The 8 parts of Speech/ Charts, Definition & Examples
Introduction:
If you want to learn English language
then it is highly essential to know about various kinds of words used in English.
Certainly, if you are non-native English people, you must know about The 8 Parts
of Speech to have strong grip over English language.
Definition:
The words used to form sentence in English
are of eight kinds or classes. Those different words are called The 8 Parts of Speech. The words are as follow
1. Noun
2.
Pronoun
3.
Adjective
4.
Verb
5.
Adverb
6.
Preposition
7.
Conjunction
8. Interjection
A word can function as different
parts of speech in a given sentence like in ‘I like your laugh’ laugh as noun and in
‘don’t laugh’ laugh
as verb.
Noun:
A noun is a word used as the name
of person, place and things. ‘Things’ includes all objects (Tangible Things)
that we can see, hear, taste, touch or smell and something we can think of (Intangible
Things) but cannot perceive by the sense organs.
Example:
The rose
smells sweet.
His courage
won him honour.
Note:
Rose
is a name of an object; courage and honour are the names of abstract nature are
the different types of nouns used in these sentences called nouns.
Adjective:
An adjective is a word used to add
something to the meaning of a noun. The names of quality, quantity, number,
taste, colour etc. are known as adjective.
Example:
He is a brave
man.
There are thirty
girls in this class.
It is a salty
biscuit.
Note:
‘Brave’
shows quality of man, ‘thirty’ represents number of girls and salty tells the ‘taste’
of biscuit are the adjectives of these sentence.
Pronoun:
A pronoun is a word used instead of
a noun. It helps to avoid repetition of noun in a paragraph to make the paragraph
attractive to read.
Example:
John is absent, because he is ill.
The books are where you left them.
Note:
‘He’
has been used for ‘John’ and ‘them’ has been used for ‘the books’ are
considered as pronoun in above sentence.
Verb:
A verb is a word used to express an
action or state. The names of all actions come under verb list as well as the
condition means the state of the noun in a given sentence.
Example:
The girl wrote a
letter to her mother.
Mumbai is a
big city.
Iron and copper are useful metals.
Note:
‘Wrote’
is an name of action while ‘is’ and ‘are’ declares the state of place and
metals subsequently are known as verb of the given sentences.
Adverb:
An adverb is a word used to add
something to the meaning of verb, an adjective and another adverb in sentence. These
words qualify adjective, adverb and verb of given sentence.
Example:
He worked the sum quickly.
The flower is very
beautiful.
She pronounced the word quite correctly.
Note:
‘Quickly’
modifies the verb ‘work’,
‘Very’
modifies the adjective ‘beautiful’
‘Quite’
modifies the adverb ‘correctly’. So quickly, very and quite are the adverbs of above
sentences.
Preposition:
A preposition is a word used with a
noun or a pronoun to show relation with other words of the sentence.
Example:
There is a dog in the room.
The boy is fond of sweets.
A fair little girl set under a tree.
Note:
‘In’
shows the relation between dog and room,
‘Of’
shows relation between fond and sweets,
‘Under’
shows relationship between set and tree, are prepositions of the sentences.
Conjunction:
A conjunction is a word used to
join words or sentences to make compound word or compound sentence.
Example:
Rakesh and
Suman are best friends.
I ran fast, but
missed the train.
Either take it or leave it.
Note:
‘And’
joins two words; Rakesh and Suman,
‘But’
joins two sentences; I ran fast and I missed the train,
‘Either…Or’
joins two words take and leave are called conjunctions of the sentences given
above.
Interjection:
An interjection is a word which
expresses some sudden feelings and emotions.
Example:
Hurrah! We have won the critical match.
Alas!
She is dead.
Note:
‘Hurrah
and Alas’ in the sentences above changes the state of mind by expressing sudden
emotions or feelings that is why they are interjections.
Exercise
for you:
Name the parts of speech of each
word used in the given sentences.
1. He told us all about the battle.
2.
I will watch
while you sleep.
3.
The students of
this class have played very well in the match.
4.
The committee
were divided in their opinion.
5. John the goon kills all birds of this area.
Conclusion
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