PARTS OF SPEECH

PARTS OF SPEECH

The word in the English language are grouped into parts of speech according to their meanings and their functions. There are eight parts of speech.

A.    NOUN

A noun is a word used as the name of anything-a person, an animal, an object, a place, a situation, a quality or an idea.

Example :

·         Take your book, please !

·         Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia

·         We have a good pleasure today

B.     PRONOUN

A pronoun is a word used as a subtitus for a noun.

Example :

·         This is my car

·         Nobody did nothing

·         These shoes are mine

C.    VERB

A verb is a word that tells of an action or state of being and the time of when it is.

Example :

·         We are walking to school

·         Nuke had a good idea

·         They looked tired

D.    ADJECTIVE

An adjective is a word that qualifies a noun or pronoun by describing it.

Example :

·         We study English lesson

·         Danang is a diligent boy

·         Here is our room

E.     ADVERB

An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Example :

·         He speaks English well

·         They talk extremely fast

·         The problem is too difficult

F.     PREPOSITION

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relationship to some other words in a sentence.

Example :

·         She goes to cafeteria

·         The book is on the table

·         Please!, stay for lunch

G.    CONJUNCTION

A conjunction is a word used to connect one word to another word, or one sentence to another sentence.

Example :

·         Danang and Nuke came yesterday

·         She is intelligent but lazy

·         Because he was naughty, his parents punished him

H.    INTERJECTION

An interjection is an exclamatory word or phrase to express a sudden feeling of mind or emotion.

Example :

·         Well, you must go now!

·         Oh my God, protect me!

·         Oh, look at the time

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