Parts of speech

Parts of speech

by Roqeebah Adeniyi -
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From the Parts of Speech lesson, I learned that every word in a sentence has a specific function, and understanding these functions helps improve sentence construction and meaning. For example a sentence I saw 

She carefully completed the assignment before the deadline.”


From these sentences, the following parts of speech can be identified:


  • Nouns: boy, school, assignment, deadline
  • Verbs: ran, completed
  • Adjectives: young
  • Adverbs: quickly, carefully
  • Pronouns: she
  • Prepositions: to, before