This document provides an overview of the 8 parts of speech in English grammar: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. It defines each part of speech, provides examples of common words that fall into each category, and describes the basic function or "job" of each part of speech. For nouns, the definition provided is "a word that identifies a person, place or thing, or names one of them." Examples of common verbs given include eat, sing, run, and make. The document aims to help beginners understand and identify the different parts of speech to analyze sentences and improve their construction of good sentences.
1. HUZAFA TUITION CENTRE
A Place To Learn Life…..
“PARTS
OF SPEECH”
ENGLISH GRAMMER
FOR BEGINNERS
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2. DEFINITION
We can categorize English words into 8 basic types
called "parts of speech" or "word classes".
It's quite important to recognize parts of speech.
This helps you to analyze sentences and understand
them.
It also helps you to construct good sentences.
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3. Parts of Speech
1- Noun
2-Pronoun
3-Verb
4-Adverb
5-Adjective
6-Preposition
7-Conjunction
8-Interjection
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4. Noun
A word that identifies a person,
place or thing, or names one of
them.
Person: Ali, arzoo, man, woman, teacher.
Place: home, office, town, Pakistan
Thing: table, car, banana, money, music,
love, dog, monkey
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5. Pronoun
Pronouns are small words that
take the place of a noun.
I, me, you, He, we, They, him, she...
This, that, these, those
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6. Verb
Verb is a word which is used to
describe an action.
Eat , Sing, Run, Make, Wash, Ride,
Drive, Drink Etc..
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7. Adverb
An adverb is a word that tells
us more about a verb,
adjective.
It "qualifies" or "modifies" a
verb.
Quickly, nicely, solely, carefully 7
8. Adjective
An adjective is a word that tells
us more about a noun. It
"describes" or "modifies" a
noun.
A Green Car
A Dark Sky
An Interesting story 8
9. Preposition
It tells us about the relationship
between the noun phrase and
another part of the sentence.
in, of, on, for, with, at, by,
The book is on the round table. (relationship in
space)
We will meet in November. (relationship in time)
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10. Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that
connects two parts of a
sentence. The very common
word and is a conjunction.
and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so,
although, because, since, unless
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11. Interjection
An interjection is a short word
or phrase that shows emotion.
It often stands alone,
unconnected to a sentence..
Ah! Er. Hey. Ouch! Umm.
My God! Bloody hell! 11
12. PART OF SPEECH FUNCTION OR "JOB" EXAMPLE WORDS EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Verb action or state
(to) be, have, do, like,
work, sing, can, must
He eats Mango.
Noun thing or person
pen, dog, work, music,
town, London, teacher,
John
This is my dog. He lives
in my house. We live in
Karachi.
Adjective describes a noun
good, big, red, well,
interesting
They live in a beautiful
house.
Adverb
describes a verb,
adjective or adverb
quickly, silently, well,
badly, very, really
My dog eats quickly.
When he is very hungry,
he eats really quickly.
Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, some
Arzoo is Pakistani. She is
beautiful.
Preposition
links a noun to another
word
to, at, after, on, but
We went to school on
Monday.
Conjunction
joins clauses or
sentences or words
and, but, when
I like Parrots and I like
cats.
Interjection
short exclamation,
sometimes inserted into a
sentence
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