Typesofspeeches
Typesofspeeches
Typesofspeeches
Pronouns are words that help writers avoid awkward repetition of nouns. They are
used in replacement of nouns.
Examples:
Antecedents
Antecedents are nouns or words that take the place of nouns for which pronoun stands.
The italicized word in the examples below is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun.
Examples:
The chart below shows the different kinds of pronouns with its corresponding
description and example.
Personal Pronouns Are used to refer to First Person: I, me, mine, us, our, ours,
Reflexive and Intensive
particular people,
Pronouns Second Person:you,your,yours
places, and things;
specifically refer to the Third Person:he,she,it,him,her,his,
person speaking, the
person spoken to, or the hers,its,they,them,
places or thing spoken
their,theirs
about
Both have the same myself-ourselves, yourself-yourselves,
form and end in-self or
-selves,they are formed himself,herself,itself,themselves
Adjectives
Adjectives are words that qualify the meaning of a noun or pronoun by giving description
about its appearance, location, and other characterisitcs. It can answer four questions about a
noun, as exemplified below:
What Lind?
A white patrol car (what kind of car?)
Which one?
The first witness (which witness?)
How many?
Two.45 caliber pistols (how many pistols)
How much?
P100,000.00 ransom (how much ransom was paid?)
An adjective that modifies a pronoun usually follows it, or sometimes may precede
the pronoun. Consider the examples below:
They are hopeful about the positive result of the case. (after the pronoun)
Hopeful about the positive result of the case, they started to celebrate. (before
the pronoun)
↓ His brutal killing was a sad reminder for everyone. (after the pronoun)
↓ The brutal killing of his brother was a sad reminder for him. (before the
pronoun)
Conjunctions
7. is driving the patrol car.(SPO2 Rey Melicor)
9. is a police officer.(Chadd)
I1. Underline the appropriate pronoun inside the parenthesis to complete each statement
below.
1. The team leader gives (them, me, you) their specific assignment.
3. The patrolling officers are riding on (her, his, their) new motorbikes.
5. I don't know the exact location where (them, he, it) plants the explosives.
8. Can you tell (them, their, theirs) the way to the police station,please?
9. The brand new patrol cars are for (our, them, it) police station.
10. Can you help my mother and (me, us, ours) in convincing the witness to testify?
Adverbs
Adverbs are also modiefiers, as they describe words and make them more specific in a
sentence. When, an adverb modifies a verb, it can answer any of the following questions:
Where?
The SOCO Team secured the crime scene behind the building.
When?
The victim was found dead at around 2:00 o'clock yesterday.
In what manner?
The judge officially dismissed the session.
To what extent?
The conclusion of the investigators are extremely important.
Normally,adverbs modifying adjectives and adverbs will immediately precede the word
they modify.
Examples:
1. Fill in the blank with the appropriate adverb, base your answer from the word
inside the parenthesis.
1. He reads the report (quick)
2. The rape victim is a girl.(pretty)
3. The shoot-out was bloody.(terrible)
4. Mar is a policeman.(good)
5.You can fire this gun.(easy)
6. We have a entrapment operation today. (horrible)
7. She performs the paraffin test (good)
8. Heis a investigator.(careful)
9. He investigates the case (careful)
10.The victim screams (loud)
Demonstrative Pronouns this,that,these,those
These are used to point that,which,who,whom,whose
Relative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronoun what,which,who,whom,whose
out nouns
Indefinite Pronouns anybody, everyone, nothing, all, each,
Used to begin a nobody,someone,everybody
in the sentence
a direct or indirect
question
persons, places, or
1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pronoun, base your answer from the words inside
the parenthesis. Number 1 is done as an example.
4. is running.(the snatcher)
Transitive Verbe These verbs direct actions toward someone or something that is named in the
same sentence; the word toward which transitive verb directs its action is called the object of the
verb.
©He filed an affidavit of complaint.
④The medical examiner made an autopsy report of the victims.
Intransitive Verbe- These verbs do not direct action toward someone or something that is named
in the sentence; and they never have objects. '
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1. Underline the verb in each sentence below.
11. Underline the verb in the sentence and tell whether it is transitive or
intransitive. Write the abbreviation TV (Transitive Verb) or IV (Intransitive Verb) above the
underlined answer.
1. The patrol officer was here last week.
2. They watched CSI: Miami on television last night.
3. Dave and JR studied at the Philippine Military Academy.
4. The door of the prison cell was ajar when the warden checked.
5. Thepolice officer delivered the subpoena.
6. Several fingerprints are found from the crime scene.
7. He wore false teeth and a wig to conceal his identity.
8. The con artist smiled sarcastically.
9. He pleaded for the man to stop the stabbing.
10.The highway patrol officer is keenly monitoring the traffic.
C.Prepositions,Conjunctions,and Interjections
Prepositions
Preposition are part of speech that express the relationship between words and
phrases of the sentence. These relationships are as follows:
The suspect was with his friend when he was arrested.
Accompaniment:
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