Part of Speech
Part of Speech
Part of Speech
DETERMINER
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Concrete Common
Nouns Nouns
Types
Collective Proper
of Nouns
Abstract
Nouns Nouns Nouns
Regular
Countable & and
Uncountable
Nouns
Irregular
Nouns
CONCRETE NOUNS
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ABSTRACT NOUNS
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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
• Countable noun is a noun can form a plural and, in the singular, can
be used with the indefinite article.
Example : Books, a book.
• Uncountable noun is a noun denoting something that cannot be counted
(substance or quality).
Example : Happiness, water back
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Collective nouns are nouns that refer to a collection or group of multiple people, animals, or things.
However, even though collective nouns refer to multiple individuals, they still usually function as singular
nouns in a sentence. This is because they still are technically referring to one thing: the group as a whole.
Here are some examples of collective nouns :
- Group
A group is a single unit that is made up of a number of individuals, whether people or things.
- Collection
A collection is a single unit that typically consist of many similar things organized together,
such as paintings.
- Tribe
A tribe is a single unit that is made up of a group of tribe members.
- Fleet
A fleet is a single unit that is made up of several vehicles or vessels, such as ships.
- Band
A band is a single unit that consist of a number of different musicians.
Collective nouns are used in sentences to refer to a group of people, animals or things. Here are some
examples of collective nouns being used in sentences :
“The organization vote(s) to revoke the rules that it had previously approved.”
COMMON NOUNS
All nouns serve to name a person, place, or thing. Those that identify general people, places ,
things are called common nouns- they name that which is common among others.
Example : “He sat on the chair”
“I live in a city”
“We met some people”
“She went into politics”
“Our teacher is beautiful”
“let’s go down to the lake”.
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Proper nouns, on the other hand, are used to identify a unique or more specific about person, place, or thing.
A proper noun names someone or something that is one of a kind, which is signified by the use of capital letter,
no matter where it appears in a sentence.
• Names
The most common proper nouns are names, as of people, places, or events. For example :
“Go find Adinda and tell her dinner is ready.”
“I lived in Banyuwangi before I moved to Yogyakarta.”
“My new Macbook is incredibly fast”
• Appellations
When a person has additional words added to his or her name (known as an appellation), this becomes part of
the proper noun and is also capitalized. (Some linguists distinguish these as proper names, rather than proper
nouns.) For example :
“Prince William is adored by many people”
• Job Titles and Familial Roles
Many times, a person may be referred to according to a professional title or familial role instead of by name. In
this case, the title is being used as a noun of address and is considered a proper noun, even if it would be a
common noun in other circumstances. For example :
“How are you doing, Coach?”
“I need your advice, Mr. President.”
“Mom, can you come with me to the playground?”
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR NOUNS
Regular Nouns:
A Word which has accordance pattern
e.g.: Ardhi brings my BOOKS
Irregular Nouns:
A Word which has different pattern between
singular and plural
e.g.: CHILDREN are studying in class
SINGULAR PLURAL PATTERN
Car Cars
Knife Knives
If the last word are –f or –fe. It
Wife Wives change –ves.
Proof Proofs
Potato Potatoes
Radio Radios
Man Men
Woman Women
Alga Algae
Alumnus Alumni
Vita Vitae
Deer Deer
Dozen Dozen
Word which have same singular
Fish Fish and plural form
Fruit Fruit
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Pronoun
Pronouns replace nouns. Without them, language would be repetitious, lengthy, and
awkward.
Possessive
Reflexive
Pronoun Indefinite
Relative
Demonstrative
PRONOUNS
Personal Pronoun Possessive Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun
I ME MY MINE MYSELF -
3. Reflexive pronouns add emphasis. They always follow a noun or personal pronoun and
do not appear alone in a sentence:
Example:
1. Jamie herself changed the tire.”
2. She herself changed the tire.
4. Reflexive pronouns also show that someone did something to himself or herself:
Example
1. She surprise herself with how well she did on the test.
Indefinite
indefinite pronouns refer to general persons, places, or things. Indefinite
pronouns all are third-person pronouns and can be subjects or objects in
sentences.
Indefinite pronouns, singular
anyone anybody anything either each
no one nobody nothing another one
someone somebody something any
everyone everybody everything
This these
That those
ADJECTIVES
In a sentence, the verb expresses what the subject does (She hopes for the
job) or what the subject is (She is confident).
All verbs are one of three types:
Action verbs
Linking verbs
Helping verbs
1. Action verbs
In a sentence, an action verb tells what the subject does. Action verbs express
physical or mental actions: think, eat, collide, realize, dance.
Example:
I finally realized my mistake.
The outfielder collided with the second-baseman.
She dances every Friday night.
2. Linking verbs
In a sentence, a linking verb tells what the subject is rather than what it does;
linking verbs express a state of being.
3rd person
1st person (I; 2nd person
(she, he, it;
we) (you)
they)
present am; are are is; are
past was; were were was; were
[have] been; [have] been; [has] been;
participle
[had] been [had] been [had] been
Linking verb
Another set of linking verbs are those pertaining to our five senses--seeing, tasting,
touching, hearing, and smelling
and how we perceive the world: the verbs appear, seem, look, feel, smell, taste,
and sound,
Example :
Loren seems anxious about the test.
The well water tastes wonderful.
My carpet still feels damp.
You sound hoarse.
The curtains smell a little smoky.
Other common linking verbs include become, remain, and grow, when they link the
subject to more information (either a noun or an adjective) about that subject:
Example:
You will soon become tired of the monotony.
Pha has become a very responsible teenager.
I remain hopeful.
Daniel grew more and more confident.
Helping verbs...
..have, has, had
...to be: am, are, is, was, were, been
...do, does, did
...will and shall
...would, could, should, can, may, might...
ADVERBS
An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An
adverb usually modifies by telling how, when, where, why, under what
conditions, or to what degree. An adverb is often formed by adding -ly to an
adjective.
1. Adverb of time (ten o’clock, one hour ago)
2. Adverb of frequency (never, ever, seldom, sometimes, often, always)
3. Adverb of place (at Bogor, in the class, in front of office)
4. Adverb of manner (beautifully, well)
REPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASES
Prepositions are common; they are not flashy. They are sometimes very little
words, like on, in, and unlike; sometimes they are two words, like according
to. A preposition combined with a noun (or pronoun), in that order, makes a
prepositional phrase:
Example:
in Duffy's Tavern
on the dashboard of my car
unlike most biologists
according to most moviegoers
Prepositional phrases usually tell where or when. Or, as most instructors are
fond of saying, they show relationship, for example, of location (in Duffy's
Tavern) or of time (in February).
A complete list of prepositions would be huge. You do not need to know all of them, but become familiar with at least some common prepositions: