THE EIGHT PARTS OF THE SPEECH

This blog is created with the objective to re- analyze all the information viewed during My grammar class SECTION 2 Lic. Armando Gracias Diaz among this year:

During this semester we will check a lot of important information related with pracmatic grammar.
Let's define those 2 last terms "grammar" and "pracmatic" in order to have a better idea what's this is goin to be:


Grammar: It is the structorure and organization of the language.
Pracmatic: comes from practical or practice

What pracmatic grammar is?
-How to organize ideas while writting and speaking.
-Structure of the english language to conect things.


It's time to go a little bit deeper knowing important information about the grammar, and now we will review the eight parts of speech.


The eight parts of speech
There are eight parts which could be incluiding as part of the speech, let's know and define each of them:

1. NOUNS

A noun is a name given to a person, place, thing or an idea.


Examples:

• Pedro and Maria are relatives------------ proper names 

• Uncle Tomas and Aunt Isabel will visit El salvador----------- names by gender

• I saw Three strange things in the sky------------By number; 

• singular (cat) and plural (cats)

   2. PRONOUNS

Its is a word that the takes the place of a noun.

• used as objects and subjects

Singular                                                                     Plural

Subjects: I, he, she, you, it                                         Sbj. we, you, they

Objects: me, him, her, you, its                                    Obj. us, you, them

Possesive: mine, his, hers, your, its                              Ours, yours, their

Examples:
I like soccer------- singular    ;       they like play soccer--------- plural
she loves me-------singular    ;       she loves them----------- plural      
those shoes are mine----singular     ;      Those shoes are yours------- plural

• Reflexives pronouns forming by ending "self" "selves"

singular                                                                      plural

myself, himself, herself, yourself, itself                        Ourselves, themvelves, yourselves

Examples:


I did the homework by myself------- singular    ;     the boys finished the work by themselves

• Relatives pronouns, are used in:

Subjects: what, that, who, which

Objects: what, that, whom, which

Possesives: whose


Examples:
What are you doing?--------- subject
what is that?-------- object
my dog bit that cat whose is yours-------- possessive

    3. THE VERB

The verb is a word used to express action, states (being or mind) of the subject of a sentence.

• Transitive verbs- He loves   his way to teach                                                                                   .                              T.V     what?    D.O
• Intransitive verb- no direct object: He runs
• Helping verb- used with an action verb: pedro has been playing guitar the entire day.

     4. THE ADJECTIVE

Is a word used to describe or limit a noun or pronoun. 

• Descripting adjectives: expressing qualities, pretty, lucky etc.

Examples: She looks pretty; he is a very lucky man

• Limiting adjective, those are:

-demostratives: 
Examples:

• this is my friend, these computer are new, that man is so lazy

-possesive: 
Examples:

• my guitar is broken , their musical instruments are good etc.

-Numerals: 
Examples:

• two people, third lesson etc.

-Indefinite:
Examples: 

•  all money, many people, any person, some beers

-articles: a, an, the

• Comparison of adjectives

Positive degree               Comparative degree                superlative degree

cheap                                cheaper                               cheapest
good                                  better                                   best
Examples:

• This is not a cheap guitar, i will go downtown trying to get a cheaper and hopefully we will find a cheapest.
• My car is good but my friend's car is better and i know somebody who got the best.

    5. THE ADVERB
Is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, adjective even another adverb.
Hope- Adj                 hopefuly- Adv
more Beautyfull        the most Beautyfully
Examples:

• I'm tired hopefully i will rest enough tonight.
• Miss USA is more beautifull that miss Africa but Miss el salvador is the most beautifully.

    6. THE PREPOSITION

It ussually goes before a noun: over, at, in, on, to, under, with, for, infront of, next to, close to, by etc.
Examples:

• I was taking the dinner at the restaurant yesterday.
• I have been traveling all over the world.

    7. THE CONJUNCTION
Is used to connect words or group of words and those are: for, and, but, or, yet, so. 
Examples:

• I ate fruits and vegetables.
• I went texas for 2 mounths

    8. THE INTERJECTION
Used to express emotion or surprise: Oh! Ah! Woo hoo! God!
Examples:

• Oh god! that jump was amazing.
• Woo Hoo!! ride that horse was so wild

Important links to study:

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

Quizz time:

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_quiz.htm

http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/parts-of-speech-quizzes.html