Words are divided into different kinds or clauses, called Parts Of Speech, according to their use; that is, according to the 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
A NOUN is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing;as, Akbar was a great king.
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 sense.
An ADJECTIVE is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun; as, He is a brave boy.
A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun; as, John is absent, because he is ill.
A VERB is a word used to express an action or state; as, The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.
An ADVERB is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb; as, This flower is very beautiful.
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.
A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or sentences; as, Rama and Hari are cousins
An INTERJECTION is a word which expresses some sudden feeling; as, Hurrah! We have won the game.
Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts 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. Like many traditional grammars, all determiners except a, an and the are classed among adjectives.
As words are divided into different classes according to the work they do in sentences, it is clear that we cannot say to which part of speech a word belongs unless we see it used in a sentence. For example,
They arrived soon after ( Adverb )
They arrived after us ( Preposition )
They arrived after we had left ( Conjunction )
From the above examples we see that the same words can be used as different parts of speech.
1. Noun 2. Adjective 3. Pronoun 4. Verb 5. Adverb 6. Preposition
7. Conjunction 8. Interjection
A NOUN is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing;as, Akbar was a great king.
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 sense.
An ADJECTIVE is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun; as, He is a brave boy.
A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun; as, John is absent, because he is ill.
A VERB is a word used to express an action or state; as, The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.
An ADVERB is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb; as, This flower is very beautiful.
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.
A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or sentences; as, Rama and Hari are cousins
An INTERJECTION is a word which expresses some sudden feeling; as, Hurrah! We have won the game.
Some modern grammars include determiners among the parts 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. Like many traditional grammars, all determiners except a, an and the are classed among adjectives.
As words are divided into different classes according to the work they do in sentences, it is clear that we cannot say to which part of speech a word belongs unless we see it used in a sentence. For example,
They arrived soon after ( Adverb )
They arrived after us ( Preposition )
They arrived after we had left ( Conjunction )
From the above examples we see that the same words can be used as different parts of speech.
These are major parts of speech and more important part of grammar.
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