Parts Of Speech

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A group of words in a language that may occur in similar positions or fulfill similar functions in a sentence. There are eight parts of speech in grammer which are Noun, pronoun, verb, abverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection.

1-    NOUN :

        Noun is the name of person place or thing. for example

       ALI plays cricket.

      This is my CAT.

       I live in PAKISTAN.

Here ali, cat and Pakistan are noun.

There are different types of noun common noun, proper noun, abstract noun, collective noun,

a)    COMMON NOUN:

         These are generic names, person, places or things. E.g

t.v, bike , country, chair, table etc.

  b)   PROPER NOUN:

                     It represents specific name person place or thing. It always start with capital letter. E.g

             Quaid-e-Azam, Pakistan, Lahore etc.

c)     ABSTRACT NOUN:

        That cannot perceive through five senses. E.g

  Happiness, bravely, strongly etc.

d)    COLLECTIVE NOUN:

       It refers to group of persons place or things. E.g

  Class (group of students)

2-    PRONOUN:

         Pronoun is a word that uses instead of noun. (or) a word which replace the noun.

        SHE is intelligent.

        am boy.

       WE are playing cricket.

 Here she, i and we are pronoun.

3-    VERB:

      Verb is a word that tells us what does noun or pronoun do. (or) verb is a word which shows some action.

      I like cricket.  

      DO you like cricket.

     Bitlander is a website.

Here like, do, is are examples of verb.

4-    ADVERB:

         Adverb is a word that describes verb, adjective or another verb.

There are different types of adverb.

  1. Adverb of manner:

It refers how an action is done.

Sara played gracefully.

  1. Adverb of time:

It states when something happens.

He came yesterday.

  1. Adverb of place:

It tells where something happens or done.

She looked everywhere.

  1. Adverb of degree:

The degree to which a specific thing happens.

Sana is very talented.

5-    ADJECTIVE:

         Adjective is a word that describes noun or pronoun.

       I have three cats.

       She like big bags.

       This is very interesting story.

        Here three, big and interesting are adjective.

6-      PREPOSITION:

            Preposition is a word that links noun to another word.

         We went to college on Tuesday.

         I went to school.

Here to, on are preposition.

7-    CONJUNCTION:

          It joins sentences, clause or words together.

    I like rice and chicken.

    I like rice but I don’t like chicken.

    Rice is very tasty and delicious.

Here and, but are conjunction.

8-    INTERJECTION:

       It express emotions some feelings they are usually followed by exclamation point.

      HURRAY, we won the match.

       HI how are you?

       WELL, it’s ok.

Here hurray, hi and well are interjection.

 

 

 

 



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