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parts of speech category

parts of speech category

by Kiran Saleem -
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what I've learned from this lesson is that parts of speech are the building blocks of English grammar and they are eight in number.

noun : points out name of place, thing and person
example  : America, Alison

pronoun : replaces noun
example : it, he , she, they.

adjective : points out quality of a noun
example : honest, beautiful.

verb : points out action or state of being.
example : running, taking.

adverb : modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.
example : happily, wherever, usually.

preposition : points out position of a noun in a sentence.
example : under, on, in. 

conjunction : act as a connector between two sentences
example : and, because, but.

interjection : points out emotions
example : hurrah! ouch!.

articles : points out definiteness or indefiniteness
example : a, an, the