1.8 Parts of Speech - Part Two
Review
The parts of speech are shown here with examples.
part of speech |
function or "job" |
example words |
example sentences |
| Verb | action or state | (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must | BCLN is a web site. I like BCLN. |
| Noun | thing or person | pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John | This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in Kelowna. |
| Adjective | describes a noun | good, big, red, well, interesting | My dogs are big. I like big dogs. |
| Adverb | describes a verb, adjective or adverb | quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really | My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. |
| Pronoun | replaces a noun | I, you, he, she, some | Tara is from Kamloops. She is beautiful. |
| Preposition | links a noun to another word | to, at, after, on, but | We went to the theatre on Monday. |
| Conjunction | joins clauses or sentences or words | and, but, when | I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats. |
Identify the part of speech in bold.
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I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.
- What did she ask you to do?
- I left my shoes under the kitchen table.
- If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.
- On Saturdays I work from nine to five.
- I want to go to a university in Victoria.
- Andy knocked on the door but nobody answered.
- After lunch let's go out for a coffee.
Adapted from https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech.htm