This slide deals with English Parts of Speech in a very simple and easy way.

1. Welcome to
this class

2. Presented by
Md. Munibur Rahman
BA (Hons), MA (DU)
Assistant Professor
Jessore Govt City College, Jessore

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Parts of Speech

4. Parts of Speech
Every word in a sentence is
a part of speech.
A word may be of different parts
of speech based on its position,
function and the word it
modifies.

5. Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Interjections

6. Eight Parts of Speech at a glance
1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Verb
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection

7. Word that names
 A Person
 An Idea/ Action
 A Thing
 A Place

8. Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns
boy
girl
Proper Nouns
John
Mary
Singular Nouns
boy
girl
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’

9. Kinds of Nouns
Countable Nouns
man
tree
Uncountable Nouns
water
air
Abstract Nouns
happiness
freedom
Concrete Nouns
book
pen
Collective Nouns
class
audience
Compound Nouns
tablecloth
haircut

10. A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement “be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay

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Every sentence must have
a

12. Kinds of Verbs
 Action verbs express
mental or physical
action.
 Linking verbs make a
statement by
connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.
The deer is running.
He has been sick.

13. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.

14. Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Did you lose your address
book?
Answers these questions:

15. Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions:
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too hot! To what degree or how much?

16. Interrogative
Adverbs
introduce questions
How did you break your leg?
How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?

17. A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.

18. The preposition never stands alone!
object of
preposition
preposition object
can have more than
one object
object can have modifiers
You can press those leaves under glass.
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
It happened during the last examination.

19. 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

20. Time Prepositions
1. Use at before times shorter
than 24 hours or a day.
2. Use on before times as long
as 24 hours or a day.
3. Use in before times longer
than 24 hours or a day.

21. The
Sun
The
Earth
The earth moves round the sun.

22. The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
or
but

23. The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that
sunset!

24. Exercise-01
Identify the functions (parts of speech) of the words underlined in the
following sentences (there are clues in italics):
(a) His uncle is a director.
(b) He will direct a new play this week.
(c) We are invited to enjoy the play direct in
the auditorium.
(d) This play deals with the direct impacts
of war on children.
(e) He could not hit the ball direct.

25. Exercise-02
(a)They live in Dhaka and work for a
farm.
(b)They counted all the live animals in
the farm.
(c)We watched the match live on Ten
Sports.
(d)They enjoyed a live performance.
(e)They enjoyed the performance live.

26. Exercise-03
(a)Usually he walks very fast.
(b)The train runs fast.
(c)She was very fast in learning English.
(d)The Sundarbans is a fast train.
(e)The Muslims fast in the Ramadan.
(f)They not only fast but also refrain
themselves from doing many things.

27. Exercise-04
(a)She had long dark hair.
(b)He walked down the long corridor.
(c)He retired long before the war. We
waited long for you at the station.
(d)The party went on long into the
night.
(e)They always long for a son.
(f)We long for Lucy to phone.

28. Exercise-05
(a)She used to get up early in the
morning.
(b)Her father was an early riser too.
(c)She is in her early twenties now.
(d)We arrived early next year.
(e)He took the initiative in the early
stage. [twenties (n)= 20s]

29. Exercise-06
(a) Do you sleep on your back or your front?(b) The boy
rode on the elephant’s back.(c) We were sitting in the
back row.(d) He ran away through the back door.(e) We
got seats at the back. (f) He came back home last night.
(g) She stepped back to let her brother pass. (h) The
barbed wire kept the protesters back.(i) Could you call
back later, please?(j) Some politicians back terrorists and
extortionists.(k) If you can’t drive in forwards, back it in.
(l) They will back to materialize health plans.

30. Exercise-07
(a) Is there enough room for us? (b) Have you made
enough copies? (c) Six bottles should be enough.
(pronoun as object of be) (d) Have you had enough (to
eat/lend)? (e)I hadn’t trained (prepared) enough for the
game. (f) This house isn’t big enough for us. (g) He
seemed pleasant enough to me.

31. Exercise-08
(a)We didn’t go far.
(b)He looked down at the traffic far below.
(c)Have you come far?
(d) How far is Khulna from Jessore?
(e)It’s a far better idea.
(f)I saw him on the far side of the road.
(g)She found it at the far end of the room.
(h)They made for an empty table at the far
corner.

32. Exercise-09
(a) His father is seriously ill in the hospital.
(b) We all started to feel ill after the meal. (feel is a
linking verb)
(c) People in police custody are grossly ill-treated.
(d) I can ill afford the time or the money for a holiday.
(ill= only with difficulty)
(e) They live in an area ill served by public transport.
(f) I may not like him, but I wish him no ill. (ill= harm;
bad luck)
(g) Stalking is one of the social ills. (ill = something
harmful or bad; an illness)
(h) This medicine has many ill-effects.

33. Exercise-10
(a)She broke her left hand yesterday.
(b)Take a left turn at the intersection.
(c)Turn left at the intersection.
(d)Always look left and right before you
cross any road. (look = take a look; not a
linking verb)
(e)She was sitting on my left.
(f)To the left of the library is the bank.
(g)She left the room.

34. Thanks