◘◘◘ PARTS OF SPEECH ◘◘◘

Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection.




◘ VERB ◘
.it asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being.

.....examples:

Dracula bites his victims on the neck.

In early October, Giselle will plant twenty tulip bulbs.

My first teacher was Miss Crawford, but I remember the janitor Mr. Weatherbee more vividly.

Karl Creelman bicycled around the world in 1899, but his diaries and his bicycle were destroyed.





◘ NOUN ◘
. a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.

.....examples:

Late last year our neighbors bought a goat.

Portia White was an opera singer.

The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes.

According to Plutarch, the library at Alexandria was destroyed in 48 B.C.

Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving.




◘ PRONOUN ◘
.can replace a noun or another pronoun.

.....examples:

You are surely the strangest child I have ever met.

Are you the delegates from Malagawatch?

It is on the counter.

When she was a young woman, she earned her living as a coal miner.

He stole the selkie's skin and forced her to live with him.




◘ ADJECTIVE ◘
.modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words

.....examples:

The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.

Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wall paper.

The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea.

The coal mines are dark and dank.

Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmas music.

A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.

The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots.



◘ ADVERB ◘
.Indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".

.....examples:

The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes.

The midwives waited patiently through a long labour.

The boldly spoken words would return to haunt the rebel.

We urged him to dial the number more expeditiously.

Unfortunately, the bank closed at three today.



◘ PREPOSITION ◘
.links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.

.....examples:

The book is on the table.

The book is beneath the table.

The book is leaning against the table.

The book is beside the table.

She held the book over the table.

She read the book during class.



◘ CONJUNCTION ◘
. link words, phrases, and clauses

.....examples:

I ate the pizza and the pasta.

Call the movers when you are ready.




◘ INTERJECTION ◘
. a word added to a sentence to convey emotion.

.....examples:

Ouch, that hurt!

Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.

Hey! Put that down!

I heard one guy say to another guy, "He has a new car, eh?"

I don't know about you but, good lord, I think taxes are too high!