Parts of Speech

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.