Sunday 20 December 2015

(6.1.7) Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

A part of speech is a class of words based on the work they do in a sentence.
Thus words are divided into different kinds or classes.
The words that we use can be divided into eight classes according to the work they do in sentences. These classes are known as parts of speech. They are:
1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Verb
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
1. Noun- A noun is a word used for naming some person, place or thing.
2. Pronoun - A Pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
3. Verb - A verb is a word for saying something about some person or thing.
4. Adjective - An adjective is a word used to qualify a noun or a pronoun.
5. Adverb- An adverb is a  word used to qualify any part of speech except a noun or a pronoun.
6. Preposition - A preposition is a word used before a Noun or a pronoun to show its relation to some other word in the sentence.
7. Conjunctions - A conjunction is a word used to join words, phrases or sentences together.
8. Interjection - An interjection is used to express some feeling of joy, grief or surprise.

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