MAKING SENTENCES : PARTS OF SPEECH

THE PARTS OF SPEECH THAT ARE USED

TO MAKE A COMPLETE SENTENCE

1. NOUN

A noun is used to name a person, an animal, a thing or a place.

eg.

The boy is intelligent.

Melaka is a state.

That building is tall.

Not all snakes are poisonous.

ARTICLES ' a ' and ' an ' are used to show singular nouns

while ' the ' is used to show a specific noun.

eg.

That animal is a dog.

This fruit is an apple.

The sun is hot.

2. PRONOUN

A pronoun is used to replace a noun.

a. We use ' he ' to replace a male, ' she ' to replace

a female and ' it ' to replace inanimate objects.

eg.

Ahmad is a teacher.

He is a teacher.

Siti is my sister.

She is my sister

The cat is an animal.

It is an animal.

The table is made of wood..

It is made of wood.

b. To show plural nouns, we use ' you ' , ' they '

or ' we '.

eg.

Teacher to students:

You must not make too much noise.

Jeffery , Jane and I are classmates.

We are classmates.

Kumanan and Chong Beng are neighbours.

They are neighbours.

Dogs, cat and tigers are animals.

They are animals.

3. ADJECTIVE

An adjective is used to describe a noun.

eg.

The shirt is old and torn.

Ali is a hardworking student.

My car is red.

4. VERB

A verb is used to show an action.

eg.

The little puppy barks.

She walks to school.

Yesterday I ate a sour mango.

The teacher is teaching in class now.

5. ADVERB

An adverb is used to modify a verb but it can also

modify an adjective or another adverb.

eg.

The old man walks slowly along the road.

My father always drives carefully on a rainy day.

6. PREPOSITIONS

A preposition is used to show the relationship

between the subject and the object of the sentence.

It is usually placed after the action word.

eg.

I like to sit by the window.

The salesman drives all the way from Kuantan.

The dog chased after the cat.

7. CONJUNCTION

A conjunction is used to join words in a sentence.

eg.

My favourite subjects are English and Science.

You can either drink coffee or tea.

Both Susie and Betty went to the zoo yesterday.

8. INTERJECTION

An interjection is used to show feelings and

expressions.

eg.

a. Happy Birthday!

b. Look out!

c. Ouch!