" PARTS OF SPEECH"

1.WHAT ARE PARTS OF SPEECH?

Part of speech is any of the grammatical groups into which words are divided depending on their use.
Parts of speech are the basic types of words that English has.
We have eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.

2. What are the main parts of the speech? Define them and give examples

The main parts of speech are:

1.Noun :A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action. Examples:cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival

2.Verb :A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something). Examples:walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want

3.Adjective :An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun. Examples:big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important

4.Adverb :An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. Examples:slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere

5.Pronoun :A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. Examples:I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

6.Conjunction :A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together. Examples:but, so, and, because, or.

7.Preposition :A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. Examples:on, in, by, with, under, through, at.

8.Interjection :An interjection is an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks. Examples:Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!

3. Why is important to know about Parts of Speech ?

It's important to know the different sorts of words that sentences are made. This knowledge helps enormously when looking words up in a dictionary, when trying to figure out what goes with what in a sentence and to improve your writing as well as your speaking.