Parts of speech

1.    NOUN: A noun indicates the name of the person, place, animal, or thing.

–       The sweets are tasty.

–       Peter runs in the park.

–       The Artic Terns migrate 70000 miles.

 

2.    PRONOUN: A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. It is a word used instead of a noun.

–       The sweets are tasty. (They are tasty, ‘they’ is the pronoun).

–       Peter runs in the park. (He runs in the park, ‘he’ is the pronoun).

–       The Artic Terns migrate 70000 miles. (They migrate 70000 miles, ‘they’ is the pronoun).

 

3.    VERB: Verbs are words that show action or state of being.

–       The sweets are tasty. (‘are’ is the ‘be’ verb).

–       Peter runs in the park. (‘runs’ is the verb).

–       The Artic Terns migrate 70000 miles. (‘migrate’ is the verb).

 

4.    ADJECTIVE: An adjective describes a noun.

–       The (delicious) sweets are tasty.

–       (Strong and handsome) Peter runs in the park.

–       (The medium – sized) Artic Terns migrate 70000 miles.

[The words in the brackets are adjectives].

 

5.    ADVERB: An adverb describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

–       The sweets are very tasty. (sweets – is a noun. tasty – an adjective which modifies the word sweets. ‘Very’ is modifying the word ‘tasty’ (adjective) and thereby is an adverb).

–       Peter runs (fast) in the park.

–       The Artic Terns migrate 70000 miles (seasonally).

[The words in the brackets are adverbs].

 

6.    PREPOSITION: A preposition is a word used before a noun or a pronoun to describe how the person or thing is related to something else. It shows time, place, location, or relationships.

–       Peter runs (fast) in the park. (‘in’ is the preposition).

–       This story book belongs to me. (‘to’ is the preposition).

–       The black board is behind me. (‘behind’ is the preposition).

 

7.    CONJUNCTION: A conjunction is used to join words or sentences together.

–       I like tea. I like coffee. (I like tea and coffee). – ‘and’ is the conjunction.

 

 

8.    INTERJECTION:

An interjection expresses some sudden feelings. They express emotions or sentiments of the speaker or hesitation or protest. They are usually followed by an exclamation mark.

–       Oops! I made a mistake.

–       Wow! That’s really great news.

–       Eww! That stinks.

–       Ouch! It hurts.

 

9.    Article: Articles come before nouns. The words ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ are called articles. A, an are called indefinite articles. The is called the definite article. 

           –     The Sun.

           –     The Earth.

          –      A book.

          –      An eraser.