Parts of speech in English Grammar.
### 1. Nouns
What they do: Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
Examples:
- People: *girl, teacher, doctor*
- Places: *school, park, city*
- Things: *book, table, apple*
- Ideas: *love, happiness, freedom*
How to spot them: If you can put "the" or "a" in front of a word, it’s probably a noun.
- Example: *the cat, a house*
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### 2. Pronouns
What they do: Pronouns replace nouns to avoid repetition.
Examples:
- *I, you, he, she, it, we, they*
- *me, him, her, us, them*
- *my, your, his, her, its, our, their*
How to use them: Instead of saying *Sarah is happy. Sarah is smiling*, you can say *Sarah is happy. She is smiling.*
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### 3. Verbs
What they do: Verbs are action words or words that describe a state of being.
Examples:
- Action verbs: *run, jump, eat, write*
- State-of-being verbs: *is, am, are, was, were*
How to spot them: Ask, “What is happening?” or “What is the subject doing?”
- Example: *She runs fast. The cat is sleepy.*
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### 4. Adjectives
What they do: Adjectives describe or modify nouns. They tell us more about a person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples:
- *big, small, happy, blue, delicious*
How to use them: They usually come before the noun they describe.
- Example: *a red apple, a happy child*
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### 5. Adverbs
What they do: Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They often tell us *how, when, where, or to what extent* something happens.
Examples:
- *quickly, slowly, very, well, now, here*
How to use them:
- Modify a verb: *She runs quickly.*
- Modify an adjective: *The movie was very interesting.*
- Modify another adverb: *He speaks extremely loudly.*
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### 6. Prepositions
What they do: Prepositions show the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence. They often tell us about *location, direction, time, or method*.
Examples:
- *in, on, at, with, by, for, about, under*
How to use them:
- Location: *The book is on the table.*
- Time: *We’ll meet at 5 PM.*
- Direction: *She walked to the park.*
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### 7. Conjunctions
What they do: Conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses. They help us join ideas together.
Examples:
- *and, but, or, because, so, although*
How to use them:
- Join words: *I like apples and oranges.*
- Join sentences: *I wanted to go, but it was raining.*
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### 8. Interjections
What they do: Interjections are words or phrases that express strong emotions or reactions. They often stand alone or are followed by an exclamation mark.
Examples:
- *Wow! Oh! Ouch! Yay! Uh-oh!*
How to use them:
- Example: *Wow! That’s amazing!*
- Example: *Ouch! That hurt!*
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### Let’s Practice!
Here’s a sentence with all the parts of speech labeled:
*Wow! The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.*
- Wow!: Interjection
- The: Article (a type of adjective)
- quick: Adjective
- brown: Adjective
- fox: Noun
- jumps: Verb
- over: Preposition
- the: Article
- lazy: Adjective
- dog: Noun
