Parts of Speech : Structure
Classes
3rd meeting
Qualifiers
Qualifiers usually occur in the position before
adjectival or an adverbial as shown by the empty
slots in these sentences.
The dinner was _____ good.
Sue performed _____ skillfully.
The function of qualifier is to modify the following
word after the qualifier.
Qualifier can be in the form of noun, Verb,
Adjective,adverb or even non-suffixing words.
Example; completely happy, freezing cold, bone
dry, quite happy
Prepositions
• Prepositions are words like of, in, and to
that are usually followed by a noun, noun
phrase, personal pronoun or noun
substitute, which are called the object of
preposition.
• Example ; George sat between the two
deans.
George jumped on it.
Determiners
A determiner is a word that precedes the
noun and indicates that a noun is soon to
follow.
Example ; the new gymnasium
Determiners can be in the form of articles,
Prenominal possessive Pronouns,
demonstratives, Possessive proper
names.
Auxiliaries
There are three kinds of auxiliaries;
1. Modal auxiliaries
ex; can, may, shall, will, could, might,
should, would, must, ought to
2. Primary Auxiliaries
ex; have and be
3. Periphrastic auxiliary do
ex; do, does, did
Pronouns
There are 3 kinds of pronouns:
1. Personal Pronouns
2. Interrogative Pronouns
3. Relative pronouns