Part of Speech

 

Part of Speech

The system of classifying words based on their function is known as the parts of speech. There are eight parts of speech in English. They are Pronoun, Adjective, Noun, Conjunction, Adverb, Verb, Interjection and Preposition. To make it easy to remember, we can call it PANCA VIP.

   N o u n

Example: Chair, Table, Wall, Pen

~        I need a chair to sit

~        There are many tables in our class

~        The wall is blue outside and white inside

~        Rossi always borrows pen from me but he never returns it.

   A d j e c t i v e

Example: Cute, Good, Cruel, Lazy

~        She is cute but cruel.

~        I have a good dictionary.

~        My father always tells me not to be lazy.

   P r o n o u n

Example: They, I, You, We, She, He, It, us, them, his

~        The students are in the class. They are studying about part of speech.

~        Nessa always practices speaking English. She is able to speak fluently.

~        Benni and Jhon are the clever students in the class. I like to study with them

~        Jerry never talks his problem to anyone.

   V e r b

Example: Go, Take, Study, Speak, Listen

~        I go to school everyday.

~        He takes my book from my bag without permission.

~        Let’s study hard

~        Can you speak English?

~        John often listens to his radio.

   A d v e r b

Example: In the market, carefully, at 7 o’clock, Seldom

~        My mother is shopping in the market.

~        She drives her new bike carefully.

~        He will be visiting me at 7 o’clock tomorrow.

~        My uncle seldom get angry with me.

   C o n j u n c t i o n

Example: And, But, Or

~        He is handsome and rich.

~        She is beautiful but lazy.

~        Which bag do you want to buy? The blue one or the white one?

   I n t e r j e c t i o n

Example: Wow, Dear me, Oh my God

~        Dear me! Do you always come late?

~        Wow! What a clever girl she is!

~        Oh my God! It is too difficult to do.

   P r e p o s i t i o n

Example: At, In, On

•  She gets up at 8 in the morning and goes to bed at 11 in the evening.
•  Eliz was born on 17^th of November 1989. 
• They will graduate from their senior high school in 2012

Please send me a card

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!  

                                                                                  New Concept English

Breakfast or Lunch

Breakfast or Lunch

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. ‘What a day!’ I thought. ‘It’s raining again.’ Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt, Lucy. ‘I’ve just arrived by train,’ she said. ‘I’m coming to see you.’

  ‘But I’m still having breakfast, ‘ I said.

 ‘What are you doing?’ she asked.

  ‘I’m having breakfast,’ I repeated.

  ‘Dear me,’ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock!’

At, On and In : Prepositions of Place

At, On and In : Prepositions of Place

• We use at to talk about a place we think of as a point rather than an area, and about an event where there is a group of people:

- I arrived at New Street Station at 7.30.

- We were waiting at the far end of the room.

- We last met at the conference in Italy.

- There were very few people at Joan's party.

• We use on to talk about a position touching a flat surface, or on something we think of as a line such as a road or river:

- Is that a spider on the ceiling?

- She owns a house on the Swan River.

• We use in to talk about a position within a larger area, or something within a larger space:

- There's been another big forest fire in California.

- She looked again in her bag and, to her relief, there were her keys.

• Also study how at, in, and on are used in these sentences:

No.	Examples	Explanations
1	·   My dream is to play at Wembley Stadium. ·   Didn't I see you in/at the pool yesterday?	- seen as a point - either seen as within the pool itself, or as a building which is a point in town
2	·  He lives in Perth. ·  We stopped in/at Milan, Florence and Pisa on our way to Rome	-  within the city -  we use at when we see the cities as points on a journey, and in when we see them as areas where we stayed for some time
3	·   They were a great success in/at Edinburgh.	- we can use at when we use a place name instead of an institution or event - here, the Edinburgh Festival - in suggests the city
4	·   He's in Los Angeles on business. ·   He's at Manchester studying Linguistics.	- staying or living there - a student at Manchester University
5	·   She works at Marks and Spencer. ·   She works in a shoe shop.	- the name of a particular organization - the kind of place
6	·   I stopped at the shop on the way home. ·   I was in the bank when in came Sue.	- we use at to talk about buildings such as the supermarket, the bank, school, etc.; - we use in to emphasize that we mean inside the building
7	·  I read the paper in the taxi on the way. ·   I'll probably go on the bus.	- for travel using taxis and cars - for travel using bus, coach, plane, or train; but we use in if we want to emphasize inside the bus, etc.
8	They've opened an office at 28 Lees Road.	- We usually use at before an address

   Complete these sentences with at, in or on. If two answers are possible, write them both.

1.      a. He played ______Wimbledon for the first time this year.

b. Quite by chance, we met _______ the tennis stadium last week.

2.      a. He turned up early to make sure he had a seat _________ the plane.

b. I saw Judith this morning, but she was __________her car so I couldn't say hello.

3.      a. We just got__________ the train and headed for Florence.

b. We were stuck __________ the plane for hours in Jakarta.

4.      a. We went to wave him off ________ the station.

b. It was raining, so he decided to shelter ________the station before he walked home.

5.      a. She worked ______ a restaurant during the evenings to earn some extra money.

b. When she was a student she worked _________ a pizza restaurant at weekends.

6.      a. She won a gold medal ________ Barcelona in 1992.

b. I lived _____ Stockholm for three years during the 1970s.

7.      a. Peter's doing a Master's degree ________ Birmingham.

b. They're _________ Brighton to do an English language course.