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When somebody is addressed in a direct speech. For example:
• Hi Swati, how is your job going on?
Apostrophe (‘)
Apostrophe can be used to indicate the omission of some letters in a word. For example: I’m enjoying my friend’s
company.
It is used to show the possession of a thing. For example: Adrissa’s eyes are blue in colour.
Brainy Fact
There are 14 punctuation marks in English Grammar.
Parts of Speech
Collection of relevant and meaningful words following Noun
the rules of a language will form a sentence .Every word
Adverbs Verbs
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
Parts of
play a different role in a sentence. These categories are Interjections Speech Pronouns
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
Conjunctions Adjectives
communication.
Prepositions
The Basic Parts of Speech are:
Noun
Noun is a word to name a person, place, thing or an idea. For example: Goa is a beautiful place.
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: She likes to play in the sand on the seashore.
Verbs
Verbs are “doing words”. It can be a word or a group of words that describes an action or a state of being.
For example: Shruti danced to celebrate my victory.
She broke her leg in an accident.
Adverbs
Adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It also tells how an action was done. For
example: John never participated in conversation.
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. For example: My mother cooks delicious food.
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