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Efforts by:
Miss. PoojaBhagat
Government secondary school,
Meharbanpura,
Amritsar.
Part of speech
Words are divided into different kinds or classes, called parts of
speech, according to their use; that is, according to the work
they do in a sentence.
The parts of speech are eight in number.
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
PRONOUN
VERB
ADVERB
PREPOSITION
CONJUNCTION
INTERJUNCTION
Definition of parts of speech
NOUN Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, or thing.
ADJECTIVE Adjective is a word which adds something to the
meaning of a noun or a pronoun.
PRONOUN Pronoun is a word can be used in place of a noun is
called a pronoun.
VERB Verb is a word used to say something about some person,
place or thing.
ADVERB Adverb is a word which qualifies or adds to the meaning of
a verb an adjective or an adverb.
PREPOSITION A Preposition is a word used with a noun or a person
to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun
stands in relation to something else.
CONJUNCTION A Conjunction is a word used to join words or
sentences.
INTERJECTION A Interjection is a word which express some sudden
feelings.
NOUN
Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place, or thing;
as,
Akbar was a great king.
Calcutta is on the hooghly.
The rose smells sweet.
The sun shines bright.
His courage won him honors.
Note The word thing includes
(i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste, touch or smell; and
(ii) Something that we an think of, but cannot perceive by the
senses
Kinds of noun
PROPER NOUN
COMMON NOUN
ABSTRACT NOUN
COLLECTIVE NOUN
MATERIAL NOUN
PROPER NOUN
INTRANSITIVE VERB
AUXILIARY VERB
TRANSITIVE VERB