English Grammar

Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech : NAME

Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb

Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

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Parts of Speech:
Definitions
NOUN: A word that names a person, place,
thing, or idea.
Verb: A word that expresses action, being
or condition.
Adjective: A word that modifies / adds
meaning / describes a noun or a pronoun.
Adverb: A word that modifies / adds
meaning / describes a verb, an adjective or
another verb.

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Definitions cont
Pronoun: A word that substitutes for a
noun.
Preposition: A word that shows
relationship between its objects and some
other word in the sentence.
Conjunction: A word that joins words,
phrases, or clauses.
Interjection: A word that shows surprise
or sudden feeling.

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Parts of Speech:
Examples
Noun: Sachin, Bhavnagar, Laptop,
Beauty, Democracy
Verb: Teach, Listen, Talk, be, have,
do, shall, can, will
Verb is the pivot of English grammar
and language.

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VERB
Auxiliary Verb
(Helping)

Main Verb

Regular Verb

Irregular Verb

Eg. Run, cut, shut,

put,

Helping Verbs

Eg. Break, Drink,

Go, Love,

Principal Aux.:
Eg. Be, Have, Do
Modal Aux.:
Eg. Shall
Will, can
Semi-Modals:
Eg. Need, dare, used

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 Adjective:
Eg: The blue/dark/cloudy/clear

sky.

Intelligent student, hard-working

teacher, beautiful girl.

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 Adverb:
Eg. Copy this out carefully.
He ran fast to win the race.
These shoes are too big.
He ran very fast yet cant win the race.

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 Pronouns: He, She, It, We, they

Preposition: on the table, under the
table, into the well
Conjunction: and, but, either, or,
neither nor
Interjection: Oh!, Aaah!, Ouch!,
Hurray!, Alas!
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Test your knowledge:

Working with your partner, identify parts
of speech in the following sentences:
1. India will be defeated in cricket by
South Africa.
Make two sentences using adjectives and
adverbs from the list given below:
Black, white, very, too, succeed

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Use of e-dictioaries
To know name and functions of some
difficult words, we can make use of
good quality e-dictionaries like
Encarta.
Give the word/s that troubles you to
identify its parts of speech.

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