Language Excellence Program

[Audio] Welcome to the Language Excellence Program's 1st Course: Parts of Speech! In this course, we will explore the fundamental building blocks of the English language and delve into the different roles words play in sentences. By understanding the parts of speech, you will gain a solid foundation for constructing and analyzing sentences effectively..

[Audio] To achieve Grammatical Accuracy in Sentence Formations, let's learn the 8 parts of speech and how we can use them efficiently in our professional communication. Throughout this course, we will examine the various parts of speech in detail, discovering how they function and interact within sentences. We will cover eight essential parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections..

Chapter 1. June 2023. Nouns. AI CLOUD EXPERIENCE INNOVATION.

What is Noun. 01. 02. 03. Types of Noun. Important ground rules.

Person. Place. Animals. A word that is used to name a person, animal, place, or thing is called a Noun. Nouns are also called as Naming Words. A noun is that part of speech that is definitely found in a sentence..

Nouns. Proper Noun. Common Noun. Collective Noun.

Common Nouns. Common nouns refer to people, places, and things in general like chairs or dogs. Examples: Teacher, Car, Music, Danger, Receipt, etc. For eg : Have you seen my Cat?.

Proper Noun. Proper Noun refers to the name of people, places, organizations or any specific thing. Your name is a proper noun. For ex- London is a proper noun. We always start a proper noun with a capital letter.

Concrete Nouns. Concrete nouns refer to physical things that you can touch. For ex- Man, Rice, etc. For Ex- She is fond of reading books..

Let’s Recap…. Your Name is a…?? A. Common Noun B. Proper Noun C. Concrete Noun.

Abstract Nouns. Abstract nouns refer to the opposite of concrete nouns. They are things that you cannot touch. Abstract nouns are ideas, concepts, and feelings of a person. Examples: Happiness, Courage, Danger, Truth, etc. For Ex- Honesty is the best policy.

Countable Nouns. Countable nouns are those nouns that you can count. Countable nouns have singular and plural forms. Examples: Ball, Boy, Cat, Person, etc. For Ex- Ronaldo bought a dozen eggs from the market.

Collective Nouns. A collective noun refers to a group of individuals, animals, or things. For Ex- Her family lives in different countries.

Let’s Recap…. Your feelings will fall under…?? A. Collective Noun B. Countable Noun C. Abstract Noun.

Compound Nouns. A compound noun refers to a noun that is made with two or more words. Most compound nouns are [noun + noun] or [adjective + noun]. For ex- cat food, blackboard, breakfast, full moon, etc.

Singular Nouns. Nouns that are used to name a single person, place, animal, or object are known as Singular Nouns. For Ex- A little girl is living alone in that.

Plural Nouns. When a number of people, places, animals, and objects are referred then we use Plural Nouns. For Ex- Some apples are kept in the refrigerator.

Let’s Recap…. Hair is a?? A. Singular Noun B. Plural Noun.

Important Rules of Noun (1/14). 1. Some Nouns always take a singular verb Scenery, advice, information, machinery, stationery, furniture, abuse, fuel, rice, gram, issue, bedding, repair, news, mischief, poetry, business, economics, physics, mathematics, classic, ethics, athletics, innings, gallows these are some of the words which always take a singular verb. Example: The scenery of Switzerland is enchanting. She always gives good advices.

Important Rules of Noun (2/14). 2. Some nouns are singular in meaning, but they are used as plural nouns and always tend to take a plural verb. Example: Cattle, the gentry, vermin, peasantry, artillery, people, clergy, company, police. The cattle are grazing in the ground. The cattles are grazing in the ground..

Important Rules of Noun (3/14). 3. Some nouns are always used in a plural form and always take a plural verb Trousers, scissors, spectacles, stockings, shorts, measles, goods, alms, premises, thanks, tidings etc. Example: Where are my trousers? Where is my spectacle?.

Important Rules of Noun (4/14). 4. There are Some collective nouns such as jury, public, team, committee, government, audience, orchestra, company, etc. are used both as singular and Plural. Example: The jury was divided in their opinion Many peoples lives in this city.

Important Rules of Noun (5/14). 5. There are some nouns that have one meaning in the singular and another in the plural. a. Advice = counsel, advices = information b. Authority = command, authorities = persons in power c. Good = wise, goods = property d. Iron = metal, irons = fetters, chains e. Force = strength, forces = army.

Important Rules of Noun (6/14). 6. Words like Enjoy, apply, resign, acquit, drive, exert, avail, pride, absent, etc., when used as transitive verbs, always take a reflexive pronoun after them. When ‘self’ is added to ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘him’, ‘her’, and ‘it’, and ‘selves’ to our and them – they are known as reflexive pronouns For Ex-She absented from the meeting. She absented herself from the meeting..

Important Rules of Noun (7/14). 7. Words like ‘Who’ denote the subject and ‘whom’ is used for the object Who: It’s the subject of a verb e.g., Who gave you that bag? It’s a predicate nominative which means that a noun in the predicate that renames or refers to the sentence’s subject) e.g., This is who I am.

Important Rules of Noun (8/14). 8. If two or more singular nouns are connected by ‘either or’; ‘neither nor’, ; and ‘or’, the pronoun used is singular Example: Either Sam or Rosy will give her a book 9. When a singular and a plural noun are joined by ‘or’, or ‘nor’, the pronoun must be plural Example: Either the student or his teachers failed in their duty..

Important Rules of Noun (9/14). 10. Words like ‘Each other’ is used when there are two subjects or objects and ‘one another when there are more than two Example- John and Jessica loved each other. Those six students, who are sitting there, love one another.

Important Rules of Noun (10/14). 11. The use of words like ‘few’, ‘a few’’ and ‘the few’ should be used with care. They denote ‘number ‘Few’ means ‘not many’, or we can say ‘almost nothing’. A ‘few’ signifies positive and means ‘some at least’. ‘The few’ on the other hand means ‘whatever there is’. For Ex: Few women are free from fault The few of women are free from fault.

Important Rules of Noun (11/14). 12. Use of ‘less’ and ‘fewer ‘Less’ denotes quantity while ‘fewer’ denote number. Example -No less than forty students were selected. No fewer than forty students were selected. There are no less than four liters of water in the bottle..

Important Rules of Noun (12/14). 13. Use of words like little, a little, the little ‘Little’ refers to ‘hardly any, Eg : There is little hope of her recovery ‘A little’ means ‘some’, but not much Eg : A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing The little refers to ‘not much but all there is Eg : The little water that is in the bottle may be used for the patient.

Important Rules of Noun (13/14). 14. Correct Use of elder, older ‘Elder’ is used to refer to the age difference between persons of the same family. While ‘Older’ refers to the persons as well as things and is followed by ‘than’ Sam is my elder brother Jack is my older brother.

Important Rules of Noun (14/14). 15. When ‘many a’ is used it is always followed by the singular verb For Ex- Many a kid drowned in the river. Many a kids were drowned in the river..

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