Introduction to Parts of Speech

In this video we’d understand Parts of Speech. We can categorize English words into 9 basic types called "parts of speech" or "word classes". It's quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentences.

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence. An individual word can function as more than one part of speech when used in different circumstances.

NOUN

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

man,  Leeds College, house, happiness

PRONOUN

 A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.

She, we, they, it

VERB

 A verb expresses action or being.

jump, is, write, become

ADJECTIVE

 An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

pretty, old, blue, smart

ADVERB

 An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

gently, extremely, carefully, well

 PREPOSITION

 A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.

by, with, about, until

 CONJUNCTION

 A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.

and, but, or, while, because

 INTERJECTION

 An interjection is a word used to express emotion.

Oh!, Wow!, Oops!