...Parts of Speech Table This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech. |part of speech |function or "job" |example words |example sentences | |Verb |action or state |(to) be, have, do, like, work, |EnglishClub.com is a web site. I like | | | |sing, can, must |EnglishClub.com. | |Noun |thing or person |pen, dog, work, music, town, |This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in | | | |London, teacher, John |London. | |Adjective |describes a noun |a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, |My dog is big. I like big dogs. | | | |red, well, interesting | | |Adverb |describes a verb, adjective or |quickly, silently, well, badly, |My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he | | |adverb |very, really |eats really quickly. | |Pronoun |replaces a noun |I, you...
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...things you can see or touch (e.g., tree, cloud) Non-countable nouns (mass nouns) – things you cannot count (e.g., food, music) Gender-specific nouns – words which are definitely male or female (e.g., vixen, actress) Verbal nouns – nouns derived from verbs (e.g., a building, an attack) Gerunds – nouns that represent actions (e.g., running fast, guessing a number) Proper Nouns A proper noun is the name of a person, place or thing (i.e., its own name). A proper noun always starts with a capital letter. Examples: Michael Africa Peking Dayton Peace Accord United Nations The Tower of London Uncle George (Uncle is written with a capital letter because it is part of his name.) My favourite auntie is Auntie Sally. (In this example, the first auntie is a common noun, but the second Auntie is part of a proper noun.) The Red Lion See also: Capital Letters for Proprer Nouns but Not Common Nouns Collective Nouns A collective noun is the word used for a group of people or things. Examples: Choir Team Jury Shoal Cabinet (of ministers) Regiment The big question with collective nouns is whether they should be treated as singular or plural. The answer is: They can be treated as singular or plural depending on the sense of your sentence. This is covered in more depth in the lesson Collective Nouns – Singular or...
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...English words have been traditionally classified into eight lexical categories, or parts of speech (and are still done so in most dictionaries): Noun any abstract or concrete entity; a person (police officer, Michael), place (coastline, London), thing (necktie, television), idea (happiness), or quality (bravery) Pronoun any substitute for a noun or noun phrase Adjective any qualifier of a noun Verb any action (walk), occurrence (happen), or state of being (be) Adverb any qualifier of an adjective, verb, clause, sentence, or other adverb Preposition any establisher of relation and syntactic context Conjunction any syntactic connector Interjection any emotional greeting (or "exclamation") Although these are the traditional eight English parts of speech, modern linguists have been able to classify English words into even more specific categories and sub-categories based on function. The four main parts of speech in English, namely nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, are labelled form classes as well. This is because prototypical members of each class share the ability to change their form by accepting derivational or inflectional morphemes. The term form is used because it refers literally to the similarities in shape of the word in its pronunciation and spelling for each part of speech.[10] Neither written nor spoken English generally marks words as belonging to one part of speech or another, as they tend to be understood in the context of the sentence. Words likeneigh...
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...word. and all principal words, including those that follow hyphens in compound terms. Therefore, capitalize the following parts of speech: • Nouns (e.g., flowers and Europe, as in The Flowers of Europe) • Pronouns (e.g., our, as in Save Our Children; that, as in The Mouse That Roared) • Verbs (e.g., watches, as in America Watches Television: is, as in What Is Literature?) • Adjectives (e.g., ugly, as in The Ugly Duckling: that, as in Who Said That Phrase?) • Adverbs (e.g., slightly, as in Only Slightly Corrupt: down, as in Go Down, Moses) • Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., after, although, as if, as soon as, because, before, if, that, unless, until, when, where, while, as in One If by Land and Anywhere That Chance Leads) Do not capitalize the following parts of speech when they fall in the middle of a title: • Articles (a. an. the, as in Under the Bamboo Tree) • Prepositions (e.g., against, between, in, of, to, as in The Merchant of Venice and A Dialogue between the Soul and Body • Coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet, as in Romeo and Juliet) • The to in infinitives (as in How to Play Chess) Use a colon and a space to separate a title from a subtitle, unless the title ends in a question mark, an exclamation point, or a dash. Include other punctuation only if it is part of the title. The following examples illustrate how to capitalize and punctuate a variety of titles. Death of a Salesman The...
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...Grammar Notes Parts of Speech -Noun-names a person, place or thing -Pronoun-a word that replaces a noun (pro means “for) -Verb-tells what is being done and/or a helping verb -Helping Verbs: |Is |Be |Has |Do |Shall |May |Can | |An |Been |Have |Does |Will |Might |Could | |Are |Being |Had |Did |Should |Must | | |Was | | | |Would | | | |Were | | | | | | | -Adjective-describes a noun (answers which one, what kind, how many, or whose about the noun it modifies) -Articles-a, an, the-specifically they are adjectives that show definite or indefinite forms of nouns -Adverbs-a word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. (it tells how, how, where, or how much the word it modifies) -Conjunction-connects words, phrases, and clauses (FANBOYS)Fan An Neither/Nor But Or Yet So -Subordinating Conjunctions-begins a subordinate clause (AWHITEBUS) Although While If That Even though Because Until Since *When trying to determine parts of speech of any word in a sentence, you must consider the form and the function of the particular word. ...
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...Handy Handouts ® Free, educational handouts for teachers and parents* Number 294 Parts of Speech ( That’s a Noun!) by Rynette R. Kjesbo, M.S., CCC-SLP What Are “Parts of Speech?” Every word in the English language can be put into a category based on the function of the word in a sentence. The categories that words are put in are “parts of speech” or “word classes.” Knowing the parts of speech and their purpose helps us to understand sentences and create sentences that make sense. What Are the Different Parts of Speech? There are eight main parts of speech. They are represented in the following example: “Uh-oh! Sara pulled the jammed switch forcefully and it broke off in her hand!” • Noun – A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Nouns can be proper nouns or common nouns. A proper noun refers to a specific person, place, or thing and is always capitalized. A common noun refers to a general person, place, or thing. “Sara,” “switch,” and “hand” are the nouns in our example sentence. “Sara” is a proper noun because it refers to a specific person. Other examples of nouns include David (proper noun), sister, Vermont (another proper noun), store, truck, and pen. • Pronoun – A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Pronouns typically refer back to nouns that are mentioned earlier. In our example sentence, “it” takes the place of “switch,” while “her” refers to “Sara.” Other examples of pronouns include me, him, our, I, you, and they...
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...TOEFL VOCABULARY Below is a list of words that often appear on theTOEFL test. The underlined sections of a word provide links to definitions of that word's respective roots, prefixes and suffixes. Sentences are provided as examples of word usage. A act, ag react (verb): to act in response to something re + act How did he react when he heard the news? agent (noun): something which acts or acts upon something else ag + ent The travel agent helped her purchase the tickets. active (adjective): involving movement, moving about act + ive Joan is an active child. agitate (verb): to excite, to disturb, to stir up agit + ate The washing machine agitates the load of laundry. aud, audit, aur audible ( adjective): can be heard aud + ible Your voice is barely audible over the sound of the train whistle. auditorium (noun): a place where one goes to hear something audit+ orium The band played in the school auditorium auricular aur + ic + ul + ar The auricular ability of the cat is well-known. am, ami amorous (adjective): loving amor + ous The actor played an amorous role. amiable (adjective) friendly, agreeable ami + able He seems to be an amiable man. amicable (adjective): friendly amic + able The two neighbors came to an amicable decision about the fence. anim animal (noun): a living creature anim + al A dog is an animal. animate (verb): to give spirit or support, to supply movement anim + ate The artist animated the cartoon. animosity (noun):...
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...ADJECTIVE * There are 2 places where we can use an adjective: * Before a noun Ex: She is a beautiful girl That is good tea * After a linking verb (some linking verbs are: appear, be, become, feel, get, look, stay,…) Ex: My computer is old I feel happy so much * We can put a word like very or quite before adjective. (They are adverbs of degree) Ex: This is a very good idea Today, weather is quite cold * Adjectives used in one position only * We can use most adj in both position – before a noun or after linking verb. But a few adj can go in one position but not in the other. Ex: Be careful crossing the main road can only go before a noun The only problem is I’ve got no money Some more examples are: chief (=main), elder (=older), inner, outdoor,… At last the baby is asleep I’m really pleased to see you can only go after linking verb Some more examples are: afraid, alone, ashamed, awake, glad, well, alive,… * We can use more than one adjective before a noun. There is usually one correct order. Ex: Nack has got a big white dog * Adjectives and nouns We sometimes use two nouns together Ex: a plastic box a TV program Here we ues plastic like an adjective, to discibe the box. When we use another adjective as empty, it comes before both the nouns a empty plastic box a good TV program * Word order GROUP | EXAMPLES | | 1. Opinion (how good?) 2. Size (how big?) | Wonderful, nice, awful, terrible,… Small, short...
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...Rakhmankulova Anna 311(1) Before we had (regular verb, Past Simple Tense, Active Voice, transitive) books to tell us how to bring up (particle or prepositional adverb) our babies, we were (linking verb, Past Simple Tense) afraid of them, and Understandably (adverb of manner) so. Babies are bizarre creatures with gigantic heads who feed on our very bodies and poop (irregular verb, Present Simple Tense, Active Voice, transitive) utter chaos, whose screams and rattling chains haunt our (possessive adjective) nights like ghosts, reminding us of the horrible frailty that bookends (third-person singular simple present verb, transitive) our short lives (noun, plural, common, abstract, countable, nom-human, inanimate) . It’s no surprise that (subordinating conjunction) we would attempt to swaddle them ever so (qualifier) safely in a blanket of folklore and familiar (adjective, attributive, gradable)) superstitions such as these (demonstrative pronoun, proximal, plural): • A baby who is born with teeth will be a financial success, even while (subordinating conjunction) he is still a baby. • A (determiner, indefinite article) )baby born with a fever will ( auxiliary verb, Future Simple Tense) become a blacksmith. • A baby who smiles at (simple preposition) himself in the mirror will become a movie (attributive adjective) actor. If (subordinating conjunction) he was also born with teeth, whoah! (interjection) you can go ahead and retire. • A baby who (pronominal...
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...1. Nouns Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Kinds noun: Proper Proper nouns name specific people, places, things, or ideas. Examples: Britney, Paris, Rover, Nike Common Common nouns are the opposite of proper nouns. They are your run of the mill, generic nouns. They name people, places, things or ideas that are not specific. Examples: woman, city, dog, shoe Collective Nouns Collective nouns refer to groups of people, animals, or things. Examples: audience, band, class, club, crowd, collection, committee family, flock, group, herd, team Example sentences: Our class went to the museum today. The audience clapped wildly at the end of the play Concrete noun A concrete noun is anything that can be perceived with our senses. We can see it, hear it, smell it, taste it or touch it. Abstract Nouns An abstract noun is a state, a quality or feeling that can not be perceived by the senses. We cannot use our five senses to perceive happiness, jealousy, beauty, trust, loyalty, Countable Nouns: To linguists, these count nouns can occur in both single and plural forms, can be modified by numerals, and can co-occur with quantificational determiners like many, most, more, several, etc. Examples: There were so many bikes on sale. Material Nouns : This is used to tell the substance by which the things are made. Examples: The chair is made of bamboo. 2. Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns These pronouns are used to demonstrate (or indicate). This...
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...COM 155 ENTIRE COURSE To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/com-155-entire-course/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM COM 155 ENTIRE COURSE COM 155 Week 1 DQS COM 155 Week 1 Assignment Sentence Structure Review- Appendix B COM 155 Week 2 Assignment: Verb Practice COM 155 Week 2 DQs COM 155 Week 3 DQs COM 155 Week 3 Assignment Identifying Errors in Writing- Appendix D COM 155 Week 4 Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing COM 155 Week 4 DQs COM 155 Week 5 Assignment: Pronoun Practice COM 155 Week 5 DQs COM 155 Week 6 Assignment: Review – Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons COM 155 Week 6 DQs COM 155 Week 7 Assignment: Paragraphs and Topic Sentences COM 155 Week 7 DQs COM 155 Week 8 Assignment: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation COM 155 Week 8 DQs Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of COM 155 ENTIRE COURSE in order to ace their studies. COM 155 ENTIRE COURSE To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/com-155-entire-course/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM COM 155 ENTIRE COURSE COM 155 Week 1 DQS COM 155 Week 1 Assignment Sentence Structure Review- Appendix B COM 155 Week 2 Assignment: Verb Practice COM 155 Week 2 DQs COM 155 Week 3 DQs COM 155 Week 3 Assignment Identifying Errors in Writing- Appendix D COM 155 Week 4 Assignment: Sentence Correction and Changes in Writing COM 155 Week 4 DQs COM 155 Week...
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...PAREF Springdale School J. Solon St. Lahug, Cebu City |English 6 Scope and Sequence | | | | |Year Level: Grade Six |Prepared by: Michael C. Yap | | | | |Subject/Topic Areas: English |Academic Year : 2015 – 2016 | |FIRST QUARTER | |UNIT TOPICS IN ORDER TO BE TAUGHT |RESOURCES ...
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...* "[O]ne of the functions of phonetic stress is to make words understandable. This kind of stress, known as word-level stress, is actually part of a word's pronunciation. It may also serve to differentiate words that are similar. For example, We're going to record a record, the two similar words are stressed differently so that the first record is stressed on the second syllable (vowel reduction in the first syllable also assists in helping us to assign stress to the second syllable), whereas the second record is stressed on the first syllable (with vowel reduction in the second syllable). All words of more than one syllable have a prominent or stressed syllable. If we pronounce a word with appropriate stress, people will understand us; if we use the wrong stress placement, we run the risk of being misunderstood. "Phrase or sentence stress is tied to meaning, and this is the second function of stress. As we focus a camera on some item of interest, phonetic stress helps us focus our listener's attention on what is most important in our message." (Harold T. Edwards, Applied Phonetics: The Sounds of American English, 3rd ed. Thomson, 2003) * "Stresses tend to recur at regular intervals. But the sound pattern of English does not make it an overriding necessity to adjust the lengths of syllables so as to enforce complete regularity. The interval between stresses is affected by the number of syllables within the stress group, by the number and type of vowels and consonants...
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...[pic] Your expectation and our responsibility will ensure you a great success. Subject: English Parts of Speech + Degree Time: 20 min Full marks: 30 Identify the correct parts of speech: 1. He is poor but honest. |(i) |Preposition |(ii) |Conjunction |(iii) |Noun |(iv) |Adjective | 2. She is a beauty. |(i) |Adjective |(ii) |Adverb |(iii) |Noun |(iv) |Pronoun | 3. I water my garden. |(i) |Adverb |(ii) |Verb |(iii) |Noun |(iv) |Adjective | 4. This is the go of the day. |(i) |Noun |(ii) |Verb |(iii) |Pronoun |(iv) |Adjective | 5. He has done bad in the exam. |(i) |Adverb |(ii) |Noun |(iii) |Adjective |(iv) |Interjection | 6. I see a homing bird. |(i) |Noun |(ii) |Adjective |(iii) |Verb |(iv) |Adverb | 7. Something bad will happen to you in future. |(i) |Noun |(ii) |Verb |(iii) |Adjective |(iv) |Adverb...
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...SAMAR COLLEGE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION CATBALOGAN CITY _________________________________________________________________________ English Correct Usage, American vs. British English, Politically Correct Words, Confusing Words, Things to Remember When Using Numbers, Phrases, Clauses, Sentences, Punctuation Marks _________________________________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for: ENGLISH 101 – STRUCTURE IN ENGLISH Presented by: JERRY S. PACRIN BSED – 3 (CIT) Presented to: ALONA MEDALIA CADIZ – GABEJAN, M.E. September 12, 2013 ENGLISH CORRECT USAGE There are three (3) main language styles: * Formal * Semi-Formal * Informal The diagram below illustrates how these styles are rated on a scale of 0 to 10. Rules of Language Styles The following rules apply to both written and spoken English. Know person well and on familiar terms Know person well and on familiar terms Know name of person and have exchanged greetings. Know name of person and have exchanged greetings. Know title or name of person, Never met or exchanged info. Know title or name of person, Never met or exchanged info. Don’t know anything about the person who receives letter Don’t know anything about the person who receives letter Different Styles between Formal and Informal English The followingn examples illustrate the main difference between informal and formal English. Dictionary of Formal and Informal English ...
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