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  • General

  • الدرس الأول

    1. Noun

    This part of a speech refers to words that are used to name persons, things, animals, places, ideas, or events. Nouns are the simplest among the 8 parts of speech.

    There are different types of nouns namely:

    Proper: proper nouns always start with a capital letter and refers to specific names of persons, places, or things.

    Common: common nouns are the opposite of proper nouns. These are just generic names of persons, things, or places.

    Concrete: this kind refers to nouns which you can perceive through your five senses.

    Abstract: unlike concrete nouns, abstract nouns are those which you can’t perceive through your five senses.

    Count– it refers to anything that is countable, and has a singular and plural form.

    Non-count: this is the opposite of count nouns. Mass nouns are also called non-countable nouns, and they need to have “counters” to quantify them.    

      Counters: kilo, cup, meter              

    Collective: refers to a group of persons, animals, or things.

    Example: faculty (group of teachers), class (group of students), pride (group of lions)

    2. Pronoun

    A pronoun is a part of a speech which functions as a replacement for a noun. Some examples of pronouns are: I, it, he, she, mine, his, hers, we, they, theirs, and ours.

    3.  Adjective

    This part of  a speech is used to describe a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives can specify the quality, the size, and the number of nouns or pronouns.

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