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INFORMATION SHEET 1.1-1
PARTS OF SPEECH

Learning Objectives:
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, you MUST be able to:
1. Determine the Parts of Speech
2. Identify the eight parts of speech
3. Define each of the eight part of the speech
3. Learn and apply each part of the speech in constructing a sentence.

THE PARTS OF SPEECH
There are thousands of words in any language. But not all words have the
same job. For example, some words express "action". Other words express a "thing".
Other words "join" one word to another word. These are the "building blocks" of the
language. Think of them like the parts of a house. When we want to build a house,
we use concrete to make the foundations or base. We use bricks to make the walls.
We use window frames to make the windows, and door frames to make the
doorways. And we use cement to join them all together. Each part of the house has
its own job. And when we want to build a sentence, we use the different types of
word. Each type of word has its own job.

What are the Parts of Speech?
―Parts of speech‖ are the basic types of words that English has. Most
grammar books say that there are eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives,
adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.

The Noun
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract
idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. The highlighted
words in the following sentences are all nouns:

1. Late last year our neighbours bought a goat.
2. Portia White was an opera singer.
3. The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes.
4. According to Plutarch, the library at Alexandria was destroyed in 48 B.C.
5. Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving.

Date Developed:
SECTOR ELECTRONICS Document No.
May 04, 2020
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