parts of speech

parts of speech

by Malha Khelkhal -
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Ther are eight parts of speech in standard english , they are considered the building blocks of the language :

1/nouns : name a person, place , thing or idea like doctor , jack,bycicle, algeria

2/pronouns : take a name's place like it, he

3/adjective : describe a noun or pronoun like small ,white

4/ verbs : describe an action or state like drink , be ,study

5/ adverbs : describe a verb, adjective or adverb like slowly, 

6/ preposition : show a relationship of place ,time ,location or direction between words like in, on, at, to

7/ conjuction : connect word phrases and clauses like and , because , if , when 

8/ interjections: tell emotion or surprise like yeah, oops