There Are Eight Parts of Speech in The

 There are eight parts of speech in the English
language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective,

adverb, preposition, conjunction, and
interjection. The part of speech indicates how
the word functions in meaning as well as
grammatically within the sentence
PARTS OF SPEECH
 A noun names something: a person, place, or thing. Most other
parts of our language either describe nouns, tell what a noun
is doing, or take the place of a noun.
Nouns have these characteristics:

 They are abstract or concrete.
 Most are singular or plural.
I/ NOUNS
 In English, nouns are often preceded by noun markers--the articles/adjectives a, an,
the, or some for example; or possessive words like my or your.
 my former roommate
 A sunny June day
QUANTIFIERS
 Countable nouns
 A- An – the
 –few – a few – Some- many- too many – a lot of + NOUN
 Uncountable nouns
 Little – a little- some- much – too much – a lot of

 Enthusiasm and willingness to work hard are a remedy
for the existential angst of many students.
 Enthusiasm and willingness
 a remedy
 Angst
 students

Most nouns are made plural with the addition of “s “
 or “es2. Thus, instructor becomes instructors, and class
becomes classes. Some nouns have irregular plural
forms: man becomes men, and woman becomes
women. Child becomes children, and person becomes
people.
MOST NOUNS ARE EITHER

SINGULAR OR PLURAL
 Unlike countable nouns, uncountable nouns are
substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into
separate elements. We cannot "count" them. music, art, love,
happiness
 advice, information, news
 furniture, luggage
 rice, sugar, butter, water
 electricity, gas, power
 money, currency
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We
use a singular verb. For example:
This news is very important.
Your luggage looks heavy.
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with
uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or
"a music". But we can say a "something" of:
a piece of news
a bottle of water
a grain of rice
We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:
I've got some money.
Have you got any rice?
We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:
I've got a little money.
I haven't got much rice.
 Use is use :
 Affirmative sentences
 I have some friends
 I have some coffee
 Offers
 Would you like some help/ some arrange juice?
 We use Any in negative and interrogative sentences
 -Do you have any water?
 I don’t have any water
 I have no water
 An adjective is a word used to describe, or modify, noun
or a pronoun. Adjectives usually answer questions like
which one, what kind, or how many:
 that hilarious book
 the red one
 several heavy books
ADJECTIVES
 An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An
adverb usually modifies by telling how, when, where, why, under what
conditions, or to what degree. An adverb is often formed by adding -ly to an
adjective.
 Conjunctive adverbs form a separate category because they serve as both
conjunctions (they connect) and adverbs (they modify). Groups of words can
also function as adverb phrases or adverb clauses.
4-ADVERBS
 1. An adverb can modify a verb.
 He drives fast and carelessly
 Succeed - success– successfully -
 Noun + ful ( with or with a lot)= adjective
 Helpful
 Beautiful
 Noun + less ( without)= adjective
 Moneyless-
Suffix Meaning Examples
Solvable, accessible,
-able/-ible Worth, ability
believable, reliable
Professional, structural,
-al, -ial, -ical Quality, relation
national, legal
Important, dependent,
-ent/-ant Having a certain quality
relevant
-ed Having the quality of Bored, interested, fascinated
Generic, archaic, idealistic,
-ic Quality, relation
historic
Boring,
-ing Referring to an activity
interesting, fascinating
Having the character of,
-ish about, almost
Newish, reddish
-ful Having a characteristic Helpful, colorful, useful

Worthless, careless, useless,
-less Without, missing
hopeless
Having the quality of, relating Adventurous, courageous,
-ous to advantageous
-ive Having the quality of Festive, cooperative, sensitive

The most common adjective prefixes and their meaning:
Prefix Meaning Examples

Illegal, Illegible,
imperfect, impolite,
il-, im-, ir-, in- Not/opposite of
irrelevant, irrational,
inconvenient, inactive
Unusual, unhappy,
un- Not/opposite of
uninterested, unpleasant
Dishonest, disloyal,
dis- Not/opposite of
dissimilar, disabled
Ultra-compact,
ultra-, super-, -hyper- Extreme
ultrasound, hyperactive
International,
inter- Between
interdisciplinary
Transatlantic,
trans- Across
transmarine
Spelling rules for il-, im-, ir-, in-
Use ‘il-’ for words starting with ‘l’, such as legal (illegal) and
legible (illegible).
Use ‘ir-’ for words starting with ‘r’, such as relevant (irrelevant)
and rational (irrational).
Use‘im-’ for words starting with ‘m’ or ‘p’, such as mature
(immature) and polite (impolite).
Forother adjectives, use ‘in-’, such as convenient (inconvenient)
and active (inactive).

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 There are eight parts of speech in the English

language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective,

Nouns have these characteristics:

 Most are singular or plural.

 Little – a little- some- much – too much – a lot of

MOST NOUNS ARE EITHER

-ful Having a characteristic Helpful, colorful, useful

-ive Having the quality of Festive, cooperative, sensitive

Prefix Meaning Examples

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