Monday, November 21, 2016

PART OF SPEECH TABLE


part of speech
function or "job"
example words
example sentences
action or state
(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
NGC is an English Club. I like NGC.
thing or person
pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John
This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
describes a noun
good, big, red, well, interesting
My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
limits or "determines" a noun
a/an, the, 2, some, many
I have two dogs and some rabbits.
describes a verb, adjective or adverb
quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really
My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
replaces a noun
I, you, he, she, some
Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
links a noun to another word
to, at, after, on, but
We went to school on Monday.
joins clauses or sentences or words
and, but, when
I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.

* Some grammar sources traditionally categorize English into 8 parts of speech. Other say 10. At NGC, we use the more recent categorization of 9 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:
  • Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:
    • lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
    • auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)
  • Determiners may be treated as adjectives, instead of being a separate part of speech.



source:https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech-table.htm

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