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Parts of Speech What Do They Do? Example Sentences Example Words
Noun It refers to a person, place, In the sentence, “Rahul bought House, Clock and Ravi.
thing or idea. a bike.” Both Rahul and Bike
are nouns.
Pronoun It is used instead of a Rahul bought a bike and he He, She, They and You.
noun. is happy. In this sentence ‘he’
is used in place of the noun
‘Rahul.’
Adjectives These are the type of words Rahul bought a beautiful bike. Big, Small, Heavy and Red.
that describe the noun. In this sentence ‘beautiful’ is
an adjective that describes
the noun ‘bike’.
Verbs Verbs are words that show Rahul rides a bike. In this Run, Eat, Think and Sit.
action. sentence ‘rides’ is the verb.
Adverbs It adds meaning to verbs Rahul rides the bike slowly. Fastly, Before, Smoothly
or adjectives. In this sentence ‘slowly’ is an and Neatly.
adverb.
The remaining few words such as wow, to, and, the, which, etc. are known as supporting words which help
join the main parts of speech.
Supporting Parts Use Examples
of Speech
Articles These words are generally used before nouns: The flower smells nice.
An is used before a word with a vowel sound Kids like seeing an aeroplane in
(a,e,i,o,u). the sky.
A is used before the words that start with Let me take a small nap.
consonants (other than vowels).
The is used before specific or particular words.
Conjunctions It joins two nouns, phrases or sentences. Some of Ravi read the book. I read the
them are: ‘and’, ‘or’ and ‘but’. book.
Ravi and I read the book.
Prepositions It connects one word with another word to show The book is on the table.
the relation. They usually answer the question, The ball fell into the well.
‘where’, ‘when’ and ‘how’.
Interjections It expresses strong emotions or sudden reactions, Hurrah!, wow!, oh no! and
such as happiness, surprise, excitement and anger. thanks!
SESSION 5 Writing Skills: Sentences
A sentence may be described as a group of words that have a subject and a predicate. Let’s explore the
different parts of a sentence.
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