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Parts of Speech

Sumera Shan Ahmad


The parts of speech indicate how the word
functions in meaning as well as
grammatically within the sentence.
1. Nouns
 A noun is a part of speech that denotes a
person, animal, place, thing, or idea. The
English word noun has its roots in the Latin
word “nomen”, which means “name.” Every
language has words that are nouns.
 Nouns are among the most important words
in the English language – without them, we’d
have a difficult time speaking and writing
about anything.
Abstract nouns
Refer to ideas, concepts, emotions, and other
“things” you can’t physically interact with.
You can’t see, taste, touch, smell, or hear
something named with an abstract noun.
For example,
Success seems to come easily to certain
people.
He received an award for his bravery.
This is of great importance.
Collective Nouns
Word that refers to a group.
It can be either singular or plural, but is
usually used in the singular.

Our team is enjoying an unbroken winning


streak.
Watch out for that swarm of bees.
Our class graduates two years from now.
Concrete Nouns
Concrete nouns are words used for actual
things we can touch, see, taste, feel, and hear
– things we interact with every day. Concrete
nouns can also be countable, uncountable,
common, proper, and collective nouns.

Please remember to buy oranges.


Have a seat in that chair.
Common Noun
 Words used to name general items rather
than specific ones.
They’re not usually capitalized.

city, dog, shoe


Proper Nouns
These name specific people, places, things.
They’re capitalized.
Sometimes they contain two or more specific
words. All are capitalized in this case and
considered to be one noun.
Like, Pacific Ocean, Central Park Zoo
2. Verbs
A verb is a word that tells of an action or
state of being.
1. Action verbs are verbs of doing something:
hope, dream, run, speak. I read many
magazines.
2. Linking verbs describe a state of being.
These verbs link the subject to a noun or
adjective. Jim is sleepy. For example, am,
are, is, was, were, be, been, and being.
Other linking verbs include appear, become,
seem, sound, feel, remain, stay, and look.
3. Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe or modify
another person or thing in the sentence.
 Tall boy
Meaningless letters
4. Adverbs
An adverb is a word or set of words that
modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Examples: He speaks slowly

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