Meeting 2 - PARTS OF SPEECH

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Parts of Speech

Sitti Syakira, M.Pd.


What are they?

Word classess classified to their functions


in sentences

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Parts of speech

▣ Noun ▣ Preposition
▣ Verb ▣ Conjunction
▣ Adjective ▣ Interjection
▣ Adverb ▣ Determiners*
▣ Pronoun

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a name of a person, place,
things, or idea

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Noun
e.g. dog
mountain
happiness
family
Geoffrey
Netherland
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Nouns
Nouns Example
Common noun book, computer, happiness, democracy

Proper noun Harry Truman, Eifel Tower, Tasikmalaya

Concrete noun Coffee, television, newspaper, rainfall

Abstract noun Weakness, humility, feeling

Compound noun Assembly, squad, team, highway

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Nouns

Nouns answer the questions:


“who?” and “what?”

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A verb shows an action or a
state of being

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Verb
e.g. work
jump
Study
enjoy
like

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Verbs
Action Verbs
(speak, study, think,
remember)
Main verbs
Linking Verbs
(am, is, are, was, were,
Verbs taste, sound, smell)

Auxiliaries
Helping verbs (am, is, are, was, were, do,
does, did)

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Verbs

Verbs answer the question


“what is it doing?”

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Adjectives describe or
modify nouns.

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Adjective
e.g. absolute
academic
dangerous
smart
easy

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Adjectives
Descriptive
(beautiful, compound
Articles smart, hungry)
(French fries,
(a, an, the) American movie,
horse shoes)

Adjectives Demonstrative
Quantitative
(some, one, few) (this, these,
that, those)

Possessive
(my, your, his, her,
our, their, its)
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Adjectives

Adjectives answer the questions


"what kind?”; "which?"; and "how many?"

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Adverb describes a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb.

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Adverbs usually end in -ly, but not
always.

Adverb e.g. Absolutely


carefully
loyaly
well
hard
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Adverbs
Adverbs

time place frequency manner

Yesterday, Here, there, Often,


Angrily,
now, then, somewhere, sometimes,
happily
tomorrow inside usually

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Adverbs

Adverbs answer the questions :


“how?”; “when?”; “where?”; and “why?”

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▪ A pronoun is a word used in
place of a noun or another

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pronoun.
▪ The noun is called the
antecedent.
Pronoun
e.g. I
you
ours
her
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Pronouns
Pronouns Examples

Personal I, me, you, your, they, us, and it

Possessive Mine, yours, ours, his, hers, theirs

Reflexive Myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, and


themselves
Demonstrative This, these, that, those

Relative Who, whom, which, and whose

Indefinite another, both, everyone, most, no one, and several


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A preposition is a word that
describes the position of an

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object.

e.g. In
Preposition on
under
over
beside

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Conjunctions connect words or
groups of words and show how

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the words are related.

e.g. and
Conjunction
but
because
if
since
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Conjunctions

kinds of conjunctions:
❑ coordinating conjunctions,
❑ correlative conjunctions, and
❑ subordinating conjunctions

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Interjections are words that are
used to express an emotion like

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surprise or shock or
disappointment.

Interjection e.g. ah
ouch
o my god!

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Exercise: Find out the words that belong to
parts of speech in the brackets.

1. (Pronoun) Have you seen the eraser?


2. (verb) The lock was stuck.
3. (noun) She purchased the margarine with him.
4. (adjective) Older people tire more easily.
5. (adjective) He is agile.
6. (verb) Kind people are often rewarded.
7. (adverb) The police officer ran fast.
8. (adverb) My sister answered the question intelligently.
9. (conjunction) I cannot go for I have much to do.
10. (noun) Ah! The sun is so warm.
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Thank you

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