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Parts of Speech
Prepared By -
Milan Parmar
Assistant Professor (M.Phil., GSET, NET)
Government Science College- Veraval
Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University
What is Parts of Speech?
 Words are divided into different kinds or classes, called Parts of
Speech, according to their use; that is, according to the work they do
in a sentence.(Wren and Martin)
 Elements/unit of a sentence which can be referred as Parts of Speech.
 Partition of sentence according to its uses is called parts of speech.
 There are eight parts of speech.

Interjecti
on
 Conjuncti
on
 Pronoun
 Noun
Verb Adverb
Prepositi
on
Adjective
1. Noun
 A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, thing, an idea or quality
 The word thing includes
 (i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell;
 The word idea Includes
 (ii) something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by the senses.
Person Doctor, painter, singer or the name of a person
Place  School, or name of country, building etc.
Thing  Laptop, or any physical things including animals
Idea  Internet, or any such ideas like that
Quality  Courage, honesty, bravery or any such quality
Action- smoking, running etc. usually at the beginning of the sentence as gerund.
Types of nouns
 Proper noun  Is a name of person or thing or place.
Ex. Gita, Sahil, march, Bombay, Delhi.)
 Common noun - is name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.
Ex. book, boy, city, girl, river, table, tree, village
 Collective noun - is the name of a number (or collection) of persons, or things taken together
and spoken of as one whole.
Ex. assembly, audience, army, class, committee, crew, crowd, family, government, group, nation,
parliament, public, team
 Material noun - denotes the matter or substance of which things are made.
Ex. - copper, cotton, gold, milk, oil, silver, sugar, water, wood, wool etc.
 Abstract noun - is usually the name of a quality, action or state considered apart from the
object to which it belongs
Ex. honesty, anger, joy, courage, growth, discovery, race, childhood, boyhood, adulthood, poverty,
Astronomy, Economics, Geometry
Lets check
Identify the underlined nouns, what they refer to
1. Akbar was a great king. Ans. A person
2. India is a large country. Ans.
3. This is my car. Ans.
4. Honesty is the best policy. Ans.
5. Smoking is injurious to health. Ans.
6. Poverty is our real enemy. Ans.
7. The camel is the ship of dessert. Ans.
8. Without health there is no happiness. Ans.
9. The Taj Mahal stands on the bank of Yamuna. Ans.
2. Pronoun
 A word used instead of a noun is called pronoun.
 There are several types of pronouns .
1. Personal Pronouns- Subject or the object of the sentence, for ex.
Subject- I, you, he, she, it, we and they, object- me, him, her, us and
them.
2. Reflexive pronouns - word that refers to the noun or pronoun that is the
subject of the verb, for ex. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself,
ourselves, yourselves and themselves.
3. Possessive Pronouns - used to talk about things that belong to people, for
ex. mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs.
4. Indefinite pronouns- does not refer directly to any other word, for ex.
Each, everybody, many, most, all, everyone, anyone, few, etc.
5. Demonstrating Pronouns- used for pointing out things, for ex. This, that,
those, these.
 Identify the underlined pronouns
1. This book is mine. Ans. Possessive Pronoun
2. We can do better than that. Ans.
3. Everybody is welcome at the meeting. Ans.
4. This pen is mine and that one is his. Ans.
5. The book are where you left them. Ans.
6. Goodbye, children! Ill call you later. Ans.
7. The children cleaned their room all by themselves. Ans.
3. Verb
 is a word used to express an action or state of subject or object
 word that tells what someone or something does
 an action word or word of being
 Verbs can be divided into two groups
1. Transitive verb - A verb which has or require object ex. John
likes apples.
2. Intransitive Verb - A verb which has not object is called an
intransitive verb, ex. The boys play in the yard after school.
Lets check
 Underline the verb in each sentence and say whether the verb is
transitive or an intransitive
1. We live in an apartment on the boulevard.
2. Some children learn very fast.
3. We go for swimming lessons on Sunday.
4. I like my new bike.
5. Michael and I both entered the race. He won but I lost.
6. Mom writes stories in her spare time.
7. Kolkata is a big city.
8. Iron and copper are useful metals.
4. Adverb
 An Adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb
 Adverbs are words that tell you more about verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs.
 Types of adverbs
1. Adverb of Manner- correctly, carelessly, carefully, safely, slowly,
skilfully, speedily,. etc.
2. Adverb of Time- Tomorrow, already, next year, last week,
ASAPetc.
3. Adverb of Place- Upstairs, outside, nearby, there, anywhere, here etc.
4. Adverb of frequency  regularly, always, twice, everyday, once,
never .etc.
5. Adverb of duration- temporarily, overnight, long time ago, for a
moment, briefly, all night, etc.
Lets check
 Identify adverbs in each of the following sentences and say the types of
adverbs
1. He worked the sum quickly. Ans. Quickly (adv. of manner)
2. The newspaper is delivered daily.
3. This flower is very beautiful.
4. She pronounced the word quite correctly.
5. The shops are often very busy.
6. We walk home from school every day.
7. Kent did his homework carelessly.
8. We start our vacation next week.
9. Farah read the poem in a very clear voice.
10. The accident happened during the afternoon.
5. Adjective
  is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun and pronoun.
 Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns.
 They give more information about people, places, and things.
 Adjectives tell us about
1. Size of people or things- tall, thin, fat, large, big, etc.
2. Colour of things- black, red, grey, dull, green etc.
3. Quality of people or things- handsome, beautiful, poor, rich, hot, cold,
etc.
4. Substance of things- plastic folder, silk clothes, paper glass, golden
chain, clay pot, concrete road, etc.
5. Nativity  Indian army, American spy, Chinese mobile, etc.
What have you learned?
Identify adjective in each of the following sentence.
1. He was a brave boy. Ans. Brave
2. The lazy dog cannot play.
3. They are twenty boys in the classroom.
4. Neeta is a young girl.
5. It was a very painful injury.
6. These oranges are very juicy.
7. She keeps her toys in a large wooden box.
8. What a beautiful dress!
9. Witches and wizards have magical powers.
10. It was a large and lovely garden.
6. Preposition
 .is a word which shows the relation of a noun or a pronoun with
other word in a sentences.
 Prepositions are words that show a connection between other words.
 ..is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation
the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else.
 There are three kinds of preposition
1. Preposition of Time- show when something happens, ex. On, at, in,
during, by, before, after etc.
2. Preposition of place- show where something happens, ex. in, under,
above, over, beside etc.
3. Preposition of direction- show where someone/thing is going, ex.
Into, across, after, down, along, etc.
Prepositions
Lets make it more simple
Lets check .
Identify Prepositions in the following sentences
1. There is a cow in the garden.
2. The girl is a fond of music.
3. The lovers are sitting under tree.
4. The earth revolves around the sun.
5. The goats are crossing the bridge.
6. He threw a pen into the dustbin.
7. Ravi always sits beside me.
8. A book is on the table and between the chalk and duster.
9. He gave money besides clothes to a poor man.
10. The ladder is laying against wall.
7. Conjunction
 A Conjunction is a word which merely joins together sentences, and sometimes
words.
 Conjunctions join together sentences and often make them more compact
 Conjunctions are words used to link words, phrases or clauses.
 commonly used conjunctions are as below
Lets play
 Complete the following sentences by adding appropriate conjunction
1. Learning geography is hard.. interesting.
2. I dont like football.. soccer.
3. Do you pull the handle. push it?
4. These tools are old .still useful.
5. The children went inside it had started to rain.
6. Will you take tea.coffee?
7. Manish Nitesh have done homework today.
8. Put on your apron.. you start to paint.
9. He took his new toy to schoolhe could show it to his friends.
10. Satish is taller..Akash.
8. Interjection
 An Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling or emotion.
 an exclamation, especially as a part of speech
 An interjection is a word or phrase that is grammatically independent from the
words around it, and mainly expresses feeling rather than meaning(Merriam
Webster).
 Used as an exclamation (!) by itself or with a comma following it if used at the
beginning of a sentence
 Interjections may express
1. Joy as Hurrah!, Huzza! 2. Grief; as alas!
3. Surprise; as, ha! What! 4. Approval; as bravo well
done!
5. Oh dear! 6. My goodness!
7. Wow! 8. Ouch!
Exercise :-
1. Hello! What are you doing there?
2. Alas! He is dead.
3. Hurrah! We have won the game.
4. Ah! Have they gone?
5. Oh! I got such a fright.
6. Hush! Don't make a noise.
Lets Sum up
Identify the correct part of speech
for each word in the following
sentences, one is done for you.
1. The little dog ran. Ans. Adj., noun, verb
2. Oh! You scared me!
3. The snow fell softly.
4. The house was red and small.
5. Pat and Joe quickly raked the leaves.
6. With great joy, Mom and Dad welcomed the new baby.
7. The boys fished in the gurgling stream.
8. Mary finished her reading assignment.
9. The earth travels around the sun.
10. Math or English is my favourite subject.
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  • 1. Parts of Speech Prepared By - Milan Parmar Assistant Professor (M.Phil., GSET, NET) Government Science College- Veraval Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University
  • 2. What is Parts of Speech? Words are divided into different kinds or classes, called Parts of Speech, according to their use; that is, according to the work they do in a sentence.(Wren and Martin) Elements/unit of a sentence which can be referred as Parts of Speech. Partition of sentence according to its uses is called parts of speech. There are eight parts of speech.
  • 3. Interjecti on Conjuncti on Pronoun Noun Verb Adverb Prepositi on Adjective
  • 4. 1. Noun A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, thing, an idea or quality The word thing includes (i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell; The word idea Includes (ii) something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by the senses. Person Doctor, painter, singer or the name of a person Place School, or name of country, building etc. Thing Laptop, or any physical things including animals Idea Internet, or any such ideas like that Quality Courage, honesty, bravery or any such quality Action- smoking, running etc. usually at the beginning of the sentence as gerund.
  • 5. Types of nouns Proper noun Is a name of person or thing or place. Ex. Gita, Sahil, march, Bombay, Delhi.) Common noun - is name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind. Ex. book, boy, city, girl, river, table, tree, village Collective noun - is the name of a number (or collection) of persons, or things taken together and spoken of as one whole. Ex. assembly, audience, army, class, committee, crew, crowd, family, government, group, nation, parliament, public, team Material noun - denotes the matter or substance of which things are made. Ex. - copper, cotton, gold, milk, oil, silver, sugar, water, wood, wool etc. Abstract noun - is usually the name of a quality, action or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs Ex. honesty, anger, joy, courage, growth, discovery, race, childhood, boyhood, adulthood, poverty, Astronomy, Economics, Geometry
  • 6. Lets check Identify the underlined nouns, what they refer to 1. Akbar was a great king. Ans. A person 2. India is a large country. Ans. 3. This is my car. Ans. 4. Honesty is the best policy. Ans. 5. Smoking is injurious to health. Ans. 6. Poverty is our real enemy. Ans. 7. The camel is the ship of dessert. Ans. 8. Without health there is no happiness. Ans. 9. The Taj Mahal stands on the bank of Yamuna. Ans.
  • 7. 2. Pronoun A word used instead of a noun is called pronoun. There are several types of pronouns . 1. Personal Pronouns- Subject or the object of the sentence, for ex. Subject- I, you, he, she, it, we and they, object- me, him, her, us and them. 2. Reflexive pronouns - word that refers to the noun or pronoun that is the subject of the verb, for ex. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. 3. Possessive Pronouns - used to talk about things that belong to people, for ex. mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs. 4. Indefinite pronouns- does not refer directly to any other word, for ex. Each, everybody, many, most, all, everyone, anyone, few, etc. 5. Demonstrating Pronouns- used for pointing out things, for ex. This, that, those, these.
  • 8. Identify the underlined pronouns 1. This book is mine. Ans. Possessive Pronoun 2. We can do better than that. Ans. 3. Everybody is welcome at the meeting. Ans. 4. This pen is mine and that one is his. Ans. 5. The book are where you left them. Ans. 6. Goodbye, children! Ill call you later. Ans. 7. The children cleaned their room all by themselves. Ans.
  • 9. 3. Verb is a word used to express an action or state of subject or object word that tells what someone or something does an action word or word of being Verbs can be divided into two groups 1. Transitive verb - A verb which has or require object ex. John likes apples. 2. Intransitive Verb - A verb which has not object is called an intransitive verb, ex. The boys play in the yard after school.
  • 10. Lets check Underline the verb in each sentence and say whether the verb is transitive or an intransitive 1. We live in an apartment on the boulevard. 2. Some children learn very fast. 3. We go for swimming lessons on Sunday. 4. I like my new bike. 5. Michael and I both entered the race. He won but I lost. 6. Mom writes stories in her spare time. 7. Kolkata is a big city. 8. Iron and copper are useful metals.
  • 11. 4. Adverb An Adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb Adverbs are words that tell you more about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Types of adverbs 1. Adverb of Manner- correctly, carelessly, carefully, safely, slowly, skilfully, speedily,. etc. 2. Adverb of Time- Tomorrow, already, next year, last week, ASAPetc. 3. Adverb of Place- Upstairs, outside, nearby, there, anywhere, here etc. 4. Adverb of frequency regularly, always, twice, everyday, once, never .etc. 5. Adverb of duration- temporarily, overnight, long time ago, for a moment, briefly, all night, etc.
  • 12. Lets check Identify adverbs in each of the following sentences and say the types of adverbs 1. He worked the sum quickly. Ans. Quickly (adv. of manner) 2. The newspaper is delivered daily. 3. This flower is very beautiful. 4. She pronounced the word quite correctly. 5. The shops are often very busy. 6. We walk home from school every day. 7. Kent did his homework carelessly. 8. We start our vacation next week. 9. Farah read the poem in a very clear voice. 10. The accident happened during the afternoon.
  • 13. 5. Adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun and pronoun. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. They give more information about people, places, and things. Adjectives tell us about 1. Size of people or things- tall, thin, fat, large, big, etc. 2. Colour of things- black, red, grey, dull, green etc. 3. Quality of people or things- handsome, beautiful, poor, rich, hot, cold, etc. 4. Substance of things- plastic folder, silk clothes, paper glass, golden chain, clay pot, concrete road, etc. 5. Nativity Indian army, American spy, Chinese mobile, etc.
  • 14. What have you learned? Identify adjective in each of the following sentence. 1. He was a brave boy. Ans. Brave 2. The lazy dog cannot play. 3. They are twenty boys in the classroom. 4. Neeta is a young girl. 5. It was a very painful injury. 6. These oranges are very juicy. 7. She keeps her toys in a large wooden box. 8. What a beautiful dress! 9. Witches and wizards have magical powers. 10. It was a large and lovely garden.
  • 15. 6. Preposition .is a word which shows the relation of a noun or a pronoun with other word in a sentences. Prepositions are words that show a connection between other words. ..is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else. There are three kinds of preposition 1. Preposition of Time- show when something happens, ex. On, at, in, during, by, before, after etc. 2. Preposition of place- show where something happens, ex. in, under, above, over, beside etc. 3. Preposition of direction- show where someone/thing is going, ex. Into, across, after, down, along, etc.
  • 17. Lets make it more simple
  • 18. Lets check . Identify Prepositions in the following sentences 1. There is a cow in the garden. 2. The girl is a fond of music. 3. The lovers are sitting under tree. 4. The earth revolves around the sun. 5. The goats are crossing the bridge. 6. He threw a pen into the dustbin. 7. Ravi always sits beside me. 8. A book is on the table and between the chalk and duster. 9. He gave money besides clothes to a poor man. 10. The ladder is laying against wall.
  • 19. 7. Conjunction A Conjunction is a word which merely joins together sentences, and sometimes words. Conjunctions join together sentences and often make them more compact Conjunctions are words used to link words, phrases or clauses. commonly used conjunctions are as below
  • 20. Lets play Complete the following sentences by adding appropriate conjunction 1. Learning geography is hard.. interesting. 2. I dont like football.. soccer. 3. Do you pull the handle. push it? 4. These tools are old .still useful. 5. The children went inside it had started to rain. 6. Will you take tea.coffee? 7. Manish Nitesh have done homework today. 8. Put on your apron.. you start to paint. 9. He took his new toy to schoolhe could show it to his friends. 10. Satish is taller..Akash.
  • 21. 8. Interjection An Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling or emotion. an exclamation, especially as a part of speech An interjection is a word or phrase that is grammatically independent from the words around it, and mainly expresses feeling rather than meaning(Merriam Webster). Used as an exclamation (!) by itself or with a comma following it if used at the beginning of a sentence
  • 22. Interjections may express 1. Joy as Hurrah!, Huzza! 2. Grief; as alas! 3. Surprise; as, ha! What! 4. Approval; as bravo well done! 5. Oh dear! 6. My goodness! 7. Wow! 8. Ouch! Exercise :- 1. Hello! What are you doing there? 2. Alas! He is dead. 3. Hurrah! We have won the game. 4. Ah! Have they gone? 5. Oh! I got such a fright. 6. Hush! Don't make a noise.
  • 24. Identify the correct part of speech for each word in the following sentences, one is done for you. 1. The little dog ran. Ans. Adj., noun, verb 2. Oh! You scared me! 3. The snow fell softly. 4. The house was red and small. 5. Pat and Joe quickly raked the leaves. 6. With great joy, Mom and Dad welcomed the new baby. 7. The boys fished in the gurgling stream. 8. Mary finished her reading assignment. 9. The earth travels around the sun. 10. Math or English is my favourite subject.