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In english, words are divided into 8 ie according to the work they do in a sentence!
Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.
These are called parts of speech. They are 8 in number.
1.Noun is a word used as the name of a person place or thing.
eg. The rose smells sweet [rose is noun here]
2.An Adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun.
eg. He is a brave boy. [brave is an adjective here]
3.A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
eg.Rachel is absent , because she is ill. [she is the pronoun here]
4.A Verb is a word used to express an action or state.
eg. The boy wrote a letter to his cousin. [wrote is the verb here]
5.An Adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
eg. She worked the sum quickly.
He pronounced the word quite correctly.
6.A Preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else.
eg. There is a cow in the garden.[ in - preposition]
The boy is fond of music. [of - preposition]
7.A Conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences.
eg. I ran fast but missed the train. [but - conjunction]
8. An Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling.
eg. Alas! He is dead. [ alas - interjection]
read lesspart of speech, lexical category to which a word is assigned based on its function in a sentence. There are eight parts of speech in traditional English grammar: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, and interjection. In linguistics, parts of speech are more typically called word classes.
read lessPart of speech | Short Description |
Noun | It a name of person, place, animal and thing. It works as a subject and object in a given sentence. Proper noun, common noun, abstract noun, collective noun and material noun are the types noun. |
Pronoun | Pronoun are use in place of noun. Personal pronoun, Possessive pronoun, indefinite pronoun,demonstrative pronoun, distributive pronoun and reflexive pronouns are types of pronoun. |
Adjective | Adjective defines the quality of noun. In absence of noun in any sentence, it works as a noun. It is always in singular form. |
Verb | Verb describes the action done by noun/pronoun. Linking verb and main verb are types of verb. Main verb is further discribed into transitive verb (subject is present) and intransitive verb. |
Adverb | Adverb discribes the degree of verb, adjective, place and time. |
Conjunction | A word the joins two nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, sentences, phrases and clauses and etc. |
Preposition | It establishes a relationship between noun with other part of speeches like pronoun, adjective and etc. |
Interjection | Words that are use to express spontaneous emotion and feelings are called interjection. They are always use with exclamatory mark. |
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