PART OF SPEECH IN ENGLISH

PART OF SPEECH

Each of the classes into which the words of a languange are devided according to grammar.

Part of Speech > Word > Phrase > Clause > Sentence > Paragraph > Essay

NOUN?

NOUN?

Noun is a word that names. > Everything

·         Seen (concrete)

Eg. Book

·         Unseen (abstract)

Eg. Thought

Definition

Noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

Eg.

·         John is the leader. (person)

·         We live in Bogor. (place)

·         A hammer is a useful tool. (thing)

·         Peace in the world is our goal. (idea)

Classes

Proper Noun

Proper noun is names specific person, place, thing, or idea.

Eg. We sang “I Gotta Feeling”

Compound Noun

Made up of more than one word.

Eg.

·         Golden Gate Bridge (thing)

·         Bogor City (place)

·         John richard (person)

·         Black Eyed Peas (thing)

 Features

·         Determener = many apples , a song, four pizzas, the story.

·         Singular or plural = one pencil, one book, five pencils, three teeth.

·         Ownership or Relationship = boy’s , boys’

·         Suffix = -ation, -ism, -ment, -ness, -once

  Eg. Imagine + ation = imagination

·         Countable Nouns = kata benda yang bisa di hitung (boy,book, etc.)

Advertisement

·         Uncountable Nouns = kata benda yang tidak bisa dihitung (oil,water, etc.)