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Parts of Speech

In a sentence words are divided into different classes or kinds because of their functions and usage. And it is described by the term of parts of speech.

Parts of speech help to understand the uses or functions words and how different words can make a meaningful sentence.

There are Eight types of parts of speech.

Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

Noun:
Name of anything like person, animal, place, thing, abstract, idea, action, state or quality is called Noun.

Example:
Maria, Girl, Dhaka, Book, Teacher, Water, Honesty, Happiness, Family, Sleep, Death etc.
In Sentence: (Bold words are noun)
– A boy is coming towards us.
– Sarah is a pretty girl.
– The sun shines in daytime.
– Education removes darkness.
– Poverty is curse.

Function of Noun:
Noun plays the role in a sentence as subject of a verb or object of a verb or both subject and object of a verb.

Classification of nouns:
Noun can be classified into five categories:

Proper noun
Common noun
Collective noun
Abstract noun
Material noun

i. Proper Noun:

Proper noun is the name of some particular person, place or things.

Example:- Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. ( Dhaka is the name of one particular capital)
– Sunny is a smart boy. ( Sunny is the name of one particular boy)
– Rimi is a clever girl. (Rimi is the name of one particular girl)

Proper noun always starts with capital letter.

ii. Common Noun:

Common noun is a noun that is not the name of a particular thing or class but that represents one or all of the members of that class or thing.

A common noun can be preceded by the definite articles (a, the).

Example:
– Sunny is a smart boy. (Here boy is common noun while Sunny is a proper noun)
– Rimi is a clever girl. (Here girl is common noun while Rimi is a proper noun)

Example without sentence:
– People: boy, girl, mother, father, baby, child, teacher, student, man, woman etc.
– Things: book, table, computer, pen, pencil etc.
– Animals: bird, dog, cat, cow, goat, wolf, tiger etc.
– Place: city, country, state, capital, beach, forest etc.

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