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Communication Skills-II Digvijay Pandya, Lovely Professional University

notes unit 10: Parts of speech and common errors in english

contents
Objectives

Introduction
10.1 Parts of Speech
10.1.1 Noun
10.1.2 Countable and Uncountable Nouns
10.1.3 Pronouns
10.1.4 Adjectives
10.1.5 Verbs

10.1.6 Adverbs
10.1.7 Preposition
10.1.8 Conjunction
10.1.9 Interjections
10.2 Common Errors in English
10.2.1 Adjectives and Adverbs (Confused)

10.2.2 Adjectival Complements
10.3 Summary
10.4 Keywords
10.5 Review Questions
10.6 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
l Identify the eight parts of speech
l Realise the use and forms of different parts of speech
l Know some common errors in English

introduction

Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the
pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. In this unit
you will learn about these. Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is
used. In fact, the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.
1. ‘Books are made of ink, paper, and glue.’

Diana waits patiently while Mary books the tickets.
In the first sentence, “books” is a noun, the subject of the sentence.
While in the second one, it is used as a verb.

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