Understanding Elements of Grammar: Parts of Speech, Wh-Questions, and More
Explore the essential elements of grammar such as parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.), forming Wh-questions, and identifying word functions within sentences. Enhance your English language skills with detailed explanations and examples.
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Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Researches Mustaqbal University College Department of English . Class first . Chapter Two Elements of Grammar By dr Mustafa muslim
Parts of speech There are ten parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, article, demonstrative, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence. 1- Noun John , room , car 2- Adjective happy , sad , clever 3- Adverb really , here , yesterday 4- Verb play , see , work 5- Article a , an , the
6- Demonstrative this , these , that , those 7- Conjunction and , or , but 8- Pronoun he , they , him 9- Preposition in , at , on 10- Interjection oh , yeah , ouch
Ex: Is it right to say that right wrongs to man ? verb noun pronoun verb adjective noun
Wh- question The wh-question is used to ask for the identification of the subject , verb , object , complement , adverb etc. To form wh-question , the following rule can be used: Wh- word + aux + Subject + main verb + ? Ex: They make him the chairman every year. ( when ) When do they make him the chairman?
Ex: They made him the chairman last year. ( what ) What did they make him last year? Ex: They will make John the chairman . ( whom ) Whom will they make the chairman?
