Part of Speech
Part of Speech / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Parts of Speech are categories that classify words based on their function and use in a sentence.
āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻĢ āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻāϞā§āĻā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āϏāĻŽā§āĻšāĨ¤
There are eight main parts of speech in English. āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
1. Noun / āύāĻžāĻŽ (āύāĻžāĻŽ, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§, āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž) : Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Names a person, place, thing, or idea. āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻš, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: cat, city, happiness
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: The dog is barking. : āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
2. Pronoun / āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ : Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Replaces a noun. āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āϏā§āĻĨāϞāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: he, she, it, they
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: She is reading a book.: āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒā§āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
3. Verb / āĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻž : Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Expresses an action or state of being. āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: run, is, write
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: He plays football. : āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
4. Adjective / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖ : Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Describes a noun or pronoun. āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋā§ąā§°āĻŖāĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: big, happy, blue
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: It's a beautiful day : āĻāĻāĻŋā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§ āϧā§āύā§ā§āĻžāĨ¤
5. Adverb / āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖ : Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It tells how, when, where, or to what extent. āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻāύ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖāĻ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§, āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž, āĻ’āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: quickly, very, here
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: She runs quickly. : āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤
6. Preposition / āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āϝ⧠: Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word. āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžā§āĨ¤
Ex/ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: in, on, at, under
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: The keys are on the table. : āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
7. Conjunction / āϝā§āĻāϏā§āϤā§āϰ/āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āϝ⧠: Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Connects words, phrases, or clauses. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: and, but, because
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: I like apples and oranges. : āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻĒā§āϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŽāϞāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĨ¤
8. Interjection / āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ : Click Here
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Expresses strong emotion or a sudden reaction. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāϞ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: wow, oh, ouch
Sentence / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ: Wow! That's amazing! : āĻŦāĻžāĻš! āĻ āĻāĻā§°āĻŋāϤ!
Summary / āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻāĻļ:
- Parts of speech help us understand how words function in a sentence.
- āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻšāĻžā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϝ⧠āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤