4 basic Parts of Speech

(Grammar lesson)

John Christian Genoguin

Universitas Pelita Harapan
 PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION VERBS
TOPICS ADVERBS
NOUNS Adverbs and verbs
Application
Adjectives
Nouns and adjective all four parts of speech
Application APPLICATION
conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
As you study English, I think its a good idea to know some of the basic
terms that your English teacher may use in the class.
As in any language, there are different types words in a sentence, and
each word has a certain function or purpose in the sentence. These are
called parts of speech.
For todays free English lesson, I would like to show you four basic
parts of speech in English.
TOPICS
1. Nouns
2. Adjectives
3. Verbs
4. Adverbs
 NOUNS
Nouns are words that show people, places and things. Nouns often do or
receive actions. Some examples of nouns are:
People: Jack, teacher, sister, friend, etc.
Places: New York, park, garden, town, city, etc.
Things: Desk, iPhone, pen, house, door, etc.
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 adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns. They usually come before the noun and tell us what
kind of noun it is. There are many categories, but I will put just a few here:
Colors: blue, green, red, purple, etc.
Appearance: beautiful, strange, ugly, nice, etc.
Size: small, large, round, square, tall, etc.
Others: tired, excited, interesting, amusing, good, bad, etc.
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 Application
(ADJECTIVES AND Nouns)

So, based on this, we can combine adjectives and nouns like this:
Example:
a. blue pen
b. large house
c. interesting teacher
d. good friend
e. beautiful garden
 VERBS
Verbs show action and existence. Some examples of verbs are:
be (used to show existence)
Actions: run, walk, jump, talk, say, imagine, want, can, etc.
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 ADVERBS
Adverbs describe verbs. They usually come after the verb (except for
some frequency adverbs) and tell us how the action was done. Many, but
not all, adverbs in English end in ly:
quickly, slowly, carefully, suddenly, gently
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 APPLICATION
(Adverbs and verbs)

So, based on this, we can combine adverbs and verbs like this:
run quickly, speak slowly, walk carefully, play gently.
 APPLICATION
(all four parts of speech)

Its possible then to take all four parts of speech and make some basic
sentences:
Jim speaks slowly. noun verb adverb
Small oranges are inexpensive. adjective noun verb adjective
New York has tall buildings. noun verb adjective noun
 conclusion
Knowing this vocabulary (noun, verb, adjective, & adverb) will help you
understand how your teacher speaks. I hope you find this useful.