1 Noun 2 Adjective
3 Pronoun 4 Verb
5 Adverb 6 Preposition
7 Conjunction 8 Interjection
1 ;- Noun
A Noun is a word used as the name of a person , place , or thing , as ,
Akbar was a great king .
The rose smells sweet
The sun shines bright.
His courage won him hon our .
Not :- The word thing includes (i) all objects that we can see , hear , taste , louche ,,or smell ; and
(ii) something the we can think of , but can not perceive by the senses ,
2 :- Adjective
An Adjective is word used to ass something to the meaning of a noun ; as ,
He is a brave boy .
3 :- A Pronoun
A Pronoun is word used instead of noun , as .
The books are where you lift them .
4 :- A Verb
A Verb is word used to express action or state ; as
Kolkata is a big city ,
Iron and copper are useful metals .
5 :- An Adverb
An Adverb is word used to add something to meaning of a verb , an adjective , or another adverb ; as .
He worked the sum quickly .
This flower is very beautiful .
She pronounced the word quite correctly .
6 :- A Preposition
A Preposition is word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else ; as .
The girl is fond of music .
A fair little girl sat under a tree .
7 :- A Conjunction
A Conjunction is word used to join words or sentences ; as ,
Rama and Hari are cousins .
Two and two make four .
8 :-An Interjection
An Interjection is word which expresses some sudden feeling ; as ,
Hurrah We have won the game .
Some modern grammars the include determiners among parts of speech . Deter .
miners are words like a . an . the . this . that . these . those . every , each , some . any . my , his . one .
two . etc , which determine or limit meaning of the nouns that follow . in this book , as many traditional grammars . all determiners the except a, an and the are classed among , adjectives .
As word are divided into different classes according to the work , they do in sentences , it is clear that we cannot say to which part of speech a word belongs the unless we see it used in a sentence .
They arrived soon after ,( Adverb )
They arrived after us . ( Preposition )
They arrived after we had left . ( Conjunction )
From above examples we see that same word can be used as different the parts of speech.
EXERCISE
Name the part of speech of each the italicized word in following sentences , giving in each case your reason for the classification :-
1 :- Still waters run deep .
3 :- After storm comes the calm .
8 :- He was only the a yard off me .
9 :- Suddenly one of the wheel came off .
11 :- I will watch the while you sleep .
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