THE 8 PARTS
OF SPEECH
There
are eight parts of speech in the English language: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
(1) Nouns are names of
things (book, chair, pen), people (boy, David, policeman)
(2) Pronouns stand
for nouns: I (me); we (us); he (him); she (her); it (it); they (them); who (whom). The words
in brackets are object pronouns.
e.g.
I like him.
e.g.
We like it.
e.g.
He likes her.
e.g.
She likes him.
e.g.
It likes them.
e.g.
They like it.
e.g.
Who likes it?
e.g. Whom do you
like?
(3) Verbs are
words that show being:
e.g. I am a
student.
e.g. You are happy.
e.g. He is poor.
e.g. We are doctors.
e.g. They are nurses.
Verbs are also words
that describe an action:
e.g. I love you.
e.g. You go away!
e.g. She cries a
lot.
e.g. We sleep at
night.
e.g. They work in
the office.
Some verbs are transitive: they
need an object; some verbs are intransitive:
they do not need an object; some verbs are both transitive
and intransitive.
e.g. Please bring a chair.
(transitive)
e.g. The sun rises.
(intransitive)
e.g. He sings a song. (transitive)
e.g. He sings every
morning. (intransitive)
(4) Adjectives describe nouns: e.g.
a heavy chair; e.g.
a pretty dress; e.g. You are happy.
(5) Adverbs describe verbs or adjectives: e.g.
He eats slowly.
e.g. You look very pretty.
(6) Prepositions are
words that show the relationship between words.
e.g. I depend on you.
e.g. Give this to him.
e.g. We live in the United
States
e.g. They go with you.
to join sentences: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet.
e.g. Get up and go
to bed.
e.g. You like
him, but he does not like you.
e.g. Put it
here, or put it there.
e.g. I do not eat
this, nor do I drink that.
e.g. You can
stay, for it is raining.
e.g. I am tired, so I
lie down.
e.g. You are
tired, yet you do not want to go to bed.
(8) Interjections are
words used to express different levels of emotions, such as surprise: e.g. Wow!
My goodness!
Stephen Lau
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