The other day I was giving English lessons to my students when an interesting question was asked to me by a student of class-3. The question was why the words related to Nouns , Pronoun , Verb and others are called parts of speech and what are there roles. I had to give a very simple answer to convince her of the need of these parts of speech and their role in English language.
There are so many words in English language and each has their function to perform. The words are broadly classified into eight types which are called parts of speech .There are certain words which states the names of particular thing, another set of words are called describing words, some are called doing words, there are again some which are called linking words and so on.There are certain words which falls into more than one category and they should be understood in the context of the sentence and what job it is doing in that particular sentence To make a perfect sentence each of these have to used perfectly If you have a good knowledge of all the parts of the speech , the sentence construction becomes more gorgeous.
The role of noun is to stand for a person, place,animal or thing.
The role of pronoun is to substitute for a noun
The role of a verb is to express the state of the subject or it tells us what the subject is doing
The role of the adjective is to describe the noun
The role of the adverb is to modify the verb , an adjective or another adverb.
The role of the preposition is to state the relation of the subject to other noun or pronoun in the sentence.
The role of the conjunction is to join two words or two parts of the sentence.
The role of the interjection is to state the sudden feeling of mind
Let us make an effort then to understand these eight parts of speech and apply them in our day to day conversation thereby making our writing and speaking skills better
There are so many words in English language and each has their function to perform. The words are broadly classified into eight types which are called parts of speech .There are certain words which states the names of particular thing, another set of words are called describing words, some are called doing words, there are again some which are called linking words and so on.There are certain words which falls into more than one category and they should be understood in the context of the sentence and what job it is doing in that particular sentence To make a perfect sentence each of these have to used perfectly If you have a good knowledge of all the parts of the speech , the sentence construction becomes more gorgeous.
The role of noun is to stand for a person, place,animal or thing.
The role of pronoun is to substitute for a noun
The role of a verb is to express the state of the subject or it tells us what the subject is doing
The role of the adjective is to describe the noun
The role of the adverb is to modify the verb , an adjective or another adverb.
The role of the preposition is to state the relation of the subject to other noun or pronoun in the sentence.
The role of the conjunction is to join two words or two parts of the sentence.
The role of the interjection is to state the sudden feeling of mind
Let us make an effort then to understand these eight parts of speech and apply them in our day to day conversation thereby making our writing and speaking skills better
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