Parts of Speech from Wren & Martin High School Grammar

Words are divided into different kinds or classes according to their use in a sentence. These different kinds/classes of words are called as Parts of Speech.

There are 8 parts of speech (9 in some modern books)

​​1. Noun 2. Adjective 3. Pronoun 4. Verb

5. ​Adverb 6. Preposition 7. Conjunction 8. Interjection

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1. Akbar was a great king.

2. The sun shines brightly.

3. The courage won him honour.

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A word used as the name of a person, place, thing, or animal.

The word thing: all ​objects that

-we can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch​

-something that we can think of​, but cannot perceive by senses.

​1. What is a Noun?

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1. Hyder is a brave boy.

2. She is an ordinary girl.

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A word that adds something to the meaning of a noun/ pronoun.

​2. What is an Adjective?

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1. John is absent, because he is ill.

2. The books are exactly where you left them.

Examples

A word used in place of a noun.

​3. What is a pronoun?

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1. The boy wrote a letter to his grandpa.

2. You are a student.

3. Oxygen and Hydrogen make water.

Examples

A word used to express an action, event or state.

​4. What is a Verb?

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1. He quickly walked towards his house.

2. The bird is very beautiful.

3. It was quite calm in the park.

Examples

A word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

​5. What is an Aderb?

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1. There is a cat under the chair.

2. I am fond of music.

3. There is a butterfly in the garden.

Examples

A word used with a noun/pronoun to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun/pronoun stands in relation to something else.

​6. What is a Preposition?

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1. Hyder and Ali are brothers.​

2. ​I woke up early, but missed the bus.​

3. Three or ​four?

Examples

A word used to join words or sentences.

​7. What is a Conjunction?

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1. Hurrah! They won the match.

2. ​Alas! She's absent.

Examples

A word used to express some sudden feelings.

​8. What is an Interjection?

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a/an, the, ​this, that, these, those, every, each, some, any, my, his, one, two, etc.

Examples

A word which determines or limits the meaning of the nouns that follow.

Some modern grammar books ​include determiners among the parts of speech, but in traditional grammar all determiners (except a/an, the) are classed among adjectives.

​9. What is a Determiner?

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1. They arrived soon after. (Adverb)​

2. ​They arrived after us. (Preposition)

3. ​They arrived after we had left. (Conjunction)

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As words are divided into different classes according to the work they do in a sentence, the part of speech they belong to is determined by their place in a sentence.

​Point to remember...

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