Monday, 10 November 2008

Summary about parts of speech

What are Parts of speech?
The parts of speech explains the ways words can be used in various contexts. Every word in the English language has a functions.

What are the main parts of the speech?

a)Adjective: A word or combination of words that modifies a noun .
Example: My dog is white and black

b)Adverb :A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (slowly, obstinately, much ).
Example: My cousin run very slowly

c)Article: Any of three words used to signal the presence of a noun. A and an are known as indefinite articles; the is the definite article.
Example: This is a red apple.

d)Conjunction: A word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences (and, but, or, because ).
interjection A word, phrase, or sound used as an exclamation and capable of standing by itself (oh, Lord, damn, my goodness ).
Examples: We need to go because my mom has had an accident.

e)Noun: A word or phrase that names a person, place, thing, quality, or act (Fred, New York, table, beauty, execution ). A noun may be used as the subject of a verb, the object of a verb, an identifying noun, the object of a preposition, or an appositive (an explanatory phrase coupled with a subject or object ).
Example: New York is an interesting city.

f)Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship of a noun to another noun (at, by, in, to, from, with )
Example: The tv is in front of the computer.

g)Pronoun: A word that substitutes for a noun and refers to a person, place, thing, idea, or act that was mentioned previously or that can be inferred from the context of the sentence (he, she, it, that ).
Example: She is my classmate at the university.

h)Verb: A word or phrase that expresses action, existence, or occurrence (throw, be, happen ). Verbs can be transitive, requiring an object (her in I met her ), or intransitive, requiring only a subject (The sun rises ). Some verbs, like feel , are both transitive (Feel the fabric ) and intransitive (I feel cold , in which cold is an adjective and not an object).
Example: My brother traveled from Ingland to Chili last night.

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