123 Parts Of Speach

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The Eight Parts of Speech
Lic. Armando García Díaz

The eight parts of speech
• These five undergo changes in form to show different meanings:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs

• These three keep the same form:
6. 7. 8. Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections
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1. Nouns
• A noun is a name given to aperson, place, thing or abstract idea.
– Nouns are divided into two classes: proper and common. A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing or idea and it is always capitalized: Henry, Henry, England, England, or History 1301 1301. – A common noun names a general term for a person, place, thing or abstract idea and is not capitalized: boy, country, or history. – Nouns also have gender.English has three genders: masculine for nouns referring to males, such as cowboy or milkman; feminine for nouns referring to females, such as girl or mother; and neuter referring to inanimate objects, such as tree or car. – Nouns are also classified by number, either singular or plural. The plural of nouns is regularly formed by adding "s" to the singular form, such as dog to dogs or place to places.Lic. Armando García Díaz

The pronoun
• The pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
– The noun it replaces is called its antecedent. Pronouns are classified as personal, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite. – Personal pronouns are used as subjects or objects. Their forms are: Singular Subjects: I, you, he, she, it Objects: me, you, him, her, it – Possessivepronouns Singular Mine, yours, his, hers, its Plural ours, yours, theirs Plural Subjects: we, you, they Objects: us, you, them

– Note: The possessives my, your, his, her, its, our, your, and them are called pronouns in the possessive case in English but are considered possessive adjectives in other languages.

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The pronoun (cont…)
– Reflexivepronouns are formed by adding "self" or "selves" to certain forms of personal pronouns such as:
Singular Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself Plural ourselves, yourselves, themselves

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Relative Pronouns are used to join a dependent clause to a preceding noun or pronoun. They are used as subjects or objects. Their forms are what and that, which remain the same, and who and which, havedifferent forms:
Subject who which Object whom which Possessive whose whose

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Interrogative pronouns are used in asking questions. They are used as subjects and objects. Their forms are which? and what? having the same form and who? Having different forms:
Subject who? Object whom? Possessive whose?

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Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out persons or things. They are used assubjects or objects. Their forms are this, that, these, and those. Indefinite pronouns are words such as one, someone, somebody, anybody, something, each, either, neither, many, or few when used as pronouns. Such forms may also be used as adjectives.

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The verb
• • The verb is a word used to express action, state of being or state of mind of the subject of a sentence.Classes of verbs - transitive or intransitive
– A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete the meaning, such as I love my country; or He takes his medicine. – An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object to complete its meaning, such as: He sleeps, or Dogs run.

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Helping verbs are used to help form the voice, tense, and mood of other verbs, such as am, is, are,was, were, be, being, been, do, did, does, have, had, has, can, shall, will, must, etc. The helping verb is used with an action verb, such as:
– The boys have been playing outside today.

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Verb Tenses express the time of the action or the state of being as present, past, or future.
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The adjective
• The adjective is a word used to describe or...