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Parts of Speech
There are thousands of words in any language. But not all words have the same job. For example, some words express "action". Other words express a "thing". Other words "join" one word to another word. These are the "building blocks" of the language. Think of them like the parts of a house. When we want to build a house, we use concrete to make the foundations or base. We use bricks to make the walls. We use window frames to make the windows, and door frames to make the doorways. And we use cement to join them all together. Each part of the house has its own job. And when we want to build a sentence, we use the different types of word. Each type of word has its own job.
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. In this lesson, we have an overview of the nine parts of speech, followed by a quiz to check your understanding:
The 8 Parts of Speech
All words are divided into grammar groups.
The grammar groups are called parts of speech.
The groups are:
- Nouns (people, places, or things)
- Verbs (the state or action word in a sentence)
- Adjectives (give more information about nouns)
- Adverbs (give more information about verbs)
- Determiners (words that come before most nouns)
- Prepositions (give information about place and time)
- Pronouns (replace nouns)
- Conjunctions (join sentences)
Example 1: (The numbers in the example below refer to the numbers in the list above.)
Explanation:
Each part of speech --
- has its own rules.
- is necessary to write grammatically correct sentences.
Example 2:
Now, answer this short quiz.