Parts of Speech Discussion

Parts of Speech Discussion

by B.G.D.Kaushalya Senanayaka -
Number of replies: 2

Parts of speech are types of words.
They help us make sentences.
Every word in English has a job.

There are 9 main parts of speech.

1. Noun

A noun is a name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
Example: cat, school, teacher
Sentence: The cat is small.

2. Pronoun

A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
Example: he, she, it, they
Sentence: Nimal is my friend. He is kind.

3. Adjective

An adjective describes a noun.
Example: big, beautiful, red
Sentence: She has a red dress.

4. Verb

A verb shows an action or state.
Example: run, eat, is
Sentence: I eat rice.

5. Adverb

An adverb describes a verb.
Example: quickly, slowly
Sentence: She runs quickly.

6. Preposition

A preposition shows place or time.
Example: in, on, at
Sentence: The book is on the table.

7. Conjunction

A conjunction joins words or sentences.
Example: and, but, because
Sentence: I like tea and coffee.

8. Interjection

An interjection shows feeling.
Example: Wow! Oh!
Sentence: Wow! It is nice.

9. Article

Articles come before nouns.
Example: a, an, the
Sentence: I saw a dog.


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Parts of Speech Discussion

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