a chai of 9 hundred . Identify parts of speech on this sentence
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Answer: A - noun
Of - preposition
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The 9 Parts of Speech: Definitions and Examples
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The Main Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
Parts of Speech
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By Richard Nordquist
Updated November 04, 2019
A part of speech is a term used in traditional grammar for one of the nine main categories into which words are classified according to their functions in sentences, such as nouns or verbs. Also known as word classes, these are the building blocks of grammar.
Key Takeaways: Parts of Speech
Word types divide into nine parts of speech, such as nouns, prepositions, adjectives, and adverbs.
Some words can be more than one part of speech, depending on context and usage.
Interjections can be sentences on their own.
Every sentence you write or say in English includes a few words that fall into the nine parts of speech. These include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, and interjections. (Some sources include only eight parts of speech but leave off interjections as a category.)
Learning the names of the parts of speech probably won't make you witty, healthy, wealthy, or wise. In fact, learning just the names of the parts of speech won't even make you a better writer. However, you will gain a basic understanding of sentence structure and the English language.
Word Classes
The parts of speech are commonly divided into open classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and closed classes (pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, and interjections). Although we can add to the open classes of words as language develops, those in the closed classes are pretty much set in stone. (See examples below.)
Some traditional grammars have treated articles as a distinct part of speech. Modern grammars more often include articles in the category of determiners, which identify or quantify a noun. Even though they modify nouns like adjectives, they are different in that articles are an essential part of the proper syntax of a sentence, and determiners are necessary to convey the meaning of the sentence. Adjectives are optional parts of a sentence.
In contemporary linguistics, the label part of speech has generally been discarded in favor of the term word class or syntactic category.
Noun
Nouns are a person, place, or thing (or even an abstraction, such as an idea). They can take on myriad roles in a sentence, from the subject of it all to the object of an action or any other (literal) thing in between. They are capitalized when they're an official name of something or someone. For example pirate, Caribbean, ship, freedom, Captain Jack Sparrow
Pronoun
Pronouns stand in for nouns in a sentence. Examples: I, you, he, she, it, ours, them, who, which, anybody, ourselves
Verb
Verbs are what happens in a sentence. They're either action words or show the state of being (is, was) of the subject of the sentence. They change form based on tense (present, past) and the subject of the sentence (singular or plural). Examples: sing, dance, believe, seem, finish, eat, drink, be, become
Adjective
Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns. They specify which one, how much, or what kind. Examples: hot, lazy, funny, unique, bright, beautiful, poor, smooth
Adverb
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or even other adverbs. They specify when something happened, where, how, why, and how much. Examples: softly, lazily, often, only, hopefully, softly, sometimes
Preposition
Prepositions show a relationship between a noun (or a pronoun) and the other words in a sentence. They come at the start of a prepositional phrase. For example: up, over, against, by, for, into, close to, out of, apart from
Conjunction
Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence. Examples: and, but, or, so, yet, with
Articles and Determiners
Articles and determiners function like adjectives by modifying nouns, but they are different than adjectives, in that they are necessary for a sentence to have proper syntax. Examples: articles: a, an, the; determiners: these, that, those; enough, much, few; which, what
Interjection
Interjections are expressions that can stand on their own as complete sentences. They are words that often carry emotion. Examples: ah, whoops, ouch, yabba dabba do!
How to Determine the Part of Speech
Only interjections (Hooray!) have a habit of standing alone, though they can also appear alongside complete sentences. The other parts of speech come in many varieties and may appear just about anywhere in a sentence.
To know for sure what part of speech a word is, look not only at the word itself but also at its meaning, position, and use in a sentence.
For example, in the first example here, work functions as a noun; in the second sentence, a verb; and in the third sentence, an adjective: