“Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that English has. Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. Here, we will add one more type: articles.
Noun
A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
Books are made of ink, paper, and glue.
Verb
A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).
Examples: walk, talk, read, believe, live, like, want
Examples: walk, talk, read, believe, live, like, want
Peter reads books everyday.
Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.
Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important
Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important
I like to read big books.
Adverb
An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened.
Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere
Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere
My sister eats quickly.
Pronoun
A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Marie is my sister. She is very tall.
Conjunction
A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together.
Examples: but, so, and, because, or
Examples: but, so, and, because, or
She likes to eat a lot, so she is a little overweight.
Preposition
A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence.
Examples: on, in, by, with, under, through, at
Examples: on, in, by, with, under, through, at
Peter likes tu run in marathons.
Interjection
An interjection is an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks.Examples: Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!
Oh no! Peter did not win.
Article
An article is used to introduce a noun.
Examples: the, a, an
Examples: the, a, an
The ol man is very slow.
As we can see, it is not that difficult. We only need to practice.
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