PARTS OF

SPEECH
NURUL AFIQAH
CHRISTINA SU
PARTS OF
SPEECH

VERB
What is Verb ?
A verb is a word used
primarily to indicate a type
of action.

Examples: jump, read,

walk, sing, dance
Main Verbs are also called as
Lexical Verbs
These verbs inform us of something
Examples :
1. My classmates admired my new
car.
2. My lecturer cancelled his class
just now.
These verbs give us an idea of
an action.

Examples:

i) I gave Nurul my story book.

ii) The horse hopped quickly over
the fence.
Auxiliary Verbs

These verbs have no real meaning

Examples : is, are, was, were, have, will, may

a) They often occur with another

verb to help clarify the verb.

Examples :i) The cat is running.

ii) He will sing.

b) They help to make a statement, give command or ask
question

Examples:
i) Will you come tomorrow?
ii) She has done her sewing.
iii) Have you bought him the rice?
 EXERCISE
Underline the verbs

1. My husband watered the plants.

2. She goes to work every day.

3. Mr. Lee reads newspaper every morning.

4. We bought a big house last year.

5. Mary laughed very loudly.

ADVERBS
ADVERBS

Descriptive words that add to

the meaning of a verb, an
adjective, another adverb or a
preposition.
Move silently Silently describes
the verb move.
Remarkably cool Remarkably describes
the adjective cool.
Very slowly Very describes the
adverb slowly.
Half-way across Half-way describes
the preposition
across.
Kinds of Adverbs
Adverbs usually tell us how, when, why, where, how
often, what degree and emphasize a statement.

1. Prices rose sharply. (how / in what manner the

prices rose)
2. The train arrive late. (when the train arrived)
3. I parked there. (where I parked)
4. It always rains in Taiping. (how often)
5. The man was extremely intelligent. (to what
degree he was intelligent)
Forming Adverbs
Adverbs can be formed from adjectives by adding ly.
Quick- quickly Stupid - stupidly Complete
completely
If adjective ends with a y after a consonant then drop the y
and add ily.
Funny - Angry - Lazy - lazily
funnily angrily
However, for shyshyly
They become and sly
anddo not drop the y.
slyly.
If the adjective ends with le, then drop the e and add y
instead,
Single -except Double-
for whole,doubly
which becomes wholly.
singly
IfPathetic-
the adjective ends with tic, add ally.
Automatic-
pathetically automatically
Forming adverbs from adjective
By adding ly
 Like adjectives of more than one syllable, adverbs usually
become comparative and superlative by using more and most.
 Adjectives that do not change form (add ly) to
become adverbs are called flat adverbs.

Typical flat adverbs are early, late, hard, fast,

long, high, low, deep, near.
Position of adverbs
Adverbs should come, if possible, next to the word or
words they describe.
1. Adverbs which answer the question how are usually
placed before or after the object. The adverb is never
placed between a verb and its object.
He examined the patience carefully. (correct)
He examined carefully the patient. (incorrect)
He worked carefully. (correct)
He carefully injected the patience. (correct)
2. Adverbs which tell how often are placed between the subject and the
verb for the simple present tense.
We always lock the gate.
If the verb has two or more words, the adverb is put after the first word
of the verb.
We have never been robbed.
If the verb is am/is/are/was/were, the adverb is put after the verb.
The shops are seldom open.
3. Adverbs which tell when or where usually come after the verb or after
the object if there is one.
They arrived early.
Put the flowers there.
4. Adverbs describing adjectives or other adverbs are placed before
them.
This is a very interesting book.
Common Mistakes
Incorrect Corrected sentences

We never have been to Paris. We have never been to Paris.

It is so hot. I cannot drink it. It is very hot. I cannot drink it.

It is very hot that I feel faint. It is so hot that I feel faint.

It is so hot to play outdoors. It is too hot to play outdoors.

Always you come late. You always come late.

Exceptions to the rule
- Sometimes the positions od adverbs do not follow the general
rule. The adverb enough always occurs after the adverb or
adjective it modifies.
This house is big enough for five people.
She sang well enough to win.

- Adverbs which tells us how can be placed before the subject for
dramatic effect.
Silently, the elephants approached their impending death.
Patiently, they waited for an answer.
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with suitable adverb.

1. Can you speak _________ (loud). I cant hear you.

2. Joan looked ________ (sad) at me.
3. It is _________ (high) probable that the plane crashed.
4. I live ________ (close) to the railway station than to the airport.
5. Of all the competitors, Joel sang ________ (good).
6. She looked __________ (despair) at the blank screen on her computer.
7. The storm raged ________ (destructive) over the whole island.
8. She smiled __________ (knowledge) at us, as if she knew the answer.
9. She slept ________ (peaceful) on the sofa while we struggled with our
assignments.
10.We met __________ (regular) to discuss our work.
THE END.