Summary Parts of Speech Notes

Parts of Speech

Noun
Common noun
● Names ordinary, everyday things
● “a” “the”
● Eg. there are desks and chairs in every classroom


Proper noun
● Names of people, places, etc
● Capital used
● Eg. My teacher, Mrs Jones, comes from England


Collective noun
● Names a collection or group
● Replaces “lots of… “
● Eg. a staff of teachers
a class of students


Abstract noun
● Something which is not visible / tangible
● You can give it to someone but not in a box
● Eg. John’s intelligence and perseverance won him the trophy


Pronoun
● Stands in place of noun
● Can replace noun
● Eg. Mary is given homework every day and she does it diligently


Verb
● Doing word
● Can you … ?
● Eg. we work in the morning