PARTS OF SPEECH

PARTS OF SPEECH

1. DEFINITION OF PARTS OF SPEECH.

2. KINDS OF PARTS OF SPEECH.

3. NOUN.

DEFINITION: Parts of speech refers to the meaning based classification and description of different types of words used in a sentence.

PARTS OF SPEECHPARTS OF SPEECH

KINDS OF PARTS OF SPEECH

NOUN. PRONOUN. ADJECTIVE. VERB. ADVERB. PREPOSITION. CONJUNCTION. INTERJECTION. MIKELJECTION.

NOUN

DEFINITION: A noun is the name of any thing.

GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION OF THE NOUN

The subject of a verb:John came here. The object of a verb: He is John. The complement of a verb: I know John. The object of a preposition: I spoke to John. A noun can also be in the possessive case: This book is John’s. Case in apposition: My friend, John came yesterday.

CLASSIFICATION OF NOUN

Noun

Concrete Abstract

Proper Common Material Collective

PROPER NOUN

A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

PROPER NOUN

Personal Names: Mr Robert, Dr Johnson,Clinton etc. Calendar Names:Chrismas Day,Independence day etc. Geographical Names:Asia, Bangladesh,Dhaka etc. Name + Common Noun: Dhaka University,Trg Wg etc. Proper Noun with definite airticle:The Tajmahal,The Ittefaq. Proper Noun with pre-modifier:The old king Lear,The new Delhi Proper noun with post- modifier:The Bay of Bengal,The University of Dhaka.

COMMON NOUN

A common noun refers to an indefinite person, place or thing.

Example: Village, River, Girl etc.

MATERIAL NOUN

A material noun refers to matter or substances whether solid or liquid as a whole.

Example: Solid (Sugar, gold, wood, copper)

Liquid(Oil,milk,water,butter)

COLLECTIVE NOUN

A collective noun refers to a collection of people, animals or things of the same kind as a whole.

Example: Class, audience, committee, infantry etc.

ABSTRACT NOUN

An abstract noun refers to a quality,state or action of anything.

Example:Plan,illness,imagination etc.

USE OF ONE KIND OF NOUN AS ANOTHER

COMMON NOUN USED AS PROPER NOUN

COMMON NOUN

1. He reads in a university

2. She works in a hotel.

PROPER NOUN

1. He reads in Khulna niversity.

2. She works in Dhaka hotel.

MATERIAL NOUN USED AS COMMON NOUNCOMMON NOUN1. The water of this fiver is polluted.

2. They live in the woods. MATERIAL NOUN

1. We drink water.

2. The wood of this table is seasoned.