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PARTS of SPEECH With Exercise

This document discusses the eight parts of speech in English grammar: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples for each part of speech to illustrate their definitions and usage. The document concludes with an exercise that asks the reader to identify the part of speech for italicized words in sample sentences.

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PARTS of SPEECH With Exercise

This document discusses the eight parts of speech in English grammar: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides examples for each part of speech to illustrate their definitions and usage. The document concludes with an exercise that asks the reader to identify the part of speech for italicized words in sample sentences.

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CHAPTER4

PARTS OF SPEECH
into different kinds of
aWords are divided orclasses,called Parts Speech, according
to the work they do in a sentence. The parts of speech are
Use; that
hairuse, is, according
totheir
number;
eightin 1. Noun. 2 Adjective
3. Pronoun. 4 Verb.
6. 7. 8.
5 Adverb Preposition. Conjunction. Interjection.

u 9. A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, or thing; as,


Akbar was a great King.
Kolkata is on the Hooghly.

The rose smells sweet.


The sun shines bright.

His couragewon him honour.

Note-The word thing includes () all objects that


we can see, hear, taste, touch, or
the senses.
smell; and () something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by
is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun; as,
10.An Adjective
He is a brave boy.

There are twenty boys in this class.

11. A Pronoun is a word used instead a


of noun; as,
John is absent, because he is ill.

The books are where you left them.

3 12. A Verb is a word used to express an action orstate;as


The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.

Kolkata is a big city.

Iron and copper are useful metals.

a 13. An Adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a Psyehology

verb, an adjective, or another adverb, as,


He worked the sum quickly.
This flower is very beautiful.
She pronounced the word quite correctly.

14. A Preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person
or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else; as,
There is a cow in the garden.
The girl is fond of music.
A fair little girl sat under a tree.

15. A Conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences; asS,

Rama and Hari are cousins.


Two and two make four.
ran fast, but missed the train.
I
.16. An Interjection a word which
is expresses some sudden feeling, as,
Hurrah! we have won the game.
Alas! she is dead.
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR 2m
Name the part of speech of each italicized word in the following sentences, giviny

each case your reason for the classification:-

1 Still waters run deep 10. Muslims fast in the month


2 He stil lives in that house ofRamzan.
Affer the storm comes the calm. 11 He kept the fastfora week.
The after effects of the drug are bad. 12. He is on the committee.
5. The up train is late.
13. Let us move on.

6. weighs about a pound.


It
14 Sit down and rest a while.
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He told us all about the battle 15. Iwill watch
you sleep
while
B He was only a yard off me. 16 They while away their evenings
9 Sudcdenly one of the wheels came off.
with books and games.

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