Part of Speech

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PARTS OF SPEECH :

how a word is used in a sentence.

PART OF SPEECH: Most of them can be divided into sub-classes

GRAMMAR 2020

Parts of Speech

ITS IMPORTANT:

A word can sometimes be in more than one part of speech


THERE ARE EIGHT MAIN PARTS OF SPEECH

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Nouns

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Pronouns

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Adjectives

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Verbs

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Adverbs

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Prepositions

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Conjunctions

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Interjections


WHAT ARE THEY AND EXAMPLES OF EACH ONE

Nouns Nouns name people, places, things or ideas

Example : The dog howled


PRONOUNS PRONOUNS TAKE THE PLACE OF THE NOUNS

EXAMPLE: WE WALKED ACROSS THE BRIDGE


VERBS

Verbs show actions or states of being

Example: She is walking to school


ADVERBS

Is a word that is used to change, modify or qualify several types of words including an adjective, a verb, a clause, another adverb, or any other type of word or phrase


Adjectives ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE OR MODIFY NOUNS AND PRONOUNS EXAMPLE: THE WISED, HANDSOME GUY HAS BLUE EYES


PREPOSITIONS Prepositions show the relationship between a noun and a pronoun and another word in the rest of the sentence.

Example: The frog sat in the flower


CONJUNCTIONS Conjunctions join two or more words, phrases or clauses Example: The hummingbird sat and waited


Interjections INTERJECTIONS SHOW EXCITEMENT OR EMOTION. THEY ARE NOT GRAMMATICALLY RELATED TO THE REST OF THE SENTENCE.

EXAMPLE: WOW! THAT JUMP WAS AMAZING.


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