Parts of the speech

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The parts of the Speech. Daniela Lemus Ruiz


Nouns


Noun is a word used to name something Singular

Plural

Pencil

Apple

Book

pencils

Apples

Books


Proper nouns

Common nouns

Viviana

God

Cat

Paper

Dog Monday


Collective nouns

couple

Family

Class


Count nouns

Non-count nouns

Pencils Flour

Apples

Balls

Rain

Milk


Abstract nouns

Concrete nouns

Love

Air

faith

Hand

Person

Car


Gerunds

Running

Crying


Pronouns


A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun Personal pronouns Singular

I

Me

You

Him

Us

We Her

She

He

Plural

You Them

It

They


Intensive Pronouns Singular

Indefinite Pronouns Yourself

Any

All Myself

Himself

Anyone

Itself None

Herself

Plural

Ourself

One

Some

Yourself

Themself

Few

No one Both

Each


Interrogative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Who

Relative Pronoun

whomever

Whom

this

whose

that Whose which

Which

these those

Who

What Whom


Adjectives


Ugly

Fat

Happy


Adverbs


An adverb is a word that modifies an action verb, an adjective or another adverb. Adverbs of Frequency

Relative Adverbs

usually Always

When

often sometimes rarely Where never


Conjunctions


Coordinating Conjunctions

Correlative Conjunctions

And

For

Both Not only

Nor either

But

neither

Or

Yet So

whether


Interjections


Interjections are words used to express emotional states. They can usually be found in narrative writing, interviews, and in spoken English. They can stand alone.

Oh!

Oops!

Ouch!

wow!

Hey!


Prepositions


Prepositions are words that, like conjunctions, connect a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentences.

About

Before

Into Down

Above Like

Through Behind During


Verbs


Verbs generally express action or a state of being

Action verbs

Auxiliary verbs

Have

Do

Runs Be

Should

Jumps Will


Articles


A

The

An



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