Parts of Speech
Grammar
When we use English Language in writing,
reading or speaking, we use sentences. Sentences are made of words which
comprised of a meaning. There are many kind of words which alters the meaning
of a sentence.
They are called as Parts of Speech.
These kinds of words are divided according to
their usage in a sentence and according to their action or what they do in a
sentence.
Mainly
they are of 8 types.
1. Noun 2. Adjective
3. Pronoun 4. Verb
5. Adverb 6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
1. Noun
A noun is a word used to
name or used as a name of a person, place or a thing.
eg
: It is a rose.
Stars are shining in the sky.
Mr. David Ferras is the chief of
the company.
Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
There
are many types of nouns such as,
Common nouns Proper nouns
Collective nouns Abstract nouns
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
(Types
of nouns will be explained in another article..)
2. Adjective
An adjective is a word
which add some meaning or increases the meaning of a noun.
eg: He was a brave
king.
There
are four rooms in this house.
The
parrot is a beautiful bird.
3. Pronoun
A
pronoun is a word or probably a noun used instead of another noun.
eg: Harry was awarded because he
became the class first.
Children are happy when they
play games.
4. Verb
A verb is a word used to express some action or a state.
There
are many types of verbs such as action verbs, helping verbs, linking verbs,
transitive verbs, intransitive verbs.
eg:
They are playing cricket.
She wrote a letter to her
best friend.
5. Adverb
An
adverb is a word which add some meaning to a verb, an adjective or another
adverb.
eg:
He speaks English fluently.
The athlete ran fast.
6. Preposition
A preposition is a word used with a noun or a
pronoun which shows how that noun or the pronoun has a relationship to
something else.
There are some words which are used to show
this relation. This relation can be a location or a time or some relation with
something.
A preposition always stands in front of its object which is called as
- Preposition means pre-positioned.
in on at
under near of
to over up
against along below
across after among
before beneath beside
amid around behind
between beyond inside
outside into from
through toward above
onto opposite since
until unlike about
upon with without
off within
eg : The pen is on the table.
The old man is sitting under
a tree.
A scarecrow is in the
field.
7. Conjunction
As
the term implies, conjunction is a word which acts as a junction. That implies
to join or connect words or sentences.
Most popular conjunctions used in English language are as follows.
and but as because yet
or thus also such as for
so that when nevertheless
not only-but also neither-nor
either-or no sooner-than
eg : He worked hard,
but failed the exam.
Ann and
Belinda are best friends since kids.
John was
absent because he was ill.
8. Interjection
Interjection
is a word which suggests or expresses an unexpected or sudden feeling.
eg : Wow!
Alas! He is dead.
Hurrah! I won the game.
- This is only an introduction to parts of speech. Each type is explained with its usage and in detail with examples in upcoming articles. Let us meet with the next article on Nouns.
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