Parts of Speech

1) What are parts of Speech?

Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.

2) What are the main parts of the speech? Define them and give examples.

a) A noun is used to name a person, place, thing, quality or idea. A few examples of each are Bill, Detroit, car, beauty and justice. The two types of nouns are proper nouns and common nouns.

A common noun is used to name one or all members of a class or group. Such as a boat, woman, light and minutes. A common noun does not have to be capitalized. Example: The plane take off early in the morning.

Concrete nouns are used to name things people can use their senses to “see.” Abstract nouns are used to name intangible things such as qualities (sweetness) and ideas (freedom).

Example: Happiness isn't eternal. It is just a moment.

b) A pronoun is used in the place of a noun or phrase. There are many types of pronouns: personal, relative, interrogative, reflexive, intensive, demonstrative and indefinite.

Personal pronouns are used to refer to specific nouns. Such as: I, me, you, yours, they, he, it, and us. Example: I learn English very well.

Relative pronouns introduce dependent clauses. Such as: who, whom, that, which, what and whose. Charlie didn't get the job in administration, which really surprised his friends. (dependent clause)

Interrogative pronouns introduce a question. Such as: who, whose, whom, what and which.
Example: Who wants some candies?

Reflexive and intensive pronouns deal with the self. Such as: myself, herself, yourselves and themselves. The difference between them is that reflexive nouns name the receiver of an action and intensive pronouns emphasize a noun. Example: I did the exercises by myself.

Demonstrative pronouns show which nouns perform or receive the action. Such as: this, these, that and those. Example: Do you want a ring? Which one?

Indefinite pronouns are used to show an unspecific number of nouns. Such as: all, few, many, none, other, something, anyone and neither. Example: There are many taxies in the city.

c) A verb is used to show an action or a state of being. Such as: jump, run, cook and drive. There are three types of verbs. The three types of verbs are regular, irregular and linking. Regular verbs end in –ed or –d. Example: Yesterday I worked early in the morning.
Irregular verbs change forms, such as write changes to wrote. I saw a stranger in front of my door. ( simple past tense).
Linking verbs express a state of being, such as shows or appears. Example: Bill Gates is a millionaire man.

d) An adjective is used to describe or specify a noun or pronoun. Such as: green, big, that, this and her only. Example: I need a white coat for my presentation.

e) An adverb is used to modify a verb, adjective and other adverbs. They show when, where, why and how. Such as: never, often, above, there, then, not, almost and perhaps. Example: She ran slowly in the evenings.

f) A preposition is a word that is used with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that shows where, when, how and why. They are commonly used to elaborate on the subject of a sentence. Such as: about, above, because, but, by, except, in, into, on, off, to, with, without and up. Example: I visited all the cities in England, except Belfast.

g) A conjunction is used to connect words and phrases to show order and ideas. Such as: and, but, or, nor, for, so and yet. Example: I can speek english but I have to practice my fluency.

h) An interjection is used to show surprise or emotion. They are usually short phrases such as “oh no!” or “Good Lord!” Example: Oh no! I forgot my homework.