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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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