Wednesday, June 16, 2010

8 Parts Of Speech

Nothing much to do lately.

Once in a while will visit the library.

And maybe borrow a book like this:



An Idiot's Guide To Grammar

Every sentence is made up of the following 8 elements.

1. Nouns: Person, Place or Thing.

E.g: Anna, America, Apple

2. Verbs: Action, Condition or State of being.

E.g: jump, run, do, sleep

3. Conjunctions: Connect words or group of words.

E.g: for, and, but, or, yet, so, nor

4. Prepositions: Link a noun or pronoun to another word.

E.g: about, above, across, against, around, at, on, near, upon, with, within...

5. Adjectives: Describe nouns and pronouns.

E.g: beautiful, careful

6. Adverb: Describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.

E.g: beautifully, carefully

7. Pronoun: Used in place of another noun or pronoun.

E.g: it, his, her

8. Interjections: Express emotion!

E.g: wow!

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