part of speech

Part of Speech is a category or group of words based on their function in a sentence. Part of Speech is an essential component that must be learned for anyone who wants proficient in English. Part of Speech consists of 8 parts and each part will be described in detail separately. In this topic we will only discuss it in general.
The division Part of Speech
1. Adjectives
2. Adverbs
3. Verbs
4. Nouns
5. Pronouns
6. Prepositions
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections
Explanation
1. Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe nouns (nouns) or pronoun (pronouns). In English, Adjective help us
communicate our ideas more precise and artistic. By knowing how to identify adjectives, we can
avoid problems such as sentence fragments, excessive widths, and adjective / adverb mix-up
 Adjectives (adjective) subdivided into:
1. Quality adjectives
2. Possessive adjectives
3. Demonstrative adjectives
4. Interrogative adjectives
5. Quantity adjectives
6. Numeral adjectives
7. Proper adjectives
8. Distributive adjectives
Sample sentences adjectives:
• You look happy. -> Quality
(You looked happy)
• New is My book. -> Possessive
(My new book)
• There is a computer on the desk. -> Demonstrative
(There is a computer on your desk)
• Whose many is this? -> Interrogative
(Money is this?)
• Cakes in the oven. -> Quantity
(The cake is in the oven)
• I have two books. -> Numeral
(I have 2 books)
• Jake Tarub is French. -> Proper
(Bachelor Tarub French nationality)
• I can read every book in the library. -> Distributive
(I can read every book in the library)
2. Adverbs
Adverbs are words that serve to provide information on verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, adjectives, and other adverbs entire sentence. Adverbs (adverb) An adverb usually modifies a verb or a verb phrase. It provides information on how, where, time, frequency, predictability, or other circumstances of the activity denoted by the verb or verb phrase. This consists of:
1. Simple Adverbs
2. Interrogative Adverbs
3. Relative Adverbs
Sample sentences Adverbs:
• He walked slowly. -> Simple
(He walks slowly)
• Where do you live?
(Where do you live?)
• He spoke loud enough.
(She spoke quite loudly)
3. Verbs
Verbs (verb) is a word that shows the name of the deeds done by the subject, but perhaps also to indicate the state. All verbs including lexical verb or main. Some verbs include the auxiliary verb "help" the main verb, which is why they are also called "helping" verbs.:
For example:
1. bachelor dancing in the stadium
4. Nouns
Nouns (Noun) is everything we see or we can talk about and show people, objects, places, plants, animals, ideas and so on.
Example:
1. When having a new tablet.
2. red new laptop
5. Pronouns
ronouns (Pronouns) are words that replace nouns (nouns). Some words used in pronouns is also used in adjectives, but different functions and forms. Pronouns are divided into:
1. Personal pronouns
2. Demonstrative pronouns
3. Possessive pronouns
4. Interrogative pronouns
5. Relative pronouns
6. Indefinite pronouns
7. REFLEXIVE pronouns
8. Intensive pronouns
9. Reciprocal pronouns
Sample sentences pronouns:
• I like syamsul. She is a teacher. -> Personal
(I like to syamsul. He was a teacher)
• Those are my pencils. These are yours. -> Demonstrative
(That was my pencils. Nah, that's your pencils)
• This is mymotorcycle. That is yours. -> Possessive
(This is motorsaya, Well, the bike)
• What is your name? -> Interrogative
(What's your name?)
• The man who called you is my uncle. -> Relative
(The man who called was my uncle)
• Someone knocked at the door. -> Indefinite
(Someone knocked on the door)
• I cut myself with a knife. -> REFLEXIVE
(I got a knife)
• Henry himself told me so. -> Intensive
(Henry himself said so)
• They love each other. -> Reciprocal
(They love each other)
6. Prepositions
Preposition (The Home) is a word that can not change its shape and are usually in place in front of a noun or noun equivalent others (objects) that aims to show a certain relationship with the other words in the sentence
For example:
1. drop means buying goods
2. kosher enough for diknikmati
7. Conjunctions
One of the parts of Speech that we need to learn is Conjunctions. Conjunctions (Link word) is a word used to connect words, phrases or sentences, and so on. Conjunctions are divided into:
1. Coordinating Conjunctions
2. Sub-ordinating Conjunctions
Example sentence:
• You and I will go to cancun tomorrow. -> Coordinating
(Me and you will go to bandung tomorrow)
• He said that he could pick me up. -> Sub-ordinating
(He said that he could pick me)
8. Interjections
Interjection (Word Fun) is an exciting sound that added to the sentence to indicate strong feelings or emotions such as joy, sadness, surprise, approval, astonishment, etc..
Example sentence:
• Hurray! = Yay!
• Alas! = Ouch! Honey!
• Bravo! = Good!
• Hush! = Shut up!
• Bosh! = Bullshit!
• Ah! = Ouch!
• Dear me! = Yikes!
• For heaven's sake! = O Allah!
• Good heavens! = Good heavens!
• Good Lord! = Yikes!
• Farewell! = Bon Voyage!
• Well done! = Good!
• Thank goodness! = Thank God!
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