You are interested in writing in English, so you must know how the English language works. To know how a machine works, one must know how the parts of the machine work. You have to know the functions of the parts. It is the same with language. You have to know the work that each word fulfills in a sentence. The functions of words in English are called parts of speech.
When we speak or write, we communicate information. We talk or write about something or someone; we describe a thing or a person and what that person does and how he does it. Communicating all this is what “parts of speech” do. They make it possible to order our thoughts and for our reader or listener to follow our thought.
Parts of Speech help us put the words we use into different boxes according to how we use them.
Let’s see… For example, some words name something for example: Rose, Peter, beauty, citizenship, stone.. other words indicate an action as: hit, talk, think. others say something about another words. these are adjectives red, wide, blueand adverbs quickly, happily, early, never.
Do not be afraid! This is not a grammar book, but a guide to learn how to identify and avoid common pitfalls encountered by someone studying English.
You should be able to identify the verb, noun, adjective, and adverb to help your reading understanding and for write Well.
The following are the most important parts of speech that we will emphasize in this book. These are the parts of speech that will help you when using a dictionary to organize your writing.
VERB: A word denoting action, occurrence, or existence.
Examples: ran, jumped, yelled, sweated, thinks, feels, sleeps, eats, laughs, is, is, was, has
President places with foreign diplomats on Tuesday. The woman seems nice.
NOUN: a word that Names a person, place, thing, idea, animal, quality, or action. Nouns function as subjects and objects of the award.
Examples: child, John, New York, books, pizza, love, pony, bounty,
Edwinmy brotherhe is a professional musician.
ADJECTIVE: A word that modifies, qualifies, or describes nouns and pronouns. Generally, adjectives appear immediately before the words they modify.
Examples: pretty girl, talented doctor, young athlete, blue book
Tea little child begged for a bedtime story.
ADVERB: A word often (but not always) ending in “ly” which modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. A “ly” ending almost always changes an adjective to an adverb.
Examples: spoke quickly, ran hastily, worked frantically
Kelly reluctantI agreed to serve on my committee.
Many adverbs do not end in “ly”. However, all adverbs identify when, where, how, how far, how much, etc.
Examples: bend down, stand upright, add wrong, study hard
Kelly never he loses his temper.
Example: the children sing happy. the boy is very elegant. (This is an example of the adverb very modifying an adjective elegant)
Make sure you can identify the verb, noun, adjective, and adverb. The following tips can help you.
VERB The word is probably a verb if:
You can use will, shall, may, could, may, might, must, shouldgold would do in front of the word
Examples: will come, might go, would be lost
NOUN The word is probably a noun if:
You can make it plural or singular (one book, two books)
You can make it possessive (book, book pages; girl, girls dresses)
You can follow a prepositional phrase like to, with, from.
You can place the word TO, yeargold tea in front of it.
ADJECTIVE The word is probably an adjective if:
you can add Ahem gold This to the word (happy–happier-happier)
You can use further gold most in front of her (beautiful–more beautiful–more beautiful)
you can use the words very gold quite in front of him (he was wearing a very bright and daring suit)
ADVERB The word is probably an adverb if:
There’s a lily suffix (happily)
The word or phrase can be moved to another place in the sentence and still make sense.
Examples: He usually goes to school. -gold-
He usually goes to school. -gold-He usually goes to school.
That’s all!
There are other parts of speech but they do not interest us at the moment. In fact, for the first phase of perfecting English, you can concentrate your efforts on nouns and verbs.
Why do I start with parts of speech? I always highlight them in my classes with adult immigrants who are learning English. Because? I emphasize the parts of speech because they help you understand the structure of the sentence in English. When you write you will have to know how to convey your ideas. To convey your ideas you have to use words correctly.
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