8 PARTS OF SPEECH 1. Nouns – Nouns are words used to name people, places, things and ideas.
Concrete nouns: are the names of things that can be seen or touched. They are the opposite of abstract nouns e.g. building, Sydney Opera House, boy, Alex.
Abstract nouns: are the names of ideas – things we can think about, feel or imagine, but cannot touch e.g. anger, beauty, faith, greed
There are several suffixes that form abstract nouns. –ness, -ship, -ism, -th, -y.
Collective nouns: groups of animals, people or things e.g. flock, herd, choir, crowd, bunch, fleet.
Common nouns: are the general names of people, place, things, feelings and ideas e.g. boy, girl, city, river, building, dog, dream, hunger.
Proper nouns: are the names of particular animals, people, places and things e.g. Fido the dog, Peter, Adelaide, Empire State Building.
2. Pronouns – are words that replace nouns or noun phrases that have already been mentioned in a text. 3. Adjectives – are words that add information to nouns or pronouns. Adjectives describe the colour, size, number or any other aspect of a noun or pronoun. 4. Verb – is a word or phrase that tells what the subject of a sentence is doing, being, speaking, thinking or feeling. 5. Adverbs – are words that give information about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. 6. Prepositions – are words like to, from, with, for, into and between. They position people or objects in space and time eg under a chair, over the hill, in the forest, after school. They are usually placed before nouns, noun phrases and pronouns in a sentence. 7. Conjunctions – are words that join or link other words, phrases and clauses within a sentence e.g. and, but, yet, so, or, which, if, that, because, since, whether, whereas, while. 8. Interjections – are words or short phrases that express strong emotions. They are sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) e.g. Hi!, Ta-ta!
1. Nouns – Nouns are words used to name people, places, things and ideas.
2. Pronouns – are words that replace nouns or noun phrases that have already been mentioned in a text.
3. Adjectives – are words that add information to nouns or pronouns. Adjectives describe the colour, size, number or any other aspect of a noun or pronoun.
4. Verb – is a word or phrase that tells what the subject of a sentence is doing, being, speaking, thinking or feeling.
5. Adverbs – are words that give information about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
6. Prepositions – are words like to, from, with, for, into and between. They position people or objects in space and time eg under a chair, over the hill, in the forest, after school. They are usually placed before nouns, noun phrases and pronouns in a sentence.
7. Conjunctions – are words that join or link other words, phrases and clauses within a sentence e.g. and, but, yet, so, or, which, if, that, because, since, whether, whereas, while.
8. Interjections – are words or short phrases that express strong emotions. They are sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) e.g. Hi!, Ta-ta!