Wednesday, October 6, 2010

part of speech

VERB
function : action or state
example of words : (to)be,have,do,like,work,sing,can,must
example of sentences : English.com is a website. I like.com

NOUN
function : thing/person
example of words : pen,dog,work,music,town,london,teacher,john
example of sentences : This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in london

ADJECTIVE
function : describe a noun
example of word : a/an,the,some,good,big,red,well,interesting.
example of sentences : My dog is big. I like big dogs.

ADVERB
function : describes a verb,adjective or adverb
example of words : quickly,silently,well,very,really,badly
example of sentences : my cats eat quickly. when he is very hungry,he eats really quickly.

PRONOUN
function : replaces a noun
example of words : i,u,she,some
example of sentences : tara is indian.she is beautiful.

PREPOSOTION
function : links a noun to another word
example of words : to,at,after,on,but
example of sentences : we went to school on monday

CONJUCTION
function : joim clauses or sentences or word.
example of words : and,but,when
example of sentences : i like dogs but i dont like cats.

INTERJENCTION
function : short exclamination sometimes inserted into a sentences.
example of words : ouch!,oh!,hi!,well
example of sentences : ouch!,thats hurt. hi! how are you? well i dont know.