Before learning English we need to learn the basics of English. The basic grammar of English starts with the parts of speech. Without knowing parts of speech we can’t understand the English grammar. So let us know about parts of speech.
As we know Sentences are divided into two parts basically as subject and predicate. In similar manner English words are classified into different parts of speech as follows:
1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Adjective
4. Verb
5. Adverb
6. proposition
7. conjunction
8. Interjection

Noun: A noun is basically used as the name of a person, place, animal, thing etc.
Ex: Harry, Hyderabad, Tiger, Glass etc
Pronoun: A Pronoun is a word used instead of noun. Here we don’t mention explicit noun.
Ex: He, she, they, it etc.
Adjective: An Adjective is a word that qualifies or describes either a noun or a pronoun.
Ex: Our team played good game.
All these proposals are good
Verb: A verb will expresses what the subject of a sentence does or has or what is done to it.
Ex: Dr.Rao teaches English.
He has taught the subject for twenty-five years.
She has a car
Note: Underlined words in the above sentences are verbs.
Adverb: Adverb is a word that modifies an adjective or a verb or another adverb.
Ex: I am deeply grateful to you for your timely help.
This horse runs very fast.
He read the passage quickly.
Preposition: A preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else.
Ex: Work in the college begins at 10a.m.
He wrote the document with a pen.
The professor gave a lecture on Electromagnetism.
I washed my plate after I had lunch.
Note: The words underlined above are prepositions.
Conjunction: A conjunction is basically a word that joins words or phrases or sentences.
Ex: Delhi and Hyderabad are densely populated cities.
She must be either the president or the secretary of Y.C.A.
The professor read the essay and was impressed by it.
He is not only intelligent but also industrious.
Note: The words underlined above are prepositions.
Interjection: An Interjection word which expresses a strong or sudden feeling such as surprise, joy, fear, sorrow etc. Important thing is Interjection is not grammatically connected with the rest of the sentences. In general, exclamatory mark is kept after it.
Ex: Ah!, Hurray!, Well!, Oh!.
Alas! She is dead.
Hurrah! We won the match.
Note: As words are divided into different parts of speech mainly depending on the work they do in the sentences, it is merely not possible for anyone to say to which part of a sentence a word belongs unless and until we see what function it performs in the sentence.

August 26th, 2009
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