8 parts of speech

8 parts of speech

The Importance of Understanding the 8 Parts of Speech

1. Introduction to the 8 Parts of Speech

h. Interjection: a word that is used to show a feeling or emotion. It doesn’t relate to another word. Usually, interjection is a word of calling or shouting. Example: oh, wow, hey, ouch, hooray.

g. Conjunction: a word that is used to relate words with another words, a sentence with another sentence, or a part of sentence with another part of the sentence. This is the only kind that doesn’t change its English class. Example: and, or, if, when, because.

f. Preposition: a word that is used to show the relationship of a noun (including the pronoun), or another preposition, with another element in the sentence. Example: in, on, at, to, with, under, by. This another element usually is verb’s -ing form, and the other one use noun.

e. Adverb: a word that is used to give an information about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb itself. Example: He read a book slowly, that is very easy, they sit here. An adverb can be changed by an adjective with adding suffix ly to the adjective. Example: cheap – cheapest, quick – quickly, final – finally.

d. Verb: a word that is used to show an action, a state, or an existence. Example: go, bring, listen. A state or an existence can be explained by answering the question in what. Example: They are happy (are what? happy), I feel sick (feel what? sick). A verb has tenses, moods, and voices. For the easy one is a tenses, a verb has 3 times; present, past, and participle.

c. Adjective: a word that is used to give an information about a noun. Example: a cute baby, the blue sky, an old man, six fat geese.

b. Pronoun: a word used in the place of noun. Example: He, his, him, they, we, us.

a. Noun: a word that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, a quality, an event, an idea. Example: Rat, Door, Andi, Beauty, Jakarta, Era, Poverty.

Words are a part of the grammar. It is the easiest unit in a sentence. An English word has only one unit, in other words, the simplest element in a sentence. A word is categorized into 8 kinds according to its function. If you know and understand the kinds of word, it will be easier in analyzing the sentence. These are the 8 kinds of word:

1. Introduction to the 8 Parts of Speech

The contents of this section are: the basic categories or “types” of words in English.

2. Nouns: The Foundation of Language

Concrete. Specific. Factual. This is the basis for the thinking map on nouns. A solid understanding of them will help you build a sturdy foundation with few cracks. This first skill may not be the most exciting one, but it is where success in English begins. When you take your first test on nouns, you will be asked to identify various people, places or things. Simple? Sometimes. But, some nouns can throw you off. What category does the word fish fall into? How about love? These are the issues you will be faced with as you are asked to identify concrete, specific, or abstract nouns. A mastery of this will carry you a long way. Subject-verb agreement will bring verb tense to light and may have you switching tense shifts in midstream! These are the kind of errors that can create the misunderstanding or confusion that our sentences are supposed to avoid. A secure understanding of verb tense will lead to an improved future skill. In 1781, John Adams wrote a letter to a friend, in which he thanked him for lending him some books that were helpful in polishing the “style” of his children. An understanding of what so many learners take for granted today, spelling and mechanics, would have spared Mr. Adams embarrassment. The final skill leads you through identical sounds, then spelling, and finally punctuation. Success here brings us to the goal our English speaking and writing should always aim for: clear, effective communication.

3. Verbs: The Action Words

Action words at work! Think of verbs as the members of the family that bring excitement, action, and movement. Verbs signify a state of being. To have a complete sentence, you must have a verb. There are 2 important rules to remember when identifying the verb in a sentence: 1) Where there’s a verb, there’s a subject. For example, in the sentence “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”, ‘twinkle’ is the verb that is being done by the subject which is ‘star’. 2) You can turn most verbs into past tense by adding -d or -ed. Remember this rule because many adjectives and nouns can also be transposed into verbs (to smoke, to bag, hot and fat) and verbs can also be turned into past participles (black, baked, fried, known). A past participle is a verb that usually ends with -ed and is used as an adjective. An example of this would be ‘fried chicken’, ‘baked potato’, etc.

4. Adjectives and Adverbs: Adding Descriptive Power

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb. It tells how, when, where, how often, or to what extent the action is done. Most adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective. Puttering slowly, she always drives on the highway. Adverbs can be found in various places in the sentence. Try to get a higher salary. She has not yet arrived. Adverbs also have close cousins called prepositional phrases. The meeting was very close to my house. Now you can understand why foreign students find English so complicated. Adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases; all add vital details to the basic sentence.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells what kind, which one, how many, or whose about the noun. Adjectives may come before the word they describe. Hoary bats come fluttering at dusk. Or they may follow the verb to be. The sea is cold and the sky is gray. Several adjectives can be used in a row, depending on how precise you want to be. Picture a pink plastic flamingo. The more adjectives the merrier, as long as they are closely related.

Adjectives, adverbs—what’s the big deal? Imagine cooking without spices and you’ll understand creating sentences without adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives and adverbs add the details that make writing interesting.

5. Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections: Connecting and Expressing

Understanding pronouns should not be difficult, unless learning disabilities complicate things, in which pronouns may seem like a foreign concept to some people. But not all pronouns are that simple and may be difficult to identify. An example of this would be the word “it”. Is the word “it” a pronoun? It is not; it is a noun. So, to be able to identify pronouns with ease, try and think of what the pronoun represents.

Pronouns are words used in place of nouns. There are countless amounts of pronouns that vary in what they represent. Instead of showing a list of pronouns and explaining what each one represents, it is easier to think about what the pronoun represents in the specific sentence being used. An example of this would be the following sentence: Joe said that he would help you with your homework. In this sentence, “he” is representing Joe, and “you” is representing the person who needs help with their homework. So, in short, pronouns are words used to represent a noun.

Connecting and expressing is key to communication. Providing explanations and helpful tricks, understanding the concepts of pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections is a crucial aspect of understanding the English language.