🧠 Master Guide: Parts of Speech (For Competitive Exams):
📚 Definition:
Parts of Speech are the basic types of words that make up the English language. Each word in a sentence performs a particular function and belongs to one of the eight parts.
🧭 There Are 8 Parts of Speech:
| 🔢 No. | 🧩 Part of Speech | 🔍 Function |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | 🧍♂️ Noun | Names a person, place, thing, idea |
| 2️⃣ | 🔄 Pronoun | Replaces a noun |
| 3️⃣ | 🏃 Verb | Shows action or state |
| 4️⃣ | 🎨 Adjective | Describes a noun/pronoun |
| 5️⃣ | 🌊 Adverb | Describes a verb/adjective/adverb |
| 6️⃣ | 🔗 Conjunction | Connects words/phrases/clauses |
| 7️⃣ | 🧭 Preposition | Shows relation to another word |
| 8️⃣ | 😮 Interjection | Expresses sudden emotion |
1️⃣ 🧍♂️ NOUN
🔹 Definition:
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, idea, or quality.
🔸 Examples:
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Ravi, India, table, freedom, honesty
📝 Ravi goes to school.
👉 ‘Ravi’ is a Proper Noun, ‘school’ is a Common Noun.
📌 Types:
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Proper Noun: Kolkata, Ganga
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Common Noun: city, boy
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Collective Noun: team, army
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Abstract Noun: kindness, love
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Material Noun: gold, water
2️⃣ 🔄 PRONOUN
🔹 Definition:
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun to avoid repetition.
🔸 Examples:
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He, she, it, they, this, who
📝 Rina is smart. She always scores well.
👉 ‘She’ replaces ‘Rina’.
📌 Types:
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Personal: I, we, you, he, she, it, they
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Reflexive: myself, yourself, themselves
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Demonstrative: this, that, these, those
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Relative: who, which, that
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Interrogative: who, what, which
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Indefinite: someone, anyone, everything
3️⃣ 🏃 VERB
🔹 Definition:
A verb is a word that expresses an action, event, or state of being.
🔸 Examples:
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run, speak, is, seem, has
📝 He runs fast. / She is happy.
📌 Types:
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Main Verb: eat, write, go
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Helping Verb: is, was, have, will
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Transitive: takes object (He writes a letter.)
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Intransitive: no object (She sleeps.)
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Linking Verb: is, become, appear
4️⃣ 🎨 ADJECTIVE
🔹 Definition:
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
🔸 Examples:
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tall, beautiful, four, much
📝 She is a clever girl.
👉 ‘Clever’ describes ‘girl’.
📌 Types:
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Descriptive: tall, red, nice
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Quantitative: some, much, little
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Numeral: one, first, many
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Demonstrative: this, that
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Interrogative: which, what
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Possessive: my, their, his
5️⃣ 🌊 ADVERB
🔹 Definition:
An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It tells how, when, where, or to what extent.
🔸 Examples:
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quickly, very, now, there, always
📝 She sings sweetly.
👉 ‘Sweetly’ describes the verb ‘sings’.
📌 Types:
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Manner: how? (quickly)
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Place: where? (here, outside)
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Time: when? (now, later)
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Frequency: how often? (always, rarely)
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Degree: to what extent? (very, quite)
6️⃣ 🔗 CONJUNCTION
🔹 Definition:
A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.
🔸 Examples:
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and, but, or, because, although
📝 Ravi and Rahul are brothers.
📌 Types:
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Coordinating: and, but, or, for, nor
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Subordinating: because, although, since
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Correlative: either...or, neither...nor
7️⃣ 🧭 PREPOSITION
🔹 Definition:
A preposition shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words.
🔸 Examples:
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in, on, at, under, over, between, with
📝 The book is on the table.
👉 ‘On’ shows the relationship between ‘book’ and ‘table’.
📌 Types:
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Time: at, on, in (at 5 PM, in July)
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Place: under, over, between
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Direction: into, onto, from
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Cause/Reason: because of, due to
8️⃣ 😮 INTERJECTION
🔹 Definition:
An interjection is a word or phrase used to express sudden feeling or emotion.
🔸 Examples:
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Oh! Alas! Wow! Hurray! Ouch!
📝 Wow! You look amazing.
👉 ‘Wow’ expresses admiration.
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