Basic Grammar Course

Module 1 (Parts of Speech)

• Sentence – A sentence is a group of words which makes
complete sense.
• Parts of Sentence – A sentence has two parts
• Subject
• Predicate
• Subject -> That part of a sentence, which tells about the doer of
an action
• Eg.
• He is studying English
• She drives a car
• Predicate-> that part of a sentence, which tells about the
subject, is called predicate.
• I am preparing for IELTS.
• John is my best friend.
• Predicate has two parts
• Verb
• Object
• Eg.
• The bird is sitting on the tree.
• He has a good memory.
• Phrase – A group of words which has a meaning but not
complete meaning.
• Eg.
• From the east
• A good boy
• In the sky
• On the desk
• Clause – a part of a large sentence that has a subject and a
predicate of its own

• I told him that he would get first class.

 Parts of Speech
• Parts of speech are words divided into different parts,
according to their function in a sentence. That are
• Noun – naming word is called noun. It can be the name of a
person, place or thing.
• Proper Noun – the name of any particular person, place or things
• Eg.
• America, Geeta, Sun
• Common Noun – The name common to every person,
thing, class or kind.

• Nouns also categorize between following froms

• Countable noun
• Uncountable noun
 Pronoun
• A word, which is used instead of a noun to avoid the
repetition of noun is called pronoun.
• Eg.
• Rahul is a student and he lives in a village.
• I met an old women and she was suffering from fever.
 Adjectives
• A word used to qualify a noun or pronoun and indicate the
quality, kind, quantity, number etc.
• Eg.
• Josep is a good teacher.
• He is in the tenth class.
• I am hungry.
• Those grapes are sour.
 Verb
• A word, which tells us what a person or thing is doing
• Eg.
• They fly kite
• We are going to see film
• Verbs has three forms
• Present (1st Form)
• Past (2nd Form)
• Past Participle (3rd Form)
 Verb tells about – three uses
• What a subject does?
• He is telling a lie.
• The cat drinks all the milk
• What a subject is/was/will be?
• Raja is a doctor.
• Raja was a doctor
• Raja will be a doctor
• What a subject has/have/had/will have?
• I have a car.
• He had a pen.
 Adverb
• A word used to qualify or modify a verb, adjective or
another adverb is called adverb.
• You do your homework carefully.
• Rose is a very beautiful flower.
 Preposition
• A word used before a noun or pronoun to show its relation
with other words in the sentence is called preposition
• Eg.
• My parents go to temple every day.
• The Principal is in the hall.
• Where do you come from?
 Conjunction
• A word used to join two words, two phrases or two clauses
are called conjunction.
• Eg.
• Mohan and Sohan cannot read English.
• If you run fast, you will catch the train.
 Interjection
• No need to learn this……………..
• However, some examples are
• Hurray! We have won the match.
• Alas! We have lost the match.
• Bravo! You did this.
Thank You