Question

What are Parts of Speech?

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Answer 1

Question :-

What are parts of speech?

Answer :-

Part of speech is a category of words that have similar grammatical properties.

Similar word for Parts of Speech is Word class.

Parts of speech consists of 8 parts

1. Noun - Its a naming word
2. Pronoun - Its a word used instead of a noun.
3. Adjective - Its a word describing a noun.
4. Verb - Its a word which shows action.
5. Adverb - Its a word which describes a verb.
6. Preposition - Its a word showing position of a Noun or Pronoun.
7. Conjunction - Its a word which joins two words or two sentences.
8. Interjection - Its a word expessing strong feelings.

Examples :-

• They set up a tent and softened the floor with armloads of grass they cut and spread to serve as their beds.

In the above given sentence, the parts of speech are as follows :-

They , their = Pronoun

Up , with , of = Preposition

Tent , Floor , Grass , Beds = Noun

Softened = Verb

• Oh! ... my poor Mathilde

In the above given sentence, the parts of speech are as follows :-

Oh! = Interjection

My = Pronoun

Poor = Adjective

Mathilde = Noun

• Madame Forestier , deeply moved , took both her hands.

In the above given sentence, the parts of speech are as follows :-

Deeply = Adverb

Moved = Verb

Both = Adjective

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Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. In English the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

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