Part of speech

The words 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:

a.    Take your book, please!

b.    She met a man yesterday.

c.    Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia.

B.       PRONOUN

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

Example:

a.    She is beautiful.

b.    we are happy.

c.    They will come here.

C.       VERB

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

Example:

a.    He studies Grammar.

b.    We walk to school.

c.    Stars appear at night.

D.       ADJECTIVE

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

Example:

a.    He is diligent boy.

b.    This is a thin book.

c.    She has long hair.

E.        ADVERB

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

Example:

a.    He runs quickly.

b.    She speaks English well.

c.    I must study hard.

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:

a.    The book is on the table.

b.    She goes to school.

c.    I sit beside her.

G.       CONJUNCTION

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

Example:

a.    Fanny and Putri came yesterday.

b.    She is beautiful but lazy.

c.    He has breakfast before he goes to school.

H.       INTERJECTION

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

Example:

a.    Oh my God! my hand is very sick.

b.    Alas! he realize his folly too late.

c.    Hurrah! we have won!

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