
preposition object

You can press those leaves under glass.


can have more than
one object
Her telegram to Nima and Dawa brought good news.
object can have modifiers
It happened during the last examination.
Some Common Prepositions

aboard behind from throughout


about below in to
above beneath into toward
across beside like under
after between of underneath
against beyond off until
along by on up
among down over upon
around during past with
at except since within
before for through without
The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
nd
a or
ne i t he
he r / o r r/nor
e it
The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at that


sunset!
That’s all for now.
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