Thursday 30 January 2014

Parts of speech, basic grammar Lesson 5


Grammer for beginners 2

Note: This is just introduction of basic grammar, for detail, go to grammar section.

Parts of speech:

  • Noun
  • Pronoun
  • Adjective 
  • Verb 
  • Adverb
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Interjection


Noun 
A noun is the name of person place or thing.For example
Table, Ali, Lahore, Ahmad, etc.

Pronoun

A pronoun is a word which is use in place of noun.For example
We, I, you, they, my, our, your, their, it, its, he, him, she, her, thou, they, mine, their, etc.
Also......whom, you, whose, which, what, who, this, that, these, those, ones, none, such, same, myself, himself, etc.

Adjective
A word which qualifies a noun or pronoun is called an adjective.For example
Ram is a good boy.
In this sentence "good" is adjective.

Verb 
A verb is word which shows that something is being done.For example
He beats me.
In this sentence "beats" is verb.

The Kinds of Verb 

Transitive Verb
 A verb which shows an action which passes from the subject to an object.
It has subject as well as object.For example
 I baked some cookies.
I rode the bicycle.
I moved the chair.
Intransitive Verb
A verb which has no object is called intransitive verb.
It has only the subject.For example
I laughed.
I cried.
The book fell.
The sun set.

Incomplete Verb (Auxiliary) Verb

A verb which does not give full sense is called incomplete verb.For example
Is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had, do, does, did, will, shall, would, should, may, might, can, could.  

  Adverb 
An adverb is a word which is used to qualify any part of speech except a noun or a pronoun.For example
This is a dark black horse.
He reads clearly.

Preposition
A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to establish the relationship with the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else.For example
The book is on the table.
In this sentence "on" is preposition.Similarly other preposition are:
In, on, with, of, for, into, from, after,that, etc.

Conjunction
A conjunction is a word which joins sentences and words.For example
And, both, also, too, not, only, but, also, however.

Interjection
An interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling or emotion.
For example
Well done!, Hurrah!, Alas!, Ah!, Bravo!.

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