LANGUAGE is used every day for TWO very important communicative activities namely, speaking and writing. Parts of speech, when arranged in sentences according to grammar rules help us to speak and write correctly.
These PARTS OF SPEECH are NOUNS, PRONOUNS, VERBS, ADVERBS,ADJECTIVES, ARTICLES, PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS and INTERJECTIONS.
Let's take a look at each part of speech.
1.NOUNS are names we give to
a. every thing we can see, touch or feel.
e.g. aeroplane, box, chair, door etc
b. animals
e.g. animal, buffalo, cat, dog, elephant etc
c. places
e.g. town, supermarket, railway station, Kota Bharu
d. people
e.g. boy, girl, father, uncle, doctor, Mr Tan etc.
2. PRONOUNS are used to replace the nouns.It is not interesting to use the names of people such as Ah Meng, Zaharah, dog or supermarket. So we use words like ' he ',' she ' or ' it '.
e.g.
Nouns Pronouns
Boy he
Girl she
Cat it
Ali and I we
The players they
Teacher to pupil you( singular )
Teacher to pupils you ( plural )
3.VERBS are doing words, that is, they show action or activity.
e.g. eat, bathe, catch, draw etc.
There are also modal verbs. They are non-action words but they help to clarify the action verbs.
e.g. can play, will help, are singing etc.
4.ADVERBS tells us how we perform an action thus making the action more interesting and meaningful.
e.g
The doctor speaks to his patient politely.
He also treats everyone kindly.
5.ADJECTIVES are used to describe and to give more information to the nouns making the sentences more interesting and colourful.
They are usually placed before the nouns they described.
e.g.
Mr Samy is a gentle, kind-hearted and polite old man.
6. ARTICLES are three little words a, an and the. They are used to make the sentence much clearer when we use them correctly. Without them, a sentence may not be complete. But sometimes, we may not need the article at all in a sentence.
e.g.
The little boy is playing with a puppy.( Article used )
Dr Mathews plays badminton every Friday evening. ( No Article used )
7. PREPOSITIONS are used to show how a certain action, person, place or thing connects with one another.
e.g.
The bullock charged towards the farmer.
8.CONJUNCTIONS are words that join other words, group of words
or even sentences.
e.g.
a. one by one
b. The boy and his dog
c. Kassim as well as his friend, Chong Beng is good at mathematics.
9. INTERJECTIONS are used to show feelings and expressions such as anger, joy, danger, warning etc.
e.g.
a. Happy Birthday!
b. Look out!
c. Ouch!
These PARTS OF SPEECH are NOUNS, PRONOUNS, VERBS, ADVERBS,ADJECTIVES, ARTICLES, PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS and INTERJECTIONS.
Let's take a look at each part of speech.
1.NOUNS are names we give to
a. every thing we can see, touch or feel.
e.g. aeroplane, box, chair, door etc
b. animals
e.g. animal, buffalo, cat, dog, elephant etc
c. places
e.g. town, supermarket, railway station, Kota Bharu
d. people
e.g. boy, girl, father, uncle, doctor, Mr Tan etc.
2. PRONOUNS are used to replace the nouns.It is not interesting to use the names of people such as Ah Meng, Zaharah, dog or supermarket. So we use words like ' he ',' she ' or ' it '.
e.g.
Nouns Pronouns
Boy he
Girl she
Cat it
Ali and I we
The players they
Teacher to pupil you( singular )
Teacher to pupils you ( plural )
3.VERBS are doing words, that is, they show action or activity.
e.g. eat, bathe, catch, draw etc.
There are also modal verbs. They are non-action words but they help to clarify the action verbs.
e.g. can play, will help, are singing etc.
4.ADVERBS tells us how we perform an action thus making the action more interesting and meaningful.
e.g
The doctor speaks to his patient politely.
He also treats everyone kindly.
5.ADJECTIVES are used to describe and to give more information to the nouns making the sentences more interesting and colourful.
They are usually placed before the nouns they described.
e.g.
Mr Samy is a gentle, kind-hearted and polite old man.
6. ARTICLES are three little words a, an and the. They are used to make the sentence much clearer when we use them correctly. Without them, a sentence may not be complete. But sometimes, we may not need the article at all in a sentence.
e.g.
The little boy is playing with a puppy.( Article used )
Dr Mathews plays badminton every Friday evening. ( No Article used )
7. PREPOSITIONS are used to show how a certain action, person, place or thing connects with one another.
e.g.
The bullock charged towards the farmer.
8.CONJUNCTIONS are words that join other words, group of words
or even sentences.
e.g.
a. one by one
b. The boy and his dog
c. Kassim as well as his friend, Chong Beng is good at mathematics.
9. INTERJECTIONS are used to show feelings and expressions such as anger, joy, danger, warning etc.
e.g.
a. Happy Birthday!
b. Look out!
c. Ouch!
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