Parts Of Speech

Each word used in a sentence is called Parts of Speech. Another name for Parts of Speech is Word Class or Lexical Class. It was first discussed in a book called 'Nirukta' written in India between 700 and 500 AD.

Kinds of Parts of Speech: In English, it is of 8 types. E.g.

       1. Noun

       2. Pronoun

       3. Adjective

       4. Verb

       5. Adverb

       6. Preposition

       7. Conjunction

       8. Interjection

Parts of Speech at a Glace: 

Noun-                naming word-               Thailand, pencil, honesty, cow, etc.

Pronoun-           substituting word-         I, she, they, it, etc.

Adjective-         qualifying word-           meritorious, happy, Indian, kind, etc.

Verb-                 an action word-             study, play, have, laugh, etc

Adverb-             modifying word-          very, carefully, only, extremely, etc.

Preposition-       relating word-              on, in, beside, under, etc.

Conjunction-      joining word-              and, but, therefore, or, etc.

Interjection-       exclaiming word-        Alas!, Hush!, Oh!, Wow!, etc.

A Concise Discussion on Parts of Speech: 

The Noun: A Noun is a word used to name or identify any of a class of things, people, animals, places, or ideas, or a particular one of these.  

The Pronoun: A pronoun is a word used in place of a Noun or Noun Phrase.

The Adjective: An Adjective is a word that indicates a quality of the person or thing referred to by a Noun.

The Verb: A verb is a word indicating an action, an event, or a state.

The Adverb: An Adverb is a word used to modify any part of speech.

The Preposition: A Preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun or a Noun-equivalent to show its relation to any other word of the sentence.

The Conjunction: A conjunction is a word used for joining one word to another word, one sentence to another sentence, or one word to a phrase or clause.

The Interjection: An Interjection is a word that expresses some sudden feeling or emotion of the mind.