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English / Parts of speech in English

Parts of speech are the different types of words in grammar. They were

1. Verb.
2. Noun.
3. Adjective.
4. Adverb.
5. Pronoun.
6. Preposition.
7. Conjunction.
8. Interjection.
9. Article.

Verb
It describes an action / state / occurrence or it tells Nouns Action / State of being.

Example
Action: Ask, Jump, Think, Want, Run, Dance, Eat, Fix
State of being: is, am, are, be, have, has, was, were

Noun
It is used to identify name of a person, place, thing / idea .

Example
Person:  Maria, Boy, Doctor E.t.c
Place: Newyork, park, outer space E.t.c
Thing: Pen, Watermelon, Statute of liberty   E.t.c
Idea: Fairness, friendliness, acceptance E.t.c

Adjective
It describes a noun / pronoun.

Example
Size: Tiny, Long, and Oval                                        

Taste: nutty, flowery, sour
Texture: Prickly, Smooth, Leathery
Appearance: Bright, beautiful, faded
Adverb
It is a word that describes a verb, adjective or adverb.

Example
How: Loudly, Quickly
How often: always, never
When: Before, soon
Where: inside, away
Pronoun
It replaces the name of a person place, thing / idea in a sentence

Example
You, We, They, He, me, she, it, Him, her, this, that, those, these, each e.t.c

Preposition
It shows the relationship such as directions time or placement between a noun / pronoun an another word in a sentence.

Example
About, Across, After, Around, before, between, Info, through, to

Conjunction
It is used to connect clauses, sentences / words. Or it joins 2 ideas / shows the relationship between 2 parts of a sentence.

Example
And, Because, But, so, through, or, until, while, unless.

Interjection
It is an exclamation or it is used to expresses Strong emotion.

Example
Aw, Bravo, hurry up!, hey, oh no !, well

Article
It comes before a noun in a sentence and sometimes shows if the noun refers to a specific / general person place or thing.

Types of articles:
a. Definite article (The): Indicate Specific things.
b. Indefinite article (a, an): Indicate General things.

Definite article (The)
It is used to address the specific things. Or It is used to indicate a noun that is definite or has been previously specified in the context.

Specific: the dog, the farm, the apple, the octopus

Example
the dog, the farm, the apple, the octopus.

Indefinite article (a, an)
It is used to address the general things.
General: A dog, A farm, An apple, An octopus

An: It used before singular count nouns beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) / vowel sound:

Example
An apple, an octopus.

a: It used before singular count nouns beginning with consonants (other than a, e, i, o, u):

Example
A dog, a farm.




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