2. THE PARTS OF SPEECH Press this to learn more about the topic

3. 1.NOUNS

4. 2. PRONOUNS

5. 3. VERB A verb is often defined as a word which shows action or state of being. The verb is the heart of a sentence - every sentence must have a verb. Recognizing the verb is often the most important step in understanding the meaning of a sentence.  In the sentence The dog bit the man, bit is the verb and the word which shows the action of the sentence.  In the sentence The man is sitting on a chair, even though the action doesn't show much activity, sitting is the verb of the sentence.  In the sentence She is a smart girl, there is no action but a state of being expressed by the verb is. The word be is different from other verbs in many ways but can still be thought of as a verb.

6. 4. PREPOSITION

7. Example

8. PrepositionObject of the PrepositionPrepositional Phrase toThe storeTo the store ByBusBy bus Atthree o'clockat three o'clock underThe tableUnder the table

9. Prepositions of time:  at two o'clock  on Wednesday  in an hour,  in January;  in 1992  for a day

10. Prepositions of place:  at my house  in New York, in my hand  on the table  near the library  across the street  under the bed  between the books

11. Now we will continue for our next topic, which is the fifth part of speech.. ADVERB

12. 5. ADVERB An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. It "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the verb that it modifies is in italics.

13. 6. ADJECTIVE  An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. (By "noun" we include pronouns and noun phrases.)  An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a noun (a big dog).  Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard).

14. 7. CONJUNCTION  Conjunctions  A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence.  Here are some example conjunctions:

15. 8. INTERJECTIONINTERJECTION Interjection is a big name for a little word. Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often, usually more in speaking than in writing. When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they have no grammatical connection to the sentence. An interjection is sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) when written.