English Grammar PDF - Parts of Speech

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1 English Grammar PDF - Parts f Speech Nunshun is an Artificial Intelligence based FREE english grammar app that can find Nun, Verb, Prepsitin etc. in any sentence Parts f speech are the categrizes that grup the wrds in English Language, based n their similar grammatical prperties. These are described belw: Nun Nun - Singular r mass A Singular nun names a single persn, place, thing, r idea. \na Nun that is uncuntable, i.e, it cannt be made plural by adding "s" at the end are referred t as a Mass nun. Eg: water, infrmatin, cffee etc. Nun - Plural A Plural nun names mre than ne persn, place, thing, r idea. Singular nuns are cnverted in t plural nuns by adding "s" at the end. Eg: cats, pens, trees etc. \nexceptin t this rule: Nuns ending with "s," "ss," "sh," "ch," "x," r "z" need an "es" at the end. Eg: bxes, buses, witches etc. Prper nun - Singular Prper nun is mre specific and tells us the actual name f a (single) persn, place, thing r idea. Eg: Jhn, Lndn, IBM etc. Prper nun - Plural Prper nun, plural represents mre than ne persn, place, thing r idea. Eg: tw Jhns, Israelis, etc.

2 Prnun Prnun - Persnal Persnal prnun is assciated with specific persn r thing. Eg: first persn as "I", secnd persn as "yu", r third persn as "he/she/it". Prnun - Pssessive Pssessive prnuns are prnuns that demnstrate wnerships. Eg: What is mine is yurs, my friend. Adjective Adjective - Describes Nun Adjective is a wrd describing nun by giving sme infrmatin abut an its size, shape, age, clr, rigin, material etc. Eg: big apple, rund mirrr, brwn dg, tall tree, brken glass, cffee table etc. Adjective - Cmparative Cmparative adjectives cmpare difference between tw things. Eg: My garden is bigger than yurs. Adjective - Superlative Superlative adjectives are used t cmpare a grup pf bjects (mre that tw). Eg: My garden is biggest f all the gardens in this lcality. Determiner Determiner - Nun mdifier Determiner is a nun mdifier that precedes the nun r nun phrase in rder t cntextualize the nun, ften in terms f quantity and pssessin. There are fur types f determiners, namely: Articles(Eg: a/an, the), Demnstratives (Eg: this, that, these, thse), Pssessives (Eg: my, yur, his, her, its, ur, their, x s (pssessive s)), Quantifiers (Eg: (a) few, fewer, (a) little, many, much, mre, mst, sme, any, etc.), Numbers (Eg: ne, tw, three, etc.) Determiner - Predeterminer Predeterminer is a type f determiner that precedes ther determiners in a nun phrase. Predeterminers are used t express

3 a prprtin (such as all, bth, r half) f the whle indicated in the nun phrase Eg :all this time, half the size etc. Verb Verb - Base frm Base frm f a verb is the simplest frm withut any suffix r special endings. Eg: base frm f seeing is see, base frm f was is be. Verb - Past tense Past tense verb represents actin r event happened in the past. Eg: said, lked, cried, kept. Verb - Gerund r present participle Present participle frm f verb is used t express active r nging actin. Verbs changes the frm t present participle when suffix "ing" is added t the wrd. Eg: getting, writing, increasing, falling. Verb- Past participle The past participles fr regular verbs are the same as their past frms Eg: lk-lked-lked, study-studied-studied. Fr irregular verbs, the past and past participle frms are different Eg: bewas/were-been, g-went-gne. Verb - Nn-3rd persn singular present VBP_DEF">The nn 3rd persn singular present frm is identical t the base frm f the verb fr nn-3rd persn i.e, "I" and "yu". Eg: I speak English. Yu sit quietly. Verb - 3rd persn singular present In the present tense, when "s" is added t the end f the verb in the 3rd persn (He, She, It), it is referred t as "Verb, 3rd persn singular present". Eg: speak-speaks, give-gives etc. Exceptin t this rule: If the verb ends in ss, x, ch, sh r the letter, we add + es in the third persn. Eg: fixes, watches, kisses etc Adverb Adverb - Mdifies verb Adverb is a wrd that mdifies the meaning f a verb, an adjective, r anther adverb. It tells us manner, place, time, r

4 degree. Eg: walking gracefully, sat here, danced yesterday, ran quickly. Adverb -Cmparative Cmparative adverb is used t express the degree f cmparisn between tw peple, place r things. Eg: faster, earlier, less cnfidently, mre recently. Adverb - Superlative Cmparative adverb is used t express the degree f cmparisn between three r mre peple, place r things. Eg: he talks the ludest f all, accident ccurred mst abruptly. prepsitin Prepsitin Or subrdinating cnjunctin Prepsitin explains the time, space r lgical relatinship between nuns/nun phrases and ther parts f the sentence. Eg: t, f, with, by, at, arund, clse, always. Interjectin Interjectin - Expressive Interjectin is wrd r expressin in a sentence that express emtins. Eg: Hey, Oh, Ouch, Ugh wh wrds Wh - Determiner What (whatever) and which, when they ccur NOT at the beginning f a sentence are referred t as wh-determiner. When what is fllwed by an article, irrespective f its psitin, it is tagged as wh-determiner. Wh - Whprnun WP_DEF">A prnun which is spelt with an initial wh are tagged as wh-prnun. Exceptins t this rule are what and which that are tagged as wh-determiner. Wh - Pssessive prnun Pssessive wh-prnuns are thse wh-prnuns that help us shw pssessin. Eg: whm, whse

5 Wh - Adverb Wh-adverb is a special subclass f adverbs in which wrds beginning with wh-. Eg: when, where, and why etc. Number - Cardinal Cardinal numbers are numbers that represent amunt. \neg. Cardinal numbers: ne, tw, three. Existential there - Frm f be When "there" is used in frnt f a verb (usually a frm f be) in rder t assert that smene r smething exists, it is called Existential there. Eg: There were six errrs in yur essay. \nwhen it is used in a questin, it fllws the verb. Eg: Is there a prblem with yur phne? Freign wrd Freign wrds are thse that are nt English wrds. List item Marker A marker used t dente list items. Mdal - Verb Mdal, als knwn as mdal auxiliary verb is used t express ability, pssibility, permissin r bligatin. Eg: can write, might leave, shuld respnd etc. Pssessive ending - Apstrphe Wrds that end with apstrphe t shw pssessin are said t have Pssessive ending. Eg: friend/s, teacher/s etc

6 Particle - used with Verb Particle is a wrd used with a verb t frm a verb phrase. It has a grammatical purpse but ften has little r n meaning. Eg: call ff, rule ut, thrw up, pass n. Symbl - signs Symbl. Eg: +, =, % etc T Just a simple t. Dllar - Sign Dllar is symbl fr currency. Nunshun is an Artificial Intelligence based FREE english grammar app that can find Nun, Verb, Prepsitin etc. in any sentence