Part of Speech

Part of speech

By : Mr. Ridwan

Words that are used to name, people, places, animals, ideas, and things. Nouns can be classified into two main categories: Common nouns and Proper nouns. Common nouns are generic like ball, car, stick, etc., and proper nouns are more specific like Charles, The White House, The Sun, etc.

Noun

Example of a noun used in sentences:

• She bought a pair of shoes. (thing)

• I have a pet. (animal)

• Is this your book? (object)

• Many people have a fear of darkness. (ideas/abstract nouns)

• He is my brother. (person)

• This is my school. (place)

Words that are used to substitute a noun in a sentence. There are different types of pronouns. Some of them are reflexive pronouns, possessive pronouns, relative pronouns and indefinite pronouns. I, he, she, it, them, his, yours, anyone, nobody, who, etc., are some of the pronouns.

Pronoun

Words that denote an action that is being performed by the noun or the subject in a sentence. They are also called action words. Some examples of verbs are read, sit, run, pick, garnish, come, pitch, etc.

Verb

Multiple Choice

I ... to school everyday

• go

• went

• gone

• going

Multiple Choice

i ... a bowl of rice everyday.

• eat

• ate

• eaten

• eating