PARTS OF SPEECH
(PART I)
What is a
Part of Speech?
i)
English
words are categorized into nine basic types, which are called as Parts of
Speech.
ii)
Parts
of Speech is also called as “Word Classes.”
iii)
Helps
to analyze sentences and understand them.
Parts of
Speech Table:
|
Part of Speech |
Function or
"Job" |
Example Words |
Example
Sentences |
|
action or state |
(to) be, have,
do, like, work, sing, can, must |
English is a
Language. I like English. |
|
|
thing or person |
pen, dog, work,
music, town, London, teacher, John |
This is my dog.
He lives in my house. We live in London. |
|
|
describes a noun |
good, big, red,
well, interesting |
My dogs are big.
I like big dogs. |
|
|
limits or
"determines" a noun |
a/an, the, 2,
some, many |
I have two dogs
and some rabbits. |
|
|
describes a verb,
adjective or adverb |
quickly,
silently, well, badly, very, really |
My dog eats quickly.
When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. |
|
|
replaces a noun |
I, you, he, she,
some |
Tara is
Indian. She is beautiful. |
|
|
links a noun to
another word |
to, at, after,
on, but |
We went to school on Monday. |
|
|
joins clauses or
sentences or words |
and, but, when |
I like dogs and I
like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I
don't like cats. |
|
|
short
exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence |
oh!, ouch!, hi!,
well |
Ouch! That
hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know. |
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