What are parts of Speech?
Words are divided into different kinds or classes, called Parts of Speech, according to their use; that is, according to work they do in a sentence. The parts of speech are eight in number:
1. Noun
2. Adjective
3. Pronoun
4. Verb
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
Noun:
Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, or thing; as,
i. Akbar was a great King.
ii. The rose smells sweet.
iii. The sun shines bright.
iv. His courage won his honor.
Note:The word thing includes (i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell; and (ii) something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by the senses.
Adjective:
An adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun; as,
He is a brave boy.
There are twenty boys in this class.
Pronoun:
Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun; as,
Zeshan is absent, because he is ill.
They are playing Cricket.
Verb:
A verb is a word used to express an action or state; as
The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.
Karachi is a big city.
Iron and cotton are useful metals.
Adverb:
An adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; as,
He worked the sum quickly.
This flower is very beautiful.
She pronounced the word quite correctly.
Preposition:
A preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else; as,
There is a cow in the garden,
The girl is fond of music.
A fair little girl sat under a tree.
Conjunction:
A conjunction is word used to join word or sentences; as,
Reema and Seema are cousins.
Two and two makes four.
I ran fast, but missed the train.
Interjection:
An interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling;as,
Hurrah! We have won the game.
Alas! She is dead.
Determiners:
Some modern grammar include determiners among the Part of Speech. Determiners are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that follow.
As words are divided into different classes according to the work they do in sentences, it is clear that we can not say to which part of speech a word belongs unless we see it used in a sentence.
They arrived soon after. (Adverb)
They arrived after us. (Preposition)
They arrived after we had left. (Conjunction)
From the above example we see that the same word can be used as different parts of speech.
Exercise: Parts of Speech:
Name the part of speech of each underlined word in the following sentences, giving in each case your reason for the classification.
1. Still waters run deep.
2. He still lives in that house.
3. After the storm comes the calm.
4. The after effects of the drug are bad.
5, The up train is late.
6. It weighs about a pound.
7. He told us all about the battle.
8. He was only a yard off me.
9. Suddenly one of the wheels came off.
10. Muslim fast in the month of Ramadan.
11. He kept the fast for a week.
12. He is on the committee.
13. Let us move on.
14. Sit down and rest a while.
15. I will watch while you sleep.
16. They while away their evenings with books and games.
Words are divided into different kinds or classes, called Parts of Speech, according to their use; that is, according to work they do in a sentence. The parts of speech are eight in number:
1. Noun
2. Adjective
3. Pronoun
4. Verb
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
Noun:
Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, or thing; as,
i. Akbar was a great King.
ii. The rose smells sweet.
iii. The sun shines bright.
iv. His courage won his honor.
Note:The word thing includes (i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell; and (ii) something that we can think of, but cannot perceive by the senses.
Adjective:
An adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun; as,
He is a brave boy.
There are twenty boys in this class.
Pronoun:
Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun; as,
Zeshan is absent, because he is ill.
They are playing Cricket.
Verb:
A verb is a word used to express an action or state; as
The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.
Karachi is a big city.
Iron and cotton are useful metals.
Adverb:
An adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; as,
He worked the sum quickly.
This flower is very beautiful.
She pronounced the word quite correctly.
Preposition:
A preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else; as,
There is a cow in the garden,
The girl is fond of music.
A fair little girl sat under a tree.
Conjunction:
A conjunction is word used to join word or sentences; as,
Reema and Seema are cousins.
Two and two makes four.
I ran fast, but missed the train.
Interjection:
An interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling;as,
Hurrah! We have won the game.
Alas! She is dead.
Determiners:
Some modern grammar include determiners among the Part of Speech. Determiners are words like a, an, the, this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two etc., which determine or limit the meaning of the nouns that follow.
As words are divided into different classes according to the work they do in sentences, it is clear that we can not say to which part of speech a word belongs unless we see it used in a sentence.
They arrived soon after. (Adverb)
They arrived after us. (Preposition)
They arrived after we had left. (Conjunction)
From the above example we see that the same word can be used as different parts of speech.
Exercise: Parts of Speech:
Name the part of speech of each underlined word in the following sentences, giving in each case your reason for the classification.
1. Still waters run deep.
2. He still lives in that house.
3. After the storm comes the calm.
4. The after effects of the drug are bad.
5, The up train is late.
6. It weighs about a pound.
7. He told us all about the battle.
8. He was only a yard off me.
9. Suddenly one of the wheels came off.
10. Muslim fast in the month of Ramadan.
11. He kept the fast for a week.
12. He is on the committee.
13. Let us move on.
14. Sit down and rest a while.
15. I will watch while you sleep.
16. They while away their evenings with books and games.
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