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This document discusses the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides definitions and examples for each part of speech. The purpose is to teach the reader to identify the different parts of speech in sentences in order to improve language skills for exams like SSC, Railway, and Bank exams.

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Parts of Speech Blog

This document discusses the eight parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It provides definitions and examples for each part of speech. The purpose is to teach the reader to identify the different parts of speech in sentences in order to improve language skills for exams like SSC, Railway, and Bank exams.

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JOB MADE EASY

FOR SSC, Railway, Bank & Other Competitive Exam

PARTS OF SPEECH
Prof. Vinita
Saxena
JOB MADE EASY

FOR SSC, Railway, Prof. Vinita Saxena


Bank & Other SIRT-Excellence
Competitive Exam Bhopal
In this chapter, you will:  

Learn to identify the parts of speech

Words are distributed into parts of


speech according to their function in a
sentence. There are eight parts of speech,
defined as follows:

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


I.NOUNS

A noun refers to the name of place, person, thing,


animal or any abstract concept. Nouns are words that
tell what or who are being spoken about. Nouns are
identifying names or words. They identify places,
persons and things

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


Examples:
The sentence is divided into two parts.
The balloon is red.
The crow sits on a branch.
The taxes that people are paying are
astronomical

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


II. PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Examples:
This is Sita. She is five years old.
The pronoun "she" in the second sentence refers to
Sita (Noun). "She" replaces next sentence.
 The people were in the park. They were talking.
"They" refers to the people (Noun). 
JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena
III. VERBS
A verb is a word that describes the state of a person or
what action is taking place.
Examples:
 Children play in the park. 
The picture was painted.
I am a salesman.
The milk is boiling
 My friend has a motorbike.
JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena
Here the words play, was painted, am, is
boiling and has indicate the state of the persons
or things or the actions performed by them.
They are verbs.

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


IV. ADJECTIVES
A word that describes and qualifies a noun is an
adjective. An adjective gives information about the
noun.
Examples:
Rabindranath Tagore is a famous poet.
India and China are the largest markets for
 foreign products.
Cashmere shawls are not available in this shop
JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena
V. ADVERBS
 A word that describes the verb is called an adverb. An adverb
indicates how an act performed. It also indicates the location and time
of a specific action. An adverb mode phrase, adjective verb and another
adverb.
 
Examples:
 Ramesh looked at me doubtfully
 The luggage was quite heavy
 I am very tired
 Mahesh looks rather sad. 

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


An adverb appears at the beginning of the sentence,
if it modifies an entire sentence

Example:
 
Surprisingly, the witness did not reach the court.

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


VI. PREPOSITIONS
 
A preposition normally goes before a noun or a
pronoun. It shows the relation or position of person or a
thing that it signifies, to some other thing. A preposition
connects a noun or a pronoun with the rest of the
sentence.

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


Examples:

 I was in the classroom yesterday.


 My sister is fond of pets.
 Look for the coin under the carpet.
 I found this poster stuck behind the chair. 
The young man jumped off the balcony.

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


VIII. INTERJECTIONS
 
An interjection is a short sound, word or phrase that is
spoken suddenly to convey emotion. An interjection is
added to a sentence and does not relate grammatically
to any part of the sentence.
 Examples:
 Oh! This is a lovely picture.
 Wow! It is a wonderful place.

JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena


Thank you
JOB MADE EASY Prof. Vinita Saxena

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