Parts of speech (brief explanation)

Parts of speech (brief explanation)

by Syeda Hadia Faeq -
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The sources given at the end of some topics are so much helpful and easy to understand. Do learn from there as well.

Brief explanation which will surely help you:


*Noun

Proper Noun (e.g., Ali, Pakistan)

Common Noun (e.g., boy, city)

Collective Noun (e.g., team, class)

Abstract Noun (e.g., honesty, love)

Concrete Noun (e.g., table, dog)


*Pronoun

Personal Pronoun (I, you, he, she)

Possessive Pronoun (mine, yours)

Reflexive Pronoun (myself, herself)

Demonstrative Pronoun (this, that)

 Interrogative Pronoun (who, what)

 Relative Pronoun (who, which, that)

Indefinite Pronoun (someone, anything)


*Verb

Main Verb (run, eat)

 Helping Verb (is, have, will)

Transitive Verb (needs object, e.g., eat food)

Intransitive Verb (no object, e.g., sleep)

Linking Verb (is, seem)


*Adjective 

Descriptive Adjective (beautiful, tall)

Quantitative Adjective (some, many)

Demonstrative Adjective (this, those)

Possessive Adjective (my, your)

 Interrogative Adjective (which, what)


*Adverb 

Adverb of Manner (quickly, slowly)

Adverb of Time (now, yesterday)

Adverb of Place (here, there)

Adverb of Frequency (always, often)

Adverb of Degree (very, too)


*Preposition

Preposition of Time (in, on, at)

Preposition of Place (under, above)

Preposition of Direction (to, into)

*Conjunction

Coordinating Conjunction (and, but, or)

Subordinating Conjunction (because, although)

Correlative Conjunction (either..or, neither..nor)


* Interjection

Mild Interjection (oh, well)

Strong Interjection (wow!, alas)

In reply to Syeda Hadia Faeq

Re: Parts of speech (brief explanation)

by JAVIER GRATEROL -
hi, it was new for me the diference between noun, pronoun, and the diferent kinds of everyone, because, each one has common, persona, posesive, and a sort of new things to learn about it