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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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