English is commonly separated into eight parts of speech. These are:
Nouns - a thing or a person.
Verbs - an action.
Adjectives - a describing word.
Pronouns - replace a noun.
Conjunctions- words that join clauses, sentences or words.
Adverbs - words that describe actions.
Interjections- short exclamatory words.
Prepositions - link a noun to another word.
It is important to learn what they are so that we can understand how to create correct sentences and use English grammar properly.
In the following sentences, do you know the following parts of speech:
Lesson by Caroline
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1. Live: I live in a small flat.
Noun
Verb
Adjective
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2. Mad: My Father keeps getting mad at me lately, I don"t know why.
Adjective
Verb
Noun
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3. Quickly: Run quickly or you"ll miss the bus!
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
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4. Eggs: Please can you buy me some eggs.
Adjective
Noun
Pronoun
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5. My: Where is my black dress? I can"t find it anywhere.
Pronoun
Conjunction
Verb
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6. But: I like Bogota but I prefer London.
Noun
Conjunction
Adverb
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7. On: Please put your books on the table.
Pronoun
Preposition
Noun
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8. Ouch: Ouch! That really hurt!
Interjection
Noun
Preposition