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Brainy Fact
There are 14 punctuation marks in English Grammar.
Parts of Speech
Collection of relevant and meaningful words following the rules of a language will form a sentence .Every word
you use in a sentence has its own role to play. Every word has a specific function to play in a sentence to make it
meaningful. It falls into different categories to play a different role in a sentence. These categories are called the
Parts of Speech. It is important to learn these different parts of speech to understand the language well to help
you construct good sentences for effective communication.
The Basic Parts of Speech are:
Noun
Adverbs Verbs
Parts of
Interjections Pronouns
Speech
Conjunctions Adjectives
Prepositions
Noun
Noun is a word to name a person, place, thing or an idea. For example:
Goa is a beautiful place.
My pen is broken.
Pronouns
Pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. They are used to avoid the repetition of nouns so that the sentences are
smoother and effective. For example:
Words are:
I, she, her, you, himself, some, we, you, each, who, which, that, mine, yours, his, her
Pronoun in a Sentence:
She likes to play in the sand on the seashore.
How can you drive yourself with an injured hand?
Verbs
Verbs are “doing words”. It can be a word or a group of words that describes an action or a state of being.
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