Parts of Speech
What are Parts of Speech?
In English, words are categorised into different groups called parts of speech. There are eight parts of speech.
Noun Pronoun
A noun is a word that names a A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
Person: mother, son, Rahul, SunitaZ Personal pronouns: I, we, you, he, she, it, they
Place: city, village, Satara, Venice Pronouns of quantity: nine, many, few
Thing: stamp, bottle, bag, tank Reflexive: myself, himself, themselves
Idea: love, happiness, sorrow,cheer Relative: who, which, whom, that, whose
Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes nouns and pronouns.
Which one: this book, that girl What kind: good food, badweather
How many: four bottles, less water, fewer places
Verb
A verb shows the action performed by the subject in a sentence.
Rohit laughed at the poor man. Nishitasleeps at 10 pm.
I think this is a good idea. Virat threw the ball at Gaurav.
You must catch the ball within 10 seconds.
Adverb
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective or another adverb.
He was defeated easily.
Mother would have gladly cooked for us. You will regret later.
Joe recently moved to Boston. Sheetal went abroad for her studies. I am quite famished.
Vipul seldom stays outdoors until late.
Preposition
A preposition is a word which expresses a class of words in relation to space and time.
Indicating time: Meet me at 5 pm in the park.
Indicating place: We were all seated around the table.
Indicating movement: Pamela dived into the pool.
Conjunction
A conjunction is a word or a group of words which can join words, phrases and clauses.
Coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS –for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
I went to the market and bought vegetables.
Subordinating: when, while, because, since, whereas, etc Kiran will stay at home since she is feeling unwell.
I was reading a book when the door bell rang.
Interjection
An interjection is a word used to express strong emotions and is followed by the exclamation (!) mark
Ouch! You stepped on my foot. (Pain)
Alas! The thief was killed by the mob. (Sadness)
Yay! We won the final match. (Triumph)
Arrgh! The neighbour again scattered garbage here.