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Eight Parts of Speech in English Language

The document discusses the 8 parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions of each part of speech. Nouns name people, places, things, and animals. Pronouns take the place of nouns. Adjectives describe nouns. Verbs show actions and states of being. Adverbs modify verbs and other adverbs. Prepositions connect nouns to other parts of sentences. Conjunctions join words and clauses. Interjections express emotions without grammatical value.

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Eight Parts of Speech in English Language

The document discusses the 8 parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions of each part of speech. Nouns name people, places, things, and animals. Pronouns take the place of nouns. Adjectives describe nouns. Verbs show actions and states of being. Adverbs modify verbs and other adverbs. Prepositions connect nouns to other parts of sentences. Conjunctions join words and clauses. Interjections express emotions without grammatical value.

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Eight parts of speech in English Language

Parts of speech: a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. In English the main parts of
speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

The 8 parts of speech is a way to describe the function of words in the English language.

✓ Nouns
✓ Pronouns
✓ Adjectives
✓ Verbs
✓ Adverbs
✓ Prepositions
✓ Conjunctions
✓ Interjections

what are nouns?

Nouns are words that name the following

Things Table, Chair


People Dour, Anele
Animals Dog, Cat
Places Gaborone

Examples of sentence that have nouns:

Dour is driving a car. In this sentence we see two nouns which are Dour and car

what are pronouns?

Pronouns are words that take the place of Nouns. Sometimes we do not want to use a noun, instead we
will use a pronoun in that case. Pronouns have both personal object pronouns and possessive pronouns.

Example of personal object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them

Example of possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, her, ours and their and etc.

Examples

Dour is in the Kitchen. He is cooking

What are adjectives?

Adjectives are words that describes nouns, pronouns, they give more information about nouns and
pronouns.

Examples of possessive Adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, there and etc.
Table below shows adjectives that describes nouns and pronouns in sentences

The quality or type Dour is driving a black car


The size Dour is driving a big car
The number Dour has several cars
possession It is his car

What are interjections?

These are small words without any real grammatical value. This type of word is commonly used in spoken
English. They usually express emotions.

Examples: damn! I missed the train. Here the speaker is using damn! As an interjection to express
disappointment or frustration due the fact that he has missed a train.

What are verbs?

These are words that show an Action or state of an object

Verbs that’s shows Action Verbs that shows a state


✓ Dour drives a bus ✓ Dour is tired
✓ Anele is drinking a cup of ✓ Anele was happy
coffee
Stative verbs describe how something is or seems or a mental process.

Sensing Verbs

Senses and perception verbs include data coming into your five senses:

✓ See
✓ Hear
✓ Smell
Emotion and Thought Verbs

Emotion and thought verbs include:

✓ Love
✓ Hate
✓ Believe
✓ Forget
✓ Remember
What are adverbs?

These are words that describes or modify verbs, they can also be used to modify or describe other
adverbs

Examples: dour is running quickly. (gives more information about an Action)

Anele never drinks coffee


Adverbs that describes or modify other adverbs

Example: dour is running quickly. Dour is running very quickly

Verb adverb Action these two words describes an


Action

What are conjunctions?

These are the words that join words, phrases, or clauses together.

Common examples: and, or, because, so, but, while, for.

I like cats and dogs

The telephone rang while I was cooking

First Clause Second Clause

What are prepositions?

These are words that connects nouns phrases to another part of the sentence, preposition means “Place
before” that’s because prepositions are usually before the noun phrase. There are three common use of
prepositions:

To describe place Dour is in the Kitchen


The lamp is on the table
To describe time I am going to Landon for a week
Please don’t talk during the lesson
To describe I will send you the letter by email
method

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