Parts of speech

Parts of speech

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1. Nouns: people, places, things, ideas

Example sentence: "The city is a bustling place." (Here, "city" and "place" are nouns.)


2. Verbs: express actions, events, or states of being

Example sentence: "She is running down the street." (Here, "running" is a verb.)


3. Adjectives: modify or describe nouns or pronouns

Example sentence: "The big red car is mine." (Here, "big" and "red" are adjectives.)


4. Adverbs: modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

Example sentence: "She sings beautifully." (Here, "beautifully" is an adverb.)


5. Pronouns: replace nouns in a sentence

Example sentence: "He is going to the store." (Here, "he" is a pronoun.)


6. Prepositions: show relationships between words or phrases

Example sentence: "The book is on the table." (Here, "on" is a preposition.)


7. Conjunctions: connect words, phrases, or clauses

Example sentence: "I like reading books, but I also enjoy watching movies." (Here, "but" is a conjunction.)


1. Interjections: express emotion or feeling

Example sentence: "Wow, that's amazing!" (Here, "wow" is an interjection.)