Parts of Speech Discussion

My cat is cute. It eats lots of tuna. It plays with a yarn-ball.


now, here are the 10 main points to describe each parts of speech shown :


1- My : it's considered as "possessive adjective" you use this to describe something that belongs to you or others, ex. my cat or your cat.

2- Cat : that is called a "noun". A noun can be a person, an animal, a city or a place. that is also known as the "subject" of the sentence.

note: tuna is also considered as a noun.

3- is : that is a "linking verb". It's from the "verb to be" family. we use it to connect the subject (cat) to its adjective (cute).

4- cute : that is an "adjective". we use adjectives to describe the noun (cat) or giving more information about it (its shape, color, etc.).

5- It : that is a "pronoun". A pronoun is something that can replace the noun. I used "it" to replace the noun "cat".

6- eats \ plays : those are "lexical verbs or main verbs". we use main verbs to describe an action the subject (cat\it) is doing.


7- lots of : we use it to describe the amount of an uncountable noun (tuna).

note: that is not considered as one of the traditional or main parts of speech but I've included it for explanation.

8- with : that is a "preposition". we use it to show the relation between the verb (plays) and the noun (a yarn-ball).


9- a : that is an "article". we use it to introduce a singular noun.


10- yarn-ball : that is a "compound noun". it's joining two words together to form a new noun.

The eight parts of speech

1. Nouns- describes name a person, place or area, things or idea

2. Pronouns- used to replace a noun like he, she, we, you, they, us, it

3. Adjectives- describe a noun e.g. cute, short

4.Verbs- Shows an action or state of being like walk, talk, speak

5. Adverbs- describe a verb, adjective or a verbs e.g. happily, smoothly

6. Prepositions- show relationship eg. on, in, under, by, between

7. Conjunctions- join words or sentences like and, but, because

8. Interjections- shows emotions like wow!, oh!, hey!