English grammar:Part Of Speech

English grammar

Part Of Speech

Eight Parts Of Speech

1. Noun (kata benda)

2. Pronoun (kata ganti orang)

3. Adjective (kata sifat)

4. Verb (kata kerja)

5. Adverb (kata keterangan/tambahan)

6. Preposition (kata depan)

7. Conjunction (kata sambung)

8. Interjection (kata seru)

1.      Noun

Word that names :

·         Person (orang)

·         Place (tempat)

·         A thing (benda)

·         An idea (gagasan)

    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’

2.      verb

Verb is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement.

Kinds of verbs:

·         action verbs=express mental or physical action.

For example: he rode the horse to victory.

·         Linking verbs=make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it.

For example : he has been sick.

3.      Pronoun

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Kinds of pronouns :

·         Personal pronouns: I, me, mine, your, yours, she, her, hers, it, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs, myself and yourself.

·         Indefinite pronouns : anybody, each, either, none, someone, one, etc.

·         Demonstrative pronouns : this, that, these, those

·         Interrogative pronouns : who, whom, what, which, whose.

4. Adjective

Adjective is modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Such as:

·         Did you lose your address book?

·         Is that a wool sweater?

·         Just give me five minutes.

5. Adverb

Adverb is modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

 

Such as:               

·         He ran quickly.

·         She left yesterday.

·         We went there.

·         It was too hot.

6.    Preposition

Preposition is introduces a noun or pronoun a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun. The word or word group that the preposition introduces is its object.

Such as:

·         They received a postcard from Bobby telling about this trip to Canada.

·         You can press those leaves under glass.

·         Her letter to Nina and Ralph brought good news.

·         It happened during the last storm.

Some common preposition:

aboard	behind	From	throughout
about	below	in	to
above	beneath	into	toward
across	beside	like	Under
after	between	Of	underneath
againts	beyond	Off	Until
Along	by	on	up
Among	down	over	upon
around	during	past	with
At	except	since	Within
Before	for	through	without

Note: preposition NEVER stands ALONE!

7.      Conjunction

Conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words.

Such as: and, or , either/or, either/nor, but.

8.      Interjection

Interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion.

Such as:

·         Goodness! What a cute baby!

·         Wow! Look at that sunset!

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