Parts of Speech are a very effective grammatical item in English language.

 

Parts of Speech are a very effective grammatical item in English language. It is a part and parcel of English grammar. By learning it, a learner can select a word correctly install it in a sentence successfully.

Parts of Speech

Different type of words in a sentence are called  parts of speech

Parts of Speech are of eight kinds-                          My Youtube video on Parts of Speech

1)    Noun

2)    Pronoun

3)    Adjective

4)    Verb

5)    Adverb

6)    Preposition

7)    Conjunction

8)    Interjection

 

Noun

The name of anything is called noun.

For example: Karim, Mother, Army, Water, Kindness

 

We see its use in sentences.

*       Karim is my elder brother.

*       She is my mother.

*       We saw army in the ground field.

*       There is little water in this glass.

*       Kindness is a great virtue.

Pronoun

Pronoun is a word which is used instead of noun.

For example: He, She, They, This, It, Himself

 

We see its use in sentences.

*       He will go to Chittagong very soon.

*       She has bought two red pencils.

*       They went there willingly.

*       This is not his wish at all.

*       It will be intact forever.

 

Adjective

Adjective is a word which describes the quality, quantity, number, codition of noun or pronoun.

For example:  Good, Much, Ten, Fine

 

We see its use in sentences.

*       He is a good person.

*       She has taken much fruit.

*       Divide ten mangoes between two boys.

*       The house is very fine.

 

 

Verb

Verb is a word which does anything.

For example:  Do, Read, Know, Become, Live

 

We see its use in sentences.

*       We do the work.

*       She reads the book.

*       They know us well.

*       He became happy.

*       I live in Dhaka.

Adverb

Adverb is a word which modies anything.

For example:   nicely, Certainly, Always, There, Too

 

We see its use in sentences.

*       He has done the work nicely.

*       She will certainly come tomorrow.

*       Always speak the truth.

*       They went there.

*       Faroq has played football too.

 

Preposition

Preposition is a word which is used before noun or pronoun to show its relationship with other words of the sentence.

For example: of, in, with, for, by, to, from

We see its use in sentences.

*       He sat by Karim. (Here preposition, ‘by’ is used before a noun ‘Karim’.)

*       He sat by me. (Here preposition, ‘by’ is used before a pronoun ‘me’.)

*       I went there with him.

*       We helped him for Rahim.

*       He has come here from Dhaka.

 

Conjunction

Conjunction is a word which is used to join two or more words, phrases, clauses or sentences.

For example: and, or, but, therefore, so, because, since

We see its use in sentences.

*       I know Karim and Rahim. (Here two words are joined by ‘and’)

*       To see and to learn are very important. (Here two phrases are joined by ‘and’)

*       I went to market and bought some apples. (Here two clauses are joined by ‘and’)

*       They came here and I started teaching. (Here two sentences are joined by ‘and’)

 

Interjection

Interjection is a word which is used to express sudden feelings.

For example: Oh!, Ah!, Fie!, Tut, Hush!, Wow!, Hurrah!

We see its use in sentences.

 

*       Oh! Allah, what I shall do now. (Here sudden feeling is expressed)

*       Ah! He has done it. (Here sudden feeling is expressed)

*       Fie! You have stolen the mobile set. (Here sudden feeling is expressed)

*       Wow! You are here. (Here sudden feeling is expressed)

*       Hurrah!We have won the match. (Here sudden feeling is expressed)

 

Name parts of speech as directed in the underline.

 

Although globalisation is mainly connected with business, trade and international relations, it is no longer viewed from that perspective alone. The tide of globalisation is now encroaching into other spheres too. Satellite television channels and the internet are bringing all sorts of different customs and behaviour into our homes. Under the influence of globalisaiton, global cultures are steadily getting integrated with local cultures. Different cultures are constantly interacting. As an independent nation, we have our own traditional social values, beliefs and attitudes. But in the globalising process, many foreign customs and beliefs are intruding on them. This is having a profound impact on our young generation in particular. The intrusion of foreign culture is seen by many as a threat to our national cultural identity. (English for Today, HSC old book,U:21,L:5)

 

Find out noun, adjective and verb from the following passage.

Scientists have always wondered if there is life anywhere out in the Space besides us. They have joined together on a major project called the Communication with Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (CETI) which seeks to establish contact with any other living beings in the Universe. For this, they are beaming out radio signals into Space in the hope of attracting attention of “other worlds.” It was thought that there is life on Mars. But two Viking Spacecrafts that landed on Mars in 1976 did not provide much evidence of life. The pictures sent by them showed Mars as having a red sky instead of a blue one like ours and a pinkish coloured iron-rich soil. Its gravity is about half as strong as that of Earth so that the atmosphere is also much thinner than our planet. It has deserts, high mountains, volcanoes, craters, grooves like canals as well as summer and winter seasons. But there are no trees or signs of any life forms. However, a close inspection of a meteorite from Mars that fell on the Earth has revealed tiny fossils like bacteria 3. 6 billion years old. This proved that some form of life existed there in the past. But who knows! Space probes have also been sent to planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. It will take years for a Space probe to reach a planet and many more years to analyse all the data sent to Earth by these probes. (English for Today, HSC old book,U:22,L:2)

 

Find out pronoun, adverb and conjunction from the following passage.

 

Scientists have been experimenting with the idea living in space for a long time. But it is not easy to live in Space. There is no gravity and the body needs a lot of adjusting to do. One of the scientists reported that his heart-beat had become slower, and bones and muscles had felt weaker as calcium had been decreasing from them. His head had felt heavy as there was no gravity to keep blood down in the legs and there was also a feeling of space sickness which is like travel sickness. Doing everyday jobs also becomes difficult. Water cannot be poured because it stays in one place like a big ball. If you want a drink you must do it with straw from a closed container. If you sprinkle salt, it spreads all around you and heavy objects can be moved with one finger as they have no weight. Astronauts, therefore, need months of training to be able to adjust to conditions in Space. (English for Today, HSC old book,U:22,L:4)