2. Sri VidyAdhirAjA modeL coLLege oF
teAcher educAtion
Submitted to : Submitted by :
AthmA PriyA S.S. Ajin m. AnAnd
Lecturer in chArge reg no : 13384001
4. INTRODUCTION
In grammar, a part of speech is a linguistic category of words which is generally defined by the
syntactic or morphological behavior of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic
categories include noun and verb, among others. There are open word classes, which constantly
acquire new members, and close word classes, which acquire new members infrequently if at all.
Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech
1. The verb,
2. The noun,
3. The pronoun,
4. The adjective,
5. The adverb,
6. The preposition,
7. The conjunction and
8. The interjection.
5. DESCRIPTION
NOUN
A noun is a word that names a person, place, a thing, or an idea.
Examples : PEN, LONDON, TOWN, TEACHER
VERB
A verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions,
events, or states of being.
Examples : (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
ADJECTIVE
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or
quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it
modifies.
Examples: a/an, the, some, good, big, red, well, interesting.
6. ADVERB
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase , or a clause. An adverb indicates
manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as “how”, “when”, “where”, “how
much”
Examples : quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really.
PRONOUN
A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. Using pronouns like “he”, “which”, “none”, and
“you” to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.
Examples : I, you, he, she, some.
PREPOSITION
A Preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence, the word or phrase
that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
Examples: to, at after, on, but.
7. Conjunction
A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words,
sentences, phrases or clauses.
Examples: and, but, when.
Interjection
An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion.
It is not grammatically related to any other parts of the sentence
Examples : oh!, ouch!, hi!, well.
8. CONCLUSION
Although these are the traditional eight English parts
of speech, modern linguists have been able to classify
English words into even more specific categories and
sub-categories based on functions. The four main
parts of speech in English, namely nouns, verbs,
adjectives and adverbs, are labeled form classes as
well. This is because prototypical members of each
class share the ability to change their form by
accepting derivational or inflectional morphemes.
