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Parts of speech

“Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that English has. Most grammar books say that there are eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs,adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections

A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events andfeelings. Nouns can be a subject or an object of a verb, can be modified by an adjective and can take an article or determiner.

Examples
-Countable nouns: A horse, twopencils -Uncountable nouns: water, air
Verbs refer to an action or a state.
Examples
-Action: do, make -State: be, like
An adjective modifies a noun. Itdescribes the quality, state or action that a noun refers to.

Examples
Red, big

Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronouninstead of a noun. If we didn't have pronouns, we would have to repeat a lot of nouns.

Examples
He, some

An adverb is a word that modifies the meaning of a Verb; anAdjective; another adverb; a Noun or Noun Phrase; Determiner; a Numeral; a Pronoun; or a Prepositional Phrase and can sometimes be used as a Complement of aPreposition.

Examples (l,ly)
Carefully, smartly

Preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun or gerund to other words. They can be used in terms of: directions,locations, time, and possession

Examples
Of, to

A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases or clauses.
Examples
And, but

An interjection is a word orshort phrase used in speech to gain attention, to exclaim, protest or command. Interjections can be used to show emotion such as surprise or shock.

Examples
Dear, hmm