Some Important definitions

Parts of speech:

  • All the English words are divided into eight groups according to the work they do in the sentence. Each group is called parts of speech.

Noun:

  • A noun is the name of a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea.
  • A noun is the name of anything.
  • A noun is a naming word.

Pronoun:

  • A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
  • A pronoun stands for a noun.

Adjective:

  • An adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun.
  • An adjective qualifies a noun or a pronoun.

Verbs:

  • A verb is a word which denotes an action, possession, relation or state of being.
  • A verb is a word used to tell or assert something about some person or thing.

Adverbs:

  • An adverb qualifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
  • An adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Preposition:

  • A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show its relation to some other words in the sentence.
  • A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else.

Conjunctions:

  • A conjunction is a word used to join words, phrases, clauses or sentences together.

Interjections:

  • An interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling or emotion.


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