Parts of Speech Essay Example

Parts of Speech Essay Nouns  are a  part of speech  typically denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea. These are the subjects in the sentence. Kinds of Nouns Common Nouns A common noun is the word used for a class of person, place or thing. Examples: * Car * Man * Bridge * Town * Water * Metal * Ammonia Proper Nouns A proper noun is the name of a person, place or thing (i. e. , its own name). A proper noun always starts with a capital letter. Examples: * Michael * Africa * Peking * Dayton Peace Accord * United Nations * The Tower of London * Uncle George Uncle  is written with a capital letter because it is part of his name. ) * My favourite auntie is Auntie Sally. (In this example, the first  auntie  is a common noun, but the second  Auntie  is part of a proper noun. ) * The Red Lion Collective Nouns A  collective noun  is the name of a number (or collection) of people or things taken together and spoken of as one whole. Examples: * team * choir * flock * gang * pack Abstract Nouns An abstract noun is a  type of noun  that refers to something with which a person cannot physically interact.A noun that is abstract is an aspect, concept, idea, experience, state of being, trait, quality, feeling, or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses. Examples: * love * joy Compound Nouns Are nouns that are made up of more than one word Examples: * court-martial * pickpocket * water bottle * dining-table *   boyfriend Count Nouns a  count noun  (also  countable noun) is a  common noun  that can be modified by a  numeral  and that occurs in both  singular  and  plural form. Examples: * Five table * One chair * Seven awards Twelve candidates *   Six bottles Mass Nouns Also known as non-countable nouns these are the things you cannot count Examples: * Food * music Pronouns Pronouns are words that substitute for  nouns a person, place, thing, or an idea. Kinds of Pronouns Personal Pronouns: Personal pronouns  are  prono uns  that are associated primarily with a particular  grammatical person  Ã¢â‚¬â€œ first person, second person, or third person. SINGULAR| PLURAL| | subjective| objective| possessive| subjective| objective| possessive| 1st  person| I| me| my,  mine| we| us| our,  ours| nd  person| you| you| your,  yours| you| you| your,  yours| 3rd  person| hesheit| himherit| hisher,  Ã‚  hersits| they  | them| their,  theirs|   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Demonstrative Pronouns: Demonstrative pronouns stand in for a person, place or thing that must be pointed to. They may function as subjects, objects or objects of the preposition  are  pronouns  that are associated primarily with a particular  grammatical person  Ã¢â‚¬â€œ first person, second person, or third person. Reflexive / Intensive Pronouns  :  Ã‚  the self pronoun These pronouns can be used only to reflect or intensify a word already there in the sentence.Examples: * myself * yourself * himself * herself * itself * themselves * yourselves Indefinite Pronouns An  indefinite pronoun  is a  pronoun  that refers to one or more unspecified beings, objects, or places. Singular: one| someone| anyone| no one| everyone| each| somebody| anybody| nobody| everybody| (n)either| something| anything| nothing| everything| Plural: Interrogative  Pronouns: Interrogative pronouns produce information questions that require more than a â€Å"yes† or â€Å"no† answer. Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns introduce relative  (adjectival) clauses. VerbThe verb is perhaps the most important part of the  sentence. A  verb or  compound verb  asserts something about the  subject  of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. The Kinds Of Verbs are: 1. Linking Verb- joins the subject with a word in the predicate that describes the subjects   2. Action Verb- expresses an action 3. Auxiliary  or helping verb-is placed before the main verb in a verb phrase   4. Main Verb- is placed after the auxiliary or helping verb in a verb phrase Adjective An  adjective  modifies a  noun  or a  pronoun  by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. ? Descriptive Adjectives or adjective of quality ? Adjective of quantity ? Predicative Adjectives ? Personal Titles ? Possessive Adjectives ? Demonstrative Adjectives ? Indefinite Adjectives ? Interrogative adjectives ? Comparative Adjectives Adverb Adverbs are words that modify a  verb,  adjective, another adverb. Kinds of Adverb: Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of Manner tell us the manner or way in which something happens. Adverbs of Place Adverbs of Place tell us the place where something happens.Adverbs of Time Adverbs of Time tell us something about the time that something happens. Adverbs of Degree Adverbs of Degree tell us the degree or extent to which something happens. Preposition A  preposit ion  links  nouns,  pronouns  and  phrases  to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the  object  of the preposition. Prepositions for Time Prepositions used for time of different natures are  in, on at etc. Preposition for Place Prepositions â€Å"in, on or at† are usually used for different places. Preposition for DirectionPrepositions like to, towards, through, into are used to describe the direction. Conjunctions A conjunction is a joiner, a word that  connects  (conjoins) parts of a sentence. Coordinating Conjunctions These conjunctions are used to link or join two words or phrases that are equally important and complete in terms of grammar when compared with each other. For And Nor But Or Yet Soon Subordinating Conjunctions These conjunctions are used to join an independent and complete clause with a dependent clause that relies on the main clause for meaning and relevance.Other subordinating conjun ctions are   Although,  As,  Before,  Once,  Though,Until,  Whether,  etc. Correlative Conjunctions Correlative  conjunctions work in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal weight in a sentence. There are six different pairs of correlative conjunctions: 1. either or 2. not only but (also) 3. neither nor (or increasingly  neither or) 4. both and 5. whether or 6. just as so Interjections an  interjection  or  exclamation  is a word used to express an  emotion  or sentiment on the part of the speaker