1. English Grammar
Parts of
Speech

2. Eight Parts of Speech Interjections Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adverbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions

3. Noun:word that names
A person
A place
A thing
An idea

4. A noun can be: Common: shop, school Singular/Plural: boy/ boys
Proper:Bob, Mr Smith
Collective: crowd, swarm, flock
Compound: matchbox
Uncountable:water, flour

5. A word that carries the idea of action or of being in a
The Verb
A word that carries the idea of action or of being in a
sentence
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
Action
Subject
Linking
predicate

6. EVERY SENTENCE MUST HAVE
A VERB

7. KINDS OF VERBS Action verbs express physical or mental action
A linking verb connects a subject and its complement

8. PRONOUNS Generally pronouns stand for (pro+noun)or refer to a noun, an
individual,or individuals, or to a thing
or things

9. KINDS OF PRONOUNS Personal Demonstrative Possessive Object Relative
Interrogative
Reflexive
I,you,she….
This/That These/those
Mine,yours
Me,you, him
Who, what,which
Who,what,which
Myself, yourself

10. ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or a thing in the sentence

11. KINDS OF ADJECTIVES Demonstrative Distributive Interrogative
Possessive
Qualitative
Quantitative
Comparative
This,that
Each,every
Which,what
My,your
Fat,thin
Some,a few
Bigger, the biggest

12. QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES
QUANTITY
QUALITY
SIZE
AGE
SHAPE
COLOUR
ORIGINE
MATERIAL

13. THE ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
POSSESSION
QUANTITY
QUALITY
SIZE
AGE
SHAPE
COLOUR
ORIGIN
MATERIAL

14. ADVERBS ARE WORDS THAT MODIFIES A VERB AN ADJECTIVE ANOTHER ADVERB

15. KINDS OF ADVERBS
MANNER
PLACE
FREQUENCY
TIME
CERTAINTY
DEGREE

16. LOCATORS IN SPACE AND TIME
PREPOSITIONS
LOCATORS IN SPACE AND TIME

17. Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond by
down
during
except
for
from in
into
like of
off on
over
past
since
through
throughout to
toward
under
underneath
until up
upon
with
within
without

18. A CONJUCTION IS A WORD THAT JOINS WORDS
CONJUNCTIONS
A CONJUCTION IS A WORD THAT JOINS
WORDS
AND
BUT OR

19. AN EXCLAMATORY WORD THAT EXPRESSES EMOTION
THE INTERJECTION
AN EXCLAMATORY WORD THAT EXPRESSES
EMOTION
WOW IT’S FANTASTIC!
OH MY GOD!