PARTS OF SPEECH

All words in English belong to any one of the following parts of speech. DO NOT MEMORIZE. Just understand what they are.

                       1. NOUN
                       2. PRONOUN
                       3. VERB
                       4. ADVERB
                       5. ADJECTIVE
                       6. PREPOSITION
                       7. CONJUNCTION
                       8. INTERJECTION

1. NOUN  >>>  NAMES
                        
      Name of a PERSON >>>       RAJU                      PRIYA

                                                                
                
      Name of a PLACE >>>         TEMPLE                    DELHI      
                                                       

      Name of a THING >>>    CAR                         FLOWER                 
                                                 

       Name of an IDEA >>>          LOVE                  FREEDOM
                                             

2. PRONOUN   >>>   IN PLACE OF A NOUN

                PRONOUNS >>>  I,  WE,   YOU,   HE,   SHE,   IT,   THEY

      Priya is my friend.                    Indian Players are great.
      She is dancing.                         They have won the World Cup.

                                                                                       
 Priya >>> NOUN                       Indian Players >>> NOUN
   She >>> PRONOUN                              They >>> PRONOUN 


3. VERB >>> ACTION WORDS
                                         
                                    MAIN VERBS 

     SWIM                                RUN                       PLAY    
              


                          AUXILIARY (HELPING) VERBS   

        i) 'BE'-FROM    VERBS   -  AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE
       ii) 'DO'-FORM VERBS     -  DO/DOES,  DID
      iii) 'HAVE'-FORM VERBS -  HAVE/HAS,  HAD
      iv) 'MODAL' VERBS         -  (Let's learn about modals later)



4. ADVERB  >>> TELLS MORE ABOUT A VERB 
                 (Most of the adverbs end in "ly" - softly, clearly, slowly)

He walks slowly          She is dancing beautifully
                                 

 walks > Verb                     is dancing > Verb
 slowly > Adverb              beautifully  > Adverb

    The adverbs "slowly" and "beautifully" tell about the verbs.
          He walks---- How? >> SLOWLY
          She is dancing ---- How? >> BEAUTIFULLY

5. ADJECTIVES >>>  TELLS MORE ABOUT A NOUN

      The elephant is big                 The Giraffe is tall
                       
Elephant > Noun                            Giraffe > Noun                     
big  > Adjective                              tall  >  Adjective
     The Adjectives "big" and "tall" tell about the Nouns.
            BIG >>>ELEPHANT
            TALL >>> GIRAFFE

6. PREPOSITION >>>  RELATES A NOUN TO ANOTHER WORD

A cat is on the table                          A girl is siting under the tree
A girl is standing near the table          A book is in her hand
                                                 
ON > PREPOSITION >> relates "A cat"  to  "the table"
NEAR > PREPOSITION >> relates "A girl"  to  "the table"


UNDER > PREPOSITION>>> relates "A girl"  to  "the tree"
IN > PREPOSITION >>> relates "A book"  to  "her hand"

7. CONJUNCTION >>> CONNECTS WORDS

Sathiya and Sekar are friends          The snake is beautiful but dangerous
                                                       

AND > CONJUNCTION >> connects " Sathiya"  ><  "Sekar"
BUT  > CONJUNCTION >> connects "beautiful"  ><  "dangerous"


8. INTERJECTION >>> WORDS OF STRONG FEELINGS 
            (Interjections will have an exclamation mark (!) )

Hurrah! I win the 1st prize         Alas! They lost their family. 
                                                          They are crying.
                            

HURRAH > INTERJECTION >> expresses JOY
ALAS  > INTERRJECTION >> expresses SORROW