GRammar : Is a science that teaches us how to speak, to read
and to write correctly.
The Parts of speech are eight in number :
1. Noun : Is the word used for naming some persons or
things. e.g. door, ink Ahmad, eat etc.
2. Pronoun
: is the word used instead of noun
3. Adjective :
Is the word used to qualifly noun
of pronoun.
e.g
That woman is pretty
Mr.
nurdin is clever
4. Verb : Is
the word used for saying about person or thing
e.g they read the book in the class
He
is sleeping on the bed
5. Adverb : Is the word used for qualifying the meaning
of verb, adjective or other adverbs
e.g
the babies cries loudly
His belt very good
His friend comes late/his friend come too
late
Here
: loudly tells how cries, very
qualifies the adjective good, and too tells how is late
6. Preposition : Is
the word placed before a noun or pronoun to show it relationship to some other
word in the sentence.
e.g
the black cat sleeps under the table
the servant washes the dresses on the river
7. Conjunction : Is
the word used to join one word to another word or one sentence to another
sentence.
e.g
Sunarti and Rendra came yesterday
I have breakfast before I go to the school
The noun is Sunarti is joined the noun
Rendra by the word and I go to the school is joined the sentence I have
breakfast by the word before
8. Interjection :
Is the word put into sentence to express a sudden feeling of mind or
emotion.
e.g Oh my God, protect me !
Bah ! He is not actor
Hurrah
! I Passed in the examination
Here ; oh my God, express the
feeling of surprise
Bah, express the
feeling of surprise
Hurrah express the feeling of joy
Note ;
An adjective qualifies the meaning of noun or pronoun by answering one
of these questions below
-
What kind…………..?
(a diligent boy)
-
Which one……………? (the third speaker)
-
How many ………..?
(five times)
The adjective most frequently (commonly) used in English are : A.
An, the
e.g - A Boy
- The school
THE KINDS OF NOUN
Noun it self can be devided into five kinds :
1. Proper
noun
2. Common
noun
3. Material
noun]
4. Collective
noun
5. Abstract
noun
1. A Proper noun
:
Is the word that stands for the name
of person, country, or any particular names which begun with a capital letter.
e.g . Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia
Abdul Hadi is my friend
Dian Read Qur’an on last Friday
Here
; Indonesia - stands of for the name of
country
Jakarta - denotes one particular city
Abdul Hadi
- stands for the name of person
Friday - stands for the name of day
Each of these words above are
with a capital letter. so these all words are kre known as PROPER NOUNS.
2. A.
Common noun :
Is a word that denotes no want thing in
particular baut it is common to any numbers of thing of same kind
e.g
Take your book please !
I met men yesterday
Every one has to love his country
Here ; Book does not point out particular
book, such Qur’an ; but can be used for any and every book . man does not point
out oparticular man such as Helmi, but can be used forany and everyman. Country
does not point out any particular country such as Indonesia but can be used for
any and every particular country In the world.
3. Material
noun
Is a word that denotes the matter substance
of which things are made.
e.g
salf is necessary life
Fish live in the water
A Table is made of wood
Here ; salt denotes the matter, water
denotes the matter, wood denotes the substance
4. A
Collective noun
Is a word that denotes a group of
collection of multitude as one complete whole.
e.g
1. I see the flock in the field
2. the army made the ceremony
3. those are navy
Here ;
the flock stands for all the sheep at once in the field, and not for one
sheep taken separatly
