Basic Function Examples

Part of Speech

names a person, Caribbean, ship,

Nouns
place, or thing Argentina, Mathew

takes the place of I, you, he, she,

Pronouns
a noun it, ours, them, who

identifies an action believe, seem,

Verbs
or state of being finish, eat, drink

modifies a verb,
lazily, often, only,
Adverbs adjective, or another
hopefully, softly
adverb

funny, unique,
Adjectives modifies a noun bright, beautiful,
healthy

shows a relationship
between a noun
close to, out of,
Prepositions (or pronoun) and
apart from
other words in a
sentence

joins words,
Conjunction phrases, and and, but, or
clauses

expresses emotion
Interjections and can usually whoops, ouch
stand alone

1. Nouns
A noun is a part of speech that identifies a person, place, thing, idea or events. Nouns are the
simplest among the 8 parts of speech. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of subject, direct
object, indirect object, subject complement, object complement, appositive, or adjective as
depending on the necessity. Nouns are broadly classified into five categories:

1. Proper Noun

2. Common Noun
3. Collective Noun

4. Abstract Noun

5. Materialistic Noun

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