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Basic Parts of Speech
              Parts of speech are the various types of words that humans use in sentences. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives,
              verbs, and adverbs are the basic parts of speech.
              Let us understand these.

                Part of Speech   Definition              Purpose            Example      Sentence
                                 A word that names a
                Noun             person, place, thing,   Person, place, or   Agra,       The monkey ran up the tree.
                                                         thing
                                                                            monkey
                                                                                         I am going to Agra.
                                 or idea.
                                 A word that shows
                Verb             action or a state of    action/doing       ran, crying  The boy was crying.
                                                                                         The cat ran after the mouse.
                                                         words
                                 being.
                                 A word that describes
                Adjective        or modifies a noun or  describes a noun    Red, long    He was driving a red car.
                                                                                         I have long hair.
                                 pronoun.
                                 A word that modifies    describes the                   The airplane was flying
                Adverb           a verb, adjective, or   verb, adjective, or   above,    above the clouds.
                                                                            quickly
                                 another adverb.         another adverb                  The cat drinks milk quickly.

                                 A word that takes the                      she, he, it,   She is speaking quite gently.
                Pronoun                                  replaces the noun
                                 place of a noun.                           you          You should brush your teeth.

              The same word can be used as different parts of speech as shown below:
              ALL                                                                           Noun
              Adjective        All women must vote.                          Adverbs                       Verbs
              Noun             My father lost his all in speculation.
              Adverb           She was all alone in the classroom.        Interjections   Parts of         Pronouns
              Pronoun          All voted against him in the election.                      Speech


                                                                            Conjunctions                 Adjectives

                                                                                          Prepositions
              Supporting Parts of Speech
              Along with the above main parts of speech, several words support them. These are:

                Part of Speech   Example                                              Sentence

                                                                                      I carry an umbrella every day.
                Articles         a, an, the
                                                                                      The metro arrived late.

                Conjunctions     connecting words—because, and, but, so               I was hungry, so ate the cake.
                Prepositions     show relation between words—of, between, under       She is standing under the tree.

                Interjections    words express strong emotions—alas, wow              Wow! What a beautiful dress!

              Articles

              An article is a word that defines a noun as specific or unspecific. There are three articles in English: a, an,
              and the.

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