Parts of Speech in English Language By dr

Parts of speech English

1. Parts of Speech

2. There are 8 parts of speech in the English language: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection. The part of speech indicates how the words functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.

3. An individual word can function as more than one part of speech when used in different circumstances. Understanding parts of speech is essential for determining the correct definition of a word when using the dictionary.

4. Noun A Noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are often used with an article (the, a, an), but not always. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do not. Example: Person: Man, Women, Teacher Place: Home, Office, Town Thing: Table, Car, Banana, money, music, etc

5. Examples of nouns used in sentences She bought a  pair of shoes . (thing) I have a  pet.  (animal) Is this your  book ? (object) Many people have a  fear  of  darkness . (ideas/abstract nouns) He is my  brother . (person) This is my  school . (place)

6. Pronoun A pronoun is a word used in a place of noun. A pronoun is usually substituted for a specific noun, which is called its antecedent. Example: He, she, they, yours, himself, herself, me, we, ourselves, who, whom, my, that, etc.

7. Examples of pronouns used in sentences I  reached home at six in the evening. Did  someone  see a red bag on the counter? Is this the boy  who  won the first prize? That is  my  mom. I hurt  myself  yesterday when we were playing cricket.

8. Verb The verb in a sentence expresses action or being. There is a main verb and sometimes one or more verb helping verbs. Examples: run, dance, slide, jump, think, eat, walk, do, go, stand, write etc

9. Examples of verbs used in sentence She  plays  cricket every day. Furqan and Ali   are going  to the movies. My friends  visited  me last week. Did  you  have  your breakfast? My name  is  Bilal Ahmed.

10. Adjective An adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a pronoun. It usually answers the question of which one, what kind, or how many. Examples: charming, cruel, fantastic, gentle, huge, perfect, pretty, rough, ugly, short etc

11. Examples of adjectives used in sentences The place we visited yesterday was  serene . Did you see how  big  that dog was? The weather is  pleasant  today. The  red  dress you wore on your birthday was lovely. My brother had only  one   chapati for breakfast.

12. Adverb An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, but never a noun. It usually answers the questions of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree. Adverbs often end in – ly . Example: fully, almost, secretly, normally, occasionally, greatly, cheerfully etc.

13. Examples of adverbs used in sentences Did you come  here  to buy an umbrella? I did not go to school  yesterday  as I was sick . Ahmed reads the newspaper  everyday . Can you please come  quickly ? Bilal was so sleepy that he could  hardly  keep his eyes open during the meeting.

14. Preposition A proposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence. Example: Abroad, above, about, across, along, among, like, into, plus, against etc.

15. Examples of prepositions used in sentences The teacher asked the students to draw lines  on  the paper so that they could write   in  straight lines. The child hid his birthday presents  under  his bed. Mom asked me to go to the store  near  my school. The thieves jumped  over  the wall and escaped before we could reach home.

16. Conjunction A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and indicates the relationship between the elements joined. Example: and, or, but, nor, for, so etc

17. Examples of conjunctions used in sentences Meera   and  Jasmine had come to my birthday party. Jane did not go to work  as  she was sick. Unless  you work hard, you cannot score good marks. I have not finished my project,  yet  I went out with my friends

18. Interjection An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by exclamation point. Example: Ooh!, Sorry!, Very well! etc.

19. Examples of interjections used in sentences Wow ! What a wonderful work of art. Alas ! That is really sad. Yippee ! We won the match.