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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

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PARTS OF SPEECH

Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ____________


Morphological Analysis: It determines the class or category of each word in a sentence.

I. Look at the words below. Put a check next to the words you can identify, and write an
example of it.

Noun:
Pronoun:
Determiner:
Adjective:
Verb:
Adverb:
Preposition:
Conjunction:
Interjection:

1. What is a NOUN?

This part of a speech refers to words that are used to name persons, things, animals, places, ideas, or
events.
Examples: Tom, Audi, car, pizza, folder, sand, board, happiness, bravery, kitten, video, ball, meter,
flour, faculty, class.

● Dogs are extremely cute.

● It’s my birthday.

● Tom Hanks is a very good actor.

Find more examples of nouns at: http://nounsstarting.com/

2. What is a PRONOUN?

A pronoun is a part of a speech which functions as a replacement for a noun.


Examples: Janice is a teacher.
● She is my sister.

● The largest slide of pizza is mine.

Person Subject Pron. Object Pron. Possessive Pron. Reflexive Pron.


1st singular I me Mine Myself
2nd singular you you Yours Yourself
3rd singular, male he him His Himself
3rd singular, female she her Hers Herself
3rd singular, neutral it it - Itself
1st plural we us Ours Ourselves
2nd plural you you Yours Yourselves
3rd plural they them theirs Themselves
3. What is a DETERMINER?

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to.
Some determiners are:
● Definite article: the

● Indefinite article: a, an

● Demonstratives: this, that, these, those

● Possessive determiners: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

● Quantifiers: a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough

● Numbers*: one, three, ten

● Difference word: other, another

● Pre-determiners: such, what, rather, quite

Find more examples at:


https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/determiners/

4. What is an ADJECTIVE?

This part of a speech is used to describe a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives can specify the quality, the
size, and the number of nouns or pronouns.

Example:
● The car is blue.

● He writes meaningful sentences.

Find more examples at: http://adjectivesstarting.com/

5. What is a VERB?

This is the most important part of a speech, without a verb, a sentence would not exist. Simply, this
is a word that shows an action (physical or mental) or state of being of the subject in a sentence.

Verb Tenses / Grammar structures:


● Present simple
Every day she plays with her brother. – I never make my bed in the morning.

● Present continuous
My mom is cooking dinner at the moment. – I am reading a book.

Present perfect simple
I have studied a lot for the test. – She has prepared the meal.

● Present perfect continuous


My dad has been working on his boat for a month. – They have been studying for the test
all afternoon.

● Present passive
The phone is used to make calls. – The flowers are watered by the gardener.

● Past simple
Yesterday she went to the supermarket. – They arrived to the party at 10 pm.
● Past continuous
Last week Martha was playing the guitar in the park. – Yesterday the children were
studying maths.

● Past perfect simple


They had not worked all day and night. – She had forgotten the school bag at home.

● Past perfect continuous


We had been watching TV for 5 hours. – My sister had been studying English since she was
4 years old.

● Past passive
This house was built in 1955. – Those films were directed by Steven Spielberg.

● Future: will
I will go to the bank today. – We will not arrive at 8 pm.

● Future: be going to
We are going to watch a movie in Pablo’s house. – She is going to play the piano in the
park.

● Future perfect
At 8 o’clock, Linda will have left the house. – I will have finished in an hour and then you
can use the computer.

● Future passive
The horses will be taken to the stable. – Will the tests be checked by tomorrow?

6. What is an ADVERB?

Just like adjectives, adverbs are also used to describe words, but the difference is that adverbs
describe adjectives, verbs, or another adverb.

The different types of adverbs are:

● Adverb of Manner– this refers to how something happens or “how” an action is done.
Example: Annie danced gracefully.
The word “gracefully” tells how Annie danced.
● Adverb of Time- this states “when” something happens or “when” it is done.
Example: She came yesterday.
● Adverb of Place– this tells something about “where” something happens or ”where”
something is done.
Example: Of course, I looked everywhere!
The adverb “everywhere” tells where I “looked.”
● Adverb of Degree– this states the intensity or the degree to which a specific thing happens
or is done.
Example: The child is very talented.
7. What is a PREPOSITION?

This part of a speech basically refers to words that specify location or a location in time. It is a word
that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest
of the sentence.

Examples:

● My sister always hides behind the curtain.

● My dog sleeps under my bed.

● I live in front of the beach.

● They need to know all about you.

with despite about within

at towards like along

from upon through following

into concerning over across

during of before behind

Find more examples at: https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

8. What is a CONJUCTION / LINKING WORD?

The conjunction is a part of a speech which joins words, phrases, or clauses together.
Examples of Conjunctions in use:
● I woke up early today that’s why I’m very tired.

● She needs to buy apples and oranges.

LINKING WORDS
Contrast: but, although, in spite of, despite, however, nevertheless, on the other hand, by contrast,
in contrast to/with, on the contrary, instead of, etc.
Addition: furthermore, moreover, in addition to, as well as, apart from this/that, also, besides,
what’s more, on top of that, etc.
Example: one such example is, such as, in other words, for example, for instance,
Sequence/Time: first of all, first, firstly, later, after that, afterwards, finally, in the end.
Time: once, after, meanwhile, in the meantime, before reaching that stage, prior to, eventually
Purpose: so that/in order that + clause, in order to/so as to/to + infinitive.
Result: as a result of, therefore, for this/that reason, so, that is why, etc.
Cause: because of, on account of, due to, as a result of, thanks to, caused by, etc.

8. What is an INTERJECTION?

An interjection is a part of speech that demonstrates the emotion or feeling of the author. These
words or phrases can stand alone, or be placed before or after a sentence. Examples of interjection:
Well, duh!, Oh dear!, Congrats!, Shoot!, etc.

Examples:
● Congrats! You finally got your master’s degree.

● Oh dear! I don’t know what to do about this mess.

● Grrr. I’m going to get back at him for that.

Source and more examples of part of speech at: http://partofspeech.org/

II. Analyse morphologically the following sentences.

1. “That is a beautiful dress”


That 🡪
is 🡪
a🡪
beautiful 🡪
dress. 🡪

2. “He is so bad-tempered”
He 🡪
is 🡪
so 🡪
bad-tempered. 🡪

3. “I dance since I was very young”


I🡪
dance 🡪
since 🡪
I🡪
was 🡪
very 🡪
young. 🡪

4. I’ve been helping my mom while her assistant is on holiday.


5. This isn’t the first time I work at a camp.

6. The cat sat on the mat.

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