Parts of Speech Handout
Parts of Speech Handout
Parts of Speech Handout
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PARTS OF SPEECH
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.
● It’s my birthday.
2. What is a PRONOUN?
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
● Quantifiers: a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough
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.
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.
● 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 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 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.
● 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:
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.
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.
2. “He is so bad-tempered”
He 🡪
is 🡪
so 🡪
bad-tempered. 🡪