Parts of Speech
Every
meaningful word of a sentence is a parts of speech.
Classification: Parts of speech
is classified into eight.
1.
Noun: A
noun is a naming word.
e. g. Sajib, Monti, Dhaka, Mymensingh and so
on.
Mr. Sajib
teaches us English.
2.
Pronoun: A pronoun is
a substitute (replacing) word of a noun.
e.g. I, we, you, he she, it, they, me, my,
them, their, your, her, etc.
Nila reads a book.She is a student.
3.
Adjective : An adjective is a qualifying(modifying/adding
new meaning) word of a noun or a
pronoun.
e.g.
bad, good, cold, ten, some.
Shyla is a beautiful girl.
4.
Verb: A verb is an action word/ a describing word
of a sentence. Every sentence must have a verb.
e.g. do, run, play etc.
Susmita eats rice. I shall give you a pen.
5.
Adverb: An adverb is a modifying word of an adjective
or a verb or an another adverb.
She is very beautiful girl. (modifies
an adjective)
She walks
slowly. (modifies a verb)
She walks very slowly.(modifies an
adverb)
6.
Preposition:
A preposition is a connection
expressing word. Preposition sits before a noun
or a noun equivalent word (pronoun/noun phrase/ noun clause)
e.g. on , in, to, with, by, for, between,
among, before, after, along, beside, through etc.
Simanto reads in class ten.
7.
Conjunction:
A conjunction is a joining word.
e.g. and, or, but, since, as, because,
though, although, if, unless, etc.
The man is poor but honest.
8.
Interjection
: An interjection is an emotion
expression word.
e.g. hurrah, bravo, fie, alas, etc.
Let us take
up two sentences for example.
Bangladesh is an
agricultural country and we live here in
noun verb adj.
adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb
adverb preposition
peach.
noun
Hurrah!
Bangladesh has won the match and we are really
Interjection noun verb
adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb
adverb
Proud of it.
adjective preposition pronoun
Exercise:
1.
Name the
parts of speech of the following
sentences.
The deer is a beautiful animal. Deer have
white spots all over their brown bodies. Their horns are majestic. They feed on
grass and leaves of trees. They are wild animals. They are found in the
Sundarbans in Bangladesh and in some African countries. We also find them in
most zoos. Some people keep them as pets.
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