•Noun: Head (the main part, representing a person, place, or thing)
•Pronoun: Mouth (speaking for someone else, replacing a noun)
•Verb: Arms (performing an action, "to do something")
•Adjective: Eyes (describing qualities, "big eyes")
•Adverb: Feet (how an action is done, "walking quickly")
•Preposition: Knees (connecting things, "on the knee")
•Conjunction: Spine (holding things together, "and, but")
•Interjection: Finger (a quick, sudden expression, "Ouch!")
types
1. Noun:
Nouns are the names of a person, a place, an object or an idea.
The following are a few examples of nouns:
•Person: John, Peter, Sophie, Lily, Mike, Doctor, Teacher
•Place: California, London, Chicago, France
2. Pronoun:
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of noun. Pronouns save you from having to repeat a
noun
over and over again. Some of the most common pronouns are: he, she, they, you, it, and we.
•I will eat pizza today.
•you are very friendly.
3. Adjective:
An adjective is a word that describes or clarifies a noun or pronoun by giving some information
about the object's size, shape, age, number or colour.
Examples:
•It is a big chair.
•He was wearing a red shirt.
•There are nine rooms.
4. Verbs:
Verbs are words that show a physical action, mental action or a state of being.
Examples:
•Mary bought a dress.
•They are playing.
5. Adverb:
An adverb is a single word, or a group of words, that modifies a verb, an adjective or
another adverb.
An adverb tells us when, where, how and in what manner an action is performed.
Examples:
•James was sleeping peacefully.
•She walked up the stairs very quickly.
•Harry was talking very loudly.
6. Preposition:
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and
some other words in the sentence. They are usually used in front of nouns or pronouns.
Some of the most common prepositions are: at, for, to, from, on, etc.
•Her school starts at 9 am.
•He is going to the party on Sunday.
7. Conjunction:
A conjunction is a word that is used to connect other words, clauses or phrases in a
sentence. The following are some examples: and, for, but, yet, so, because, although, until,
while, when, etc.
•She likes tea and coffee.
•Are you going or staying?
8. Interjections:
An interjection is a part of speech that expresses emotion.
They usually come at the beginning of the sentence. They are
one to two words that can express happiness, sadness, anger
or surprise.
You can punctuate them with an exclamation mark if they are
showing strong emotions. You can use a comma or a period if
the emotion is less strong.
The following are some examples:
•Wow, what a wonderful day!
•Brilliant, you solved the question!
What are Verbs?
Definition: Verbs are words that show a physical
action, mental action or a state of being.
Let's consider the following examples:
•Mary bought a dress.
•Here, bought is a verb, because it expresses the physical
action of buying a dress.
•Sam thought about his dog.
•Here, thought is a verb, it expresses the mental activity to
think.
•She is a good teacher.
•Here, the word is acts as a verb form, it expresses a state of
being.
1. Action Verbs:
Action verbs express physical action e.g. "to write," "to swim," or mental action e.g. "to think," "to consider". They tell
us what the subject is doing in the sentence.
The following are some examples:
•Amy walked to school.
•He cleaned his house.
2. State Or Stative Verbs:
State verbs describe state instead of action. They can not be used in the continuous tense.
The following are some examples: like, love, hate, know, remember, appear.
•She loves her sister.
•I hate her bad habits.
3. Linking Verbs:
Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they link the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that tell more
about the subject.
The following are some examples of linking verbs: look, feel, smell, be (is, am, are, was).
•She is a doctor.
•Tom feels tired.
4. Main Verbs:
A main verb has real meaning and does not depend on another verb. It express about action or state of being of the
subject.
The following are some examples of main verbs: eat, play, buy.
•They are playing.
•Alice is going home.
5. Auxiliary Or Helping Verbs:
A verb of this type helps the main verb in a sentence. It comes before the main verb in a
sentence. A helping verb has no meaning on its own.
The following are some examples of helping verbs: is, am, are, was, will.
•She will meet her sister tomorrow.
•He does not like juice.
List Of Helping /auxiliary Verbs:
To be
➢ is, am, are, was, were, being, will, shall
To do
➢ does, did, doing
To have
➢ has, had, having
Modal auxiliaries
May, would , Should, might, must
6. Modal Verbs:
Modal verbs are used to express, ability, possibility, intention,
and necessity.
The following are some examples of modal verbs: can, could,
may, might, will, shall, must.
•I can ride bike.
•It may be sunny today.
•I will call you.
Here can express ability, may express possibility, and, will express intention.
Purpose of use Modal verbs
Ability can, could
Possibility may, might
Intention will
