🌟 Grammar Lesson : Parts of Speech
📚 What Are Parts of Speech?
Parts of speech are categories that describe the role each word plays in a sentence. Understanding them helps you write and speak clearly.
There are 8 parts of speech in English:
1️⃣ Noun – A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples:
- Person: teacher, Ali
- Place: school, Karachi
- Thing: book, pen
- Idea: freedom, happiness
📝 Example Sentence: Ali is reading a book in the library.
2️⃣ Pronoun – A word that replaces a noun.
Examples: he, she, it, they, we, I, you
📝 Example Sentence: She is reading. (instead of “Maria is reading.”)
3️⃣ Verb – A word that shows an action or a state.
Examples: run, eat, is, are, jump
📝 Example Sentence: They play football every day.
4️⃣ Adjective – A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Examples: beautiful, tall, red, five
📝 Example Sentence: She has a beautiful dress.
5️⃣ Adverb – A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Examples: quickly, very, well, yesterday
📝 Example Sentence: He runs quickly.
6️⃣ Preposition – A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words.
Examples: in, on, under, with, at
📝 Example Sentence: The cat is under the table.
7️⃣ Conjunction – A word that connects words or groups of words.
Examples: and, but, or, because, so
📝 Example Sentence: I like tea and coffee.
8️⃣ Interjection – A word that expresses a strong emotion.
Examples: Wow! Ouch! Oh no!
📝 Example Sentence: Wow! That’s amazing!
🎯 Practice Time!
Can you identify the parts of speech in this sentence?
“The little boy quickly ran to the park.”
- Noun(s): boy, park
- Adjective: little
- Adverb: quickly
- Verb: ran
- Preposition: to
- Article: the (used with nouns like “the boy”, “the park”)
