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PARTSOF SPEECH

GROUP MEMBERS:

1.CHOK LEI FONG

2.MUHD ADIB AFIFI

3.MUHAMMAD AIZAT

4.MOHD SAIFUL AZWAN

5. ADBUL AZIZ

6.WIRA BIN MOHD JAMAL

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A noun is a person, place, thing,or idea.

Nouns are the subject of a

sentence.

Kylie is a pro-golfer.

The bakery has

fresh baked

goods.

The dog was

lonely for me.

Love is a

beautiful

thing.

Move on

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Common Noun- A noun that does not name a specific person, place or thing.

Proper Noun- A noun thatnames a specific person, place or thing.

New York City

dog

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Proper

Nouns

Collective

Nouns

Non-

Countable

NounsCommon

Nouns

Concrete

Nouns

Abstract

Nouns

Countable

Nouns

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The cow jumped over the moon.

We celebrated my birthday with a great,

big, chocolate cake.

I ran the 5k race in town last week.

The cherries were very tasty.

I played basketball in gym class today.

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West Middle School is a great place to learn!

Caleb and Kylie are the best kids in the

world.

I went to Horizon Cinemas to watch themovie Speed Racer.

Read 180 has many good books to choosefrom.

Shopping at the Grand Traverse Mall

can be hectic during the holidays.

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ABSTRACT NOUNS

An abstract noun is a noun which names anything which

you can notperceive through your five physical senses,and is the opposite of a concrete noun.

The highlighted words in the following sentence are all

abstract nouns:

Tillie is amused by people who are nostalgic

about childhood.

Beauty, happiness, length, hunger, truth

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

A countable noun (orcount noun) is a noun with both a

singular and a plural form, and it names anything (oranyone) that you can count. You can make a countable

noun plural and attach it to a plural verb in a sentence.

Countable nouns are the opposite of non-countable

nouns and collective nouns. In each of the following sentence, the highlighted words

are countable nouns:

We painted the table red and the chairs blue.

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NON-COUNTABLE NOUNS

A non-countable noun (ormass noun) is a noun which

does not have a plural form, and which refers tosomething that you could (or would) not usually count.

A non-countable noun always takes a singular verb in asentence.

Non-countable nouns are similar to collective nouns, andare the opposite of countable nouns.

The highlighted words in the following sentence arenon-countable nouns:

Oxygen is essential to human life.

Since "oxygen" is a non-countable noun, it takes thesingular verb "is" rather than the plural verb "are."

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS

A collective noun is a noun naming a group of things,

animals, or persons. You could count the individual members of the group, but you

usually think of the group as a whole is generally as one unit.

You need to be able to recognise collective nouns in order tomaintain subject-verb agreement.

A collective noun is similar to a non-countable noun, and isroughly the opposite of a countable noun.

In each of the following sentences, the highlighted word is acollective noun:

The class was startled by the bursting light bulb.In thissentence the word "class" is a collective noun and takes thesingular compound verb "was startled."

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Examples: I, me, my, you, your, he, she, it , us, we, they,

them, his, her, their, mine, our, myself, himself, herself,

itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves, who, whose,

whom, anybody, anyone, everybody, nobody, someone,somebody.

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A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thingand changes its form to indicate person, number, gender,and case.

A subjective personal pronoun indicates that thepronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence.

The subjectivepersonal pronouns are "I," "you," "she,""he," "it," "we," "you," "they.

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An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronounis acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition,orinfinitive phrase.

The objective personal pronouns are: "me," "you," "her,""him," "it," "us," "you," and "them.

A possessive personal pronoun indicates that thepronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defineswho owns a particular object or person.

The possessive personal pronouns are "mine," "yours,""hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs."

Possessive personal pronouns are very similarto possessive adjectives like "my," "her," and "their."

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A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a nounor a pronoun.

"This" and "these" refer to things that are nearby either inspace or in time, while "that" and "those" refer to thingsthat are farther away in space or time.

The demonstrative pronouns are "this," "that," "these,"and "those." "This" and "that" are used to referto singularnouns ornoun phrasesand "these" and"those" are used to refer to plural nouns and noun phrases.

Note that the demonstrative pronouns are identical todemonstrative adjectives, though, obviously, you usethem differently.

It is also important to note that "that" can also be used as arelative pronoun.

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An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions. The

interrogative pronouns are "who," "whom," "which," "what"and the compounds formed with the suffix "ever"("whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever").

Note that either "which" or "what" can also be used asan interrogative adjective, and that "who," "whom," or"which" can also be used as a relative pronoun.

You will find "who," "whom," and occasionally "which" usedto refer to people, and "which" and "what" used to refer tothings and to animals.

"Who" acts as the subject of a verb, while "whom" acts asthe object of a verb, preposition, or a verbal.

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You can use a relative pronoun is used to link

one phrase orclauseto another phrase orclause.

The relative pronouns are "who," "whom," "that,"and "which."

The compounds "whoever," "whomever," and"whichever" are also relative pronouns.

You can use the relative pronouns "who" and"whoever" to refer to the subject of a clause orsentence, and "whom" and "whomever" to referto the objects of a verb, a verbal or a preposition.

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You can use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the

subject of the clause or sentence.

The reflexive pronouns are "myself," "yourself," "herself,"

"himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and

"themselves."

Note each of these can also act as an intensive pronoun.

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A pronoun is used without a noun.

Ex: Take yours and give mine. (pronoun your and minewithout noun.

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INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Ex: First one, then another.

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DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUN

Ex: Each is three years old. Either will do.

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun or

pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one.

greenshirt

sourlimes

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

A possessive adjective ("my," "your," "his,"

"her," "its," "our," "their") is similar or identical toa possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an

adjective and modifies a noun or a noun phrase,

as in the following sentences:

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DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

The demonstrative adjectives "this," "these," "that,"

"those," and "what" are identical to the demonstrativepronouns, but are used as adjectives to modify nouns or

noun phrases, as in the following sentences:

When the librarian tripped over that cord, she

dropped a pile of books.

In this sentence, the demonstrative adjective "that"

modifies the noun "cord" and the noun phrase "that cord"

is the object of the preposition "over."

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