1. THE PARTS OF SPEECH
Created by Cindy Leibel 2015.

2. NOUNS

3. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Person: Joe my friend
teachers
the swimmer

4. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Place: COTR Canada
Cranbrook
a park

5. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Thing: your desk
volcanos
cars
elephants

6. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Idea: love work
studying
exercise

7. GENERAL NOUNS

8. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS
With a general noun, you are talking about many things in many places.
I like cars.
(Many cars in many places).
People should drive less.
(Many people in many places)

9. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS
Make them plural and use NO ARTICLE.
I like cars.
(Many cars in many places).
I like the cars.
“Which cars?”
“What cars are you talking about?”

10. COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS

11. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS
A count noun is a noun that you can count.
How many cakes do you have?
She gave us many books.

12. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS
A non-count noun is a noun that you can’t count.
We DO NOT put an “s” at the end of non- count nouns!
How much water is in this cup?
You cannot say “1 water is in this cup”.

13. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS
To measure them, we always use OF.
How much water is in this cup?
I see 475ml OF water in this cup!

14. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOUNS
COUNT NOUNS
MANY, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…
FEW
S for plural
CAKES ARE
NON-COUNT NOUNS
MUCH, no numbers!
LITTLE
no plurals!
BUTTER IS

15. PRONOUNS

16. COMMON PRONOUN TYPES Subject Object Possessive Reflexive Demonstrative
Relative I me
mine
myself
this
which
you
yours
yourself
yourselves (pl)
that
who he
him
his
himself
these
she
her
hers
herself
those
whom it
its
itself we us
ours
ourselves
they
them
theirs
themselves

17. VERBS

18. VERBS
A verb is an action or state.
Action:
Run
Scream
Jump
Swim

19. VERBS
A verb is an action or state.
State: be
smell
have
think

20. DIFFERENT TYPES OF VERBS
These two groups of verbs are called action and non-action verbs.
Non-action verbs cannot be used with ING verbs!
I am running right now.
Now this binder feels wet.
He’s studying.
We’re sad.

21. DIFFERENT TYPES OF VERBS
When we have a verb tense, there are 3 big types:
MAIN VERBS
MODALS
HELPING VERBS
I run often.
I may run often.
I don’t run often.
She hates me.
Will she hate me?
She could hate me.

22. ADJECTIVES

23. ADJECTIVES Adjectives describe a noun or pronoun.
They are usually before a noun
They also are AFTER some verbs (feel, be, etc.)
This is a nice binder.
I am sad.
My blue bag is on the floor.

24. ADVERBS

25. ADVERBS Adverbs describe: Adjectives Adverbs Verbs
I am really mad right now!
She runs very quickly.
He studies hard.

26. ADVERBS To make an adverb, you can add LY at the end of an adjective.
Be careful:
friendly
lonely
elderly
are ADJECTIVES!
I am quick. I run quickly.
He is angry. He’s talking angrily.
We are sad. We’re studying sadly.

27. ADVERBS Here are some examples of common adverbs that DON’T end in LY:
just
now
here
also
more
too as
where
very
when
again
today
tomorrow

28. ADVERBS Adverbs can go in 3 places: Beginning of clause
Before the main verb
End of clause
Today, I’m going home.
Where are you studying tonight?
I don’t usually know when she gets here.

29. OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH

30. CONJUNCTIONS Conjunctions connect ideas or similar parts of speech.
He’s nice, but I’m not very sure about him.
If you leave now, I’ll be very angry!

31. PREPOSITIONS Prepositions form prepositional phrases.
The man (in the garden) is looking (for you).
(After school), I’m going (to the mall) (with my friends).

32. IN SUMMARY: THE PARTS OF SPEECH
1. NOUNS
2. ADJECTIVES
3. ADVERBS
4. VERBS
-count
-non-count
-general
-proper
-common
-comparative
-superlative
-as...as /than
-3 positions
-as…as/than
-action
-non-action
-helping verb
-modal
-main verb
5. PRONOUNS
6. ARTICLES
7. PREPOSITIONS
8. CONJUNCTIONS
-subject, object, relative, possessive, etc.
-definite
-indefinite
-prepositional phrases
9. INTERJECTIONS

33. QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THIS PRESENTATION
What is a noun, verb, adjective, and adverbs?
how are count and non-count nouns different?
what are general nouns? how do we talk about them?
What are pronouns? what are articles?
what are action and non-action verbs?
what do adverbs normally end with?
where do we put adverbs? (3 places)
what are conjunctions and prepositions?