2. English Grammar P ARTS OF S PEECH Presented by: Pir Suhail Ahmed

3. E IGHT P ARTS OF S PEECH Nouns Adjecti ves Pronouns Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Verb s Interjections

4.  A  A Person  An  An Idea  A  A Thing Place A word that names

5. K INDS OF N OUNS Common Nouns boy girl Proper Nouns Ali Zara Singular Nouns boy girl Plural Nouns boys girls Singular Possessive boy’s girl’s Plural Possessive boys’ girls’

6. Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Answers these questions:

7. Interrogative Pronouns who whom what which whose Indefinite Pronouns anybody, one, each, either, none, someone Personal Pronouns I, me, mine you, your, yours she, her, hers, it, its we, us, our, ours they, them, their, theirs myself, yourself Demonstrative Pronouns this, that, these, those The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

8. A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement. Every sentence must have a verb. Verb Subject Predicate

9. K INDS OF V ERBS Action verbs express mental or physical action. Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it. He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.

10. Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Answers these questions:

11. 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.

12. 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 C OMMON P REPOSITIONS

13. A word that joins words or groups of words. and however because either/or neither/nor but so if although then thus

14. An exclamatory word that expresses emotion.