Parts of Speech, Word Order, and Capitalization

Miss Dana Shaaban

Eight Parts of Speech

CONJUNCTIONS

VERBS

PRONOUNSNOUNS

ADVERBS

ADJECTIVES

INTERJECTIONS

PREPOSITIONS

Part of Speech Function or "job" Example words Example sentences

Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must

Google.com is a web site. I like Google.com.

Noun Thing, person, place pen, dog, work, music, town, Doha, teacher,

Mohammad, supermarket

This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in

London.

Adjective describes a noun a/an, the, 11, some, good, big, red, well, interesting

My dog is big. I like big dogs.

Adverb describes a verb, adjective or adverb

quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really

My friend runs quickly. When he is very scared, he

runs really quickly.

Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, some Shaikha is Qatari. She is beautiful.

Preposition links a noun to another word

to, at, after, on, but We went to school on Monday.

Conjunction joins clauses or sentences or words

and, but, when I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.

Interjection short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a

sentence

oh!, ouch!, hi!, wow! Ouch! That hurts! Wow! Look at that sunset!

IDENTIFY THE PART OF SPEECH 1. Jawaher picked the yellow flower from her garden.a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 2. He plays basketball very well.a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 3. Yikes! I’m late for class!a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 4. My mother went to the supermarket yesterday.a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 5. Rashid bought his car from London.a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 6. I like watching movies, but I hate scary ones!a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 7. Samar walked slowly to work today.a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection 8. The cat plays outside in the garden.a. noun b. verb c. pronoun d. adjective e. adverb f. preposition g. conjunction i.

interjection

WORD ORDERENGLISH WORD ORDER

ARABIC WORD ORDER

SUBJECT/ VERB/ OBJECT

Example:

The boy ate the apple.

VERB/ SUBJECT/ OBJECT

Example:

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WORD ORDERSUBJECT VERB OBJECT

I play football.

Ali reads books.

We can speak English.

Miss Lina is singing a nice song.

WORD ORDERTime Subject Verb Object Place Time

  I have breakfast in the kitchen.  

  They play handball in the gym every Monday.

  My friend is swimming   in the pool.  

Every Saturday

Peter watches TV at home.  

• Expressions of time can be put at the beginning or the end of a statement.• At the end of the sentence: Place before Time• NEVER put Place or Time between Verb and Object

Word Order PracticeWhich of the sentences below shows correct English word

order?1. a. She speaks well English.

b. She speaks English well.2. a. He in the living room sat. b. He sat in the living room.3. a. That is my pen. Give to me it.

b. That is my pen. Give it to me.4. a. You played yesterday very well.

b. You played very well yesterday.5. a. Sometimes I play tennis on Sunday.

b. I play sometimes tennis on Sunday.

CAPITALIZATION RULES1. Capitalize the first letter of the word at the beginning of

each sentence. (Example: Nada went to the supermarket. She bought some food.)

2. Capitalize the personal pronoun “I” (Example: Sara and I are going to the movies today.)

3. Capitalize the first letter of the names of people, streets, countries, cities, and brands (Example: Omar, Al Waab, Qatar, Doha, Adidas/Gucci)

4. Capitalize the first letter of the names of days of the week, months, and holidays (Example: Wednesday, December, Ramadan)

5. Capitalize titles of address like Mr. for mister, Dr. for doctor etc.. (more examples: Mrs./ Ms.)

More Rules on Capitalization1. Capitalize the first letter of the names of languages,

nationalities, and religions. (Example: Arabic/English, Qatari/American, Islam/Christianity)

2. Capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence, even in the middle of a sentence. (Example: My mother always used to say, “Brush your teeth before you go to bed.”)

3. Capitalize family relationships when used instead of proper names. (Example: I went to visit my Uncle Ahmad and Aunt Fatma).

4. In titles (of books or papers), capitalize the first, last, and important words. Do not capitalize articles, prepositions, or conjunctions unless the title begins with them. (Example: War and Peace, The Prophet, Catcher in the Rye)

Capitalization ExercisesCorrect the following sentences by capitalizing

the words where needed.1. my next door neighbor, mrs. bishri, has a very

large garden.2. sadly, i dropped my ice cream on the floor

before i could eat it.3. “let’s go to the park,” said majed.4. did you know lulwa was born on september 12,

1992?5. my favorite play is julius caesar by willam

shakespeare.

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