Learn parts of speech with this easy English grammar lesson for beginners. Simple explanations, examples, and sentences for low-level ESL learners. This is article, you be will explore and practice 8 basic parts of speech in English.
Table of Content
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Verb
- Adjectives
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
Nouns
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or animal.Examples:
- Person : teacher, pilot, driver, farmer
- Place : Angkor Wat Temple, Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
- Thing : car, pencil, fridge, phone, computer
- Animal : tiger, lion, fish, bird
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Pronouns
A pronoun is used in place of noun to avoid repetition. There are subject pronouns, object pronouns, reflexive pronouns.Subject Pronouns ( Sub pro + verb + obj)
- I - I walk to school.
- You - You are reading this post.
- He - He drives carefully.
- She - She waters her plants three times a day.
- It - It barks all night.
- We - We like going fishing on the weekend.
- They - They often play soccer on Saturday.
Object Pronouns
- me : He likes me.
- You : I am talking to you.
- Him : She already informed him.
- Her : I don't like her.
- It : She feeds it three times a day.
- Us : They always talk to us.
- them : I like to play with them.
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns is used when the subject and the object are the same person.
- Myself : I did it myself.
- Yourself : Please try to do it your self first.
- Herself : She cut herself while she was slicing the cucumbers.
- Himself : He taught himself to play the guitar.
- Itself : The dog hurt itself.
- Ourselves : We need to believe in ourselves.
- Themselves : They built the robots themselves.
Verbs
A verb shows an action or a state. There are two main types of verbs which are action verb and non-action or state verb.Action verb : Verb that shows action
- run : I run 20 minutes every morning.
- eat : My family eat dinner at 7 in the evening.
- go : Students go to school on weekdays.
- play : They usually play soccer on the weekend.
- sing : My sister sings beautifully.
State or non-action verb : Verb that doesn't show action but state.
- is : She is a teacher.
- are : Lions are strong.
- have : I have 4 markers.
- taste : The soup tastes salty.
- sound : The sounds great!
Adjectives
An adjective is the quality. It is used to give more information to a noun. It is basically used before a noun and after verb to be.- big : Elephants are large.
- small : I have a small car.
- happy : She is very happy today.
- red : ROZA likes red roses.
- kind : My parents are kind.
Adverbs
An adverb describes a verb. It tells how, when, or where.Examples:
fast
slowly
Quietly
carefully
now
here
Sentence:
👉 He always drives carefully.
Examples:
in
on
under
at
near
Sentence:
👉 The picture is on the wall.
now
here
Sentence:
👉 He always drives carefully.
Prepositions
A preposition shows place, time, or direction.Examples:
in
on
under
at
near
Sentence:
👉 The picture is on the wall.
Conjunctions
A conjunction joins words or sentences. An easy way to remember all the conjunctions is to remember this word " FANBOYS"F: for
A : and
N : nor
B : but
O : or
Y : yet
S : so
Example
👉 I like tea but I don't like coffee.
Interjections
An interjection shows feelings or emotions.wow!
oh!
hey!
oops!
Ouch!
Example
👉 Wow! That is amazing!
👉 Wow! That is amazing!
Simple Summary
Practice
📝 Parts of Speech – Multiple Choice Questions
Choose one correct answer for each underlined word below.
1. She has a car.
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Noun
D. Adverb
Choose one correct answer for each underlined word below.
1. She has a car.
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Noun
D. Adverb
2. She waters the plants three times a day.
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Adjective
D. Preposition
3. Cobra is a very dangerous snake.
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Adjective
D. Conjunction
4. She speaks English very fluently.
A. Adjective
B. Noun
C. Adverb
D. Verb
5. The maps are on the wall.
A. Adverb
B. Verb
C. Conjunction
D. Preposition
6. Roza and Tom are best friends.
A. Preposition
B. Conjunction
C. Verb
D. Adjective
7. My brother is a pilot.
A. Verb
B. Noun
C. Adverb
D. Preposition
8. She is very sad today.
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Conjunction
9. The children are jumping happily.
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Preposition
10. There is a computer on the teacher's desk.
A. Adverb
B. Conjunction
C. Verb
D. Preposition
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