ENGLISH LANGUAGEENGLISH LANGUAGEFOR GRADE 10FOR GRADE 10

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G.H.C.HAMBAYIG.H.C.HAMBAYI

Parts of SpeechParts of Speech

• NounsNouns

• PronounsPronouns

• Verbs AdjectivesVerbs Adjectives

• AdverbsAdverbs

• PrepositionsPrepositions

• ConjunctionsConjunctions

• InterjectionsInterjections

Nouns and PronousNouns and Pronous

NounsNouns

• A A nounnoun is a word is a word that names a that names a person, a place, a person, a place, a thing, or an ideathing, or an idea

Persons Places Things Persons Places Things IdeasIdeas

• TeacherTeacher citiescities baseball baseball leadershipleadership

• Mrs MusaMrs Musa Lusaka HoeLusaka Hoe cowardicecowardice

• FamilyFamily Monze canoe Monze canoe libertyliberty

There are several kinds of There are several kinds of nouns: Proper and common, nouns: Proper and common, Compound, and Collective.Compound, and Collective.

Proper and Common NounsProper and Common Nouns

• A A Proper nounProper noun is the name or title of a particular is the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea; it always begin with person, place, thing, or idea; it always begin with a capital letter.a capital letter.

• A A Common nounCommon noun refers to a category or a class refers to a category or a class of people, places, thing, or ideas.of people, places, thing, or ideas.

• You cannot capitalize a common noun unless it You cannot capitalize a common noun unless it begins a sentence.begins a sentence.

Common Noun Common Noun - She is going to - She is going to school.school. Proper Noun - Proper Noun - She is going to She is going to Chelstone Chelstone

SchoolSchool

Exercise 1Exercise 1

Label the following nouns as Label the following nouns as Proper Proper or or Common.Common.

1.1. riverriver

2.2. newspapernewspaper

3.3. town town

4.4. October October

5.5. RichardRichard

6.6. ChomaChoma

Compound NounsCompound Nouns

A A Compound noun Compound noun consist of consist of two or more words used together to two or more words used together to form a single noun. One kind of form a single noun. One kind of Compound noun consists of two or Compound noun consists of two or more words joined together.more words joined together.

blue + print = blueprintblue + print = blueprintBase + ball = baseballBase + ball = baseball

A third kind of compound noun A third kind of compound noun consists of two words often us they are consists of two words often us they are not joined.not joined. Mountain lionMountain lion

Ice creamIce cream

A forth kind of compound A forth kind of compound noun is a proper name that noun is a proper name that consists of more than one consists of more than one word.word.• Mrs HambayiMrs Hambayi

• Gulf Stream Gulf Stream

Collective NounsCollective Nouns

A collective noun refers to A collective noun refers to a group a group of of people, places, things, or ideas.people, places, things, or ideas.

The The herd herd moved slowly across the prairie.moved slowly across the prairie.

Our Our family family discussed vacation plans.discussed vacation plans.

[[Herd Herd and and family family are collective nouns.are collective nouns.

Exercise 2Exercise 2

Identify the nouns in the following sentences.Identify the nouns in the following sentences.Example:Example: The aeroplane descended in the clouds.The aeroplane descended in the clouds.Answer : aeroplane, cloudsAnswer : aeroplane, clouds

1. He was a fellow named Bill.1. He was a fellow named Bill.2. Soon the first passenger walked down the 2. Soon the first passenger walked down the

stepssteps3. He headed for the line if taxis outside the 3. He headed for the line if taxis outside the

terminal. terminal.

PronounsPronouns

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. Pronouns identify persons, places, things, Pronouns identify persons, places, things, and ideas without renaming them.and ideas without renaming them.

Jane is an athlete. Jane is an athlete. SheShe trains everyday. trains everyday.Many Many people people attended the attended the concert. concert. TheyThey

enjoyed enjoyed itit.. The noun that a pronoun replaced is the The noun that a pronoun replaced is the

antecedent antecedent of the pronoun.of the pronoun.

Personal PronounsPersonal Pronouns

Personal pronoun require different Personal pronoun require different forms to express person, number, and forms to express person, number, and gender .gender .

When you write or speak about yourself, you When you write or speak about yourself, you use first-persons pronouns: use first-persons pronouns: I, me, we, us.I, me, we, us.

When you refer to your audience, you use When you refer to your audience, you use the second-person pronoun, the second-person pronoun, you.you.

When you refer to other people or things, When you refer to other people or things, you use third-person pronouns, such as you use third-person pronouns, such as he, he, she, they, it she, they, it and and them.them.

Possessive PronounPossessive Pronoun

Personal pronouns have Personal pronouns have possessive forms to show ownership possessive forms to show ownership or belonging. or belonging.

The The house house is is ours.ours.

Is that Is that pen pen minemine??