{"id":5005,"date":"2020-01-23T20:49:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cudoo.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2023-01-05T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:29:43","slug":"8-parts-of-speech-why-you-need-to-know-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/8-parts-of-speech-why-you-need-to-know-them\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Parts of Speech &#038; Why You Need to Know Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn how to run, you have to learn how to walk first. The same goes for learning English. To speak the language proficiently, you\u2019ll have to master the grammar and the set of rules that go with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/different-varieties-of-english-language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English language<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be confusing at times because of their ability to have a different meaning. Consequently, for better understanding and analyzing the words and their meaning, we use a term called parts of speech. In traditional English grammar, the label \u2018parts of speech<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> implies to the category of words with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">similar grammatical properties.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<style>\n    .new-compare-box {\n    background: #fff;\n    padding: 10px;\n    border-top: 4px solid #1ebbff;\n    margin-top: 10px;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n    border-bottom: 4px solid #1ebbff;}<\/p>\n<p>.new-banner {\n\theight: auto;\n\tpadding: 50px 0;\n\tbackground-image:url(\"\");\n\tbackground-size: 100% 100%;\n\toverflow: hidden;\n}\n.new-banner::after {\n\tposition: absolute;\n\twidth: 100%;\n\tdisplay: block;\n\tleft: 0;\n\tright: 0;\n\ttop: 0;\n\tbottom: 0;\n\tbackground: rgba(0,0,0,.7);\n\tcontent: '';\n\tz-index: 1;\n}\n.new-banner-content {\n\tpadding: 50px 0;\n\tposition: relative;\n\tz-index: 2;\n}\n.new-banner-content span {\n\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\tbackground: #ff9900;\n\tpadding: 5px 15px;\n\tcolor: #fff;\n}\n.new-banner-content h1 {\n\tfont-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;\n\tcolor: #fff;\n\tfont-weight: 700;\n\tfont-size: 50px;\n\tline-height: 65px;\n}\n.new-compare-box {\n\tbackground: #fff;\n\tpadding: 15px 0;\n\tborder-top: 4px solid #1ebbff;\n\tmargin-top: 10px;\n}\n.new-compare-box p {\n\tcolor: #0e0e0e;\n\tfont-size: 24px;\n        margin: 10px !important;\n}<\/p>\n<p>\t.new-compare-box input {\n\t\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\twidth: 40%;\n\tborder: 1px solid #aaa;\n\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\theight: 51px;\n\tpadding: 8px;\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n\tmargin-bottom: 0;\n\t\tcolor: #0e0e0e;\n\tvertical-align: top;\n\t\tmargin-right:15px;\n}<\/p>\n<p>\t.new-compare-box input:focus {\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #0077fd; <\/p>\n<p>\t}\n.new-compare-box button {\n\tbackground: #00a0e5;\n\tcolor: #fff;\n\twidth: 40%;\n\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\tfont-size: 18px;\n\ttext-transform: uppercase;\n\tfont-weight: 700;\n\tborder: none;\n\tborder-bottom: 4px solid #036e9d;\n\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\toutline: none;<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p>.new-compare-box .box-content {\n\tmargin-top: 20px;\n}\n.new-compare-box .box-content p {\n\tcolor: #092b3a;\n\tfont-size: 13px;\n\tmargin-right: 15px;\n\tdisplay: inline-block;\n        margin-bottom: 10px !important;\n}\n.new-compare-box .box-content p i {\n\tcolor: #00a0e5;\n\tmargin-right: 5px;\n\tfont-size: 15px;\n        margin-bottom: 10px !important;\n}<\/p>\n<p>@media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {\n.new-banner-content h1 {\n\tfont-size: 50px;\n\tline-height: 62px;\n}\n.new-banner-content {\n\tpadding: 0px;\n}\n}<\/p>\n<p>@media screen and (max-width: 991px) {\n.new-banner {\n\theight: calc(100vh - 50%);\n}\n}<\/p>\n<p>@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\n.new-banner {\n\theight: auto;\n\tbackground-image:url(\"\");\n}\n.new-banner::after {\n\theight: auto;\n}\n.new-mobile-banner .new-banner-content { padding: 0px; }\n.new-banner-content h1 {\n\tfont-size: 30px;\n\tline-height: 42px;\n}\n.new-compare-box p {\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n}<\/p>\n<p>\t.new-banner-content {\n\tpadding: 0px 0;\n}\n.new-compare-box .box-content p{\nmargin-bottom: 0;\n}<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p>\t@media screen and (max-width: 525px) {<\/p>\n<p>\t\t.new-compare-box input {\n\twidth: 85%;\n\t\t\tmargin:  0 auto 10px;\n}<\/p>\n<p>\t\t.new-compare-box button { \n\t\twidth: 85%;\n\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t\t.new-banner-content {\n\tpadding: 80px 0;\n}\n\t}<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center \">\n<div class=\"col-lg-9 text-center\">\n<div class=\"new-compare-box\">\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; color:#036e9d;\"><strong>Jumpstart Learning English with <span style=\"color: #00a0e5;\"><u>Cudoo&#8217;s<\/u><\/span> Online Course <\/strong><\/p>\n<form action= \"\/products\/languages\/english-online-courses\/learn-english-online-beginner-intermediate-advanced-bundle\/\" name=\"form1\" method=\"get\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div class=\"form-zip-new\"><button type=\"submit\" id=\"blog_cta\"> Enroll Now<\/button>\n                                                                   <\/div><\/form>\n<div class=\"box-content\">\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Full lifetime access<\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa fa-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Certificate of completion<\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa fa-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>One time payment<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the circumstances, a single word can function as a different part of speech.\u00a0 In modern linguistics, the term \u2018parts of speech<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not commonly used and is often replaced with the term syntactic category or word classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the English language, there are 8 parts of speech: verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection and we will analyze the meaning of each one and share an example of how it\u2019s used in a sentence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5057 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-305x229.png 305w, https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-100x75.png 100w, https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-720x540.png 720w, https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-580x435.png 580w, https:\/\/cudoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8-parts-of-speech-2-320x240.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Noun<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Example: <\/b><i>woman, dog, happiness, house<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>A noun is a word used to specify the name of things, people, places, ideas or actions.\u00a0 In the English language, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/noun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">nouns<\/span> make up the largest class of words<\/a>. There are different categories of nouns, common and proper. Common nouns refer to a place, thing or a person, while, proper nouns refer to the name of a person, thing or place. Nouns can be singular or plural. Singular nouns are often used with an article (<i>a<\/i>, <i>an, the<\/i>). In a sentence, nouns can work as a subject, an object, and a subject complement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i> <b><i>Brian<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and his <\/span><b><i>wife<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are really enjoying their first date in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nVerb<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">run, walk, write, be, are<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A verb is a grammatical center and one of the most essential elements of the sentence. Every sentence is composed of a subject and a predicate. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/verb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">verb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the main component of the predicate and is used to describe an occurrence, action, and mode of being. Verbs are essentially describing what the subject is doing in the sentence. Verbs can be classified most commonly as action verbs and linking verbs.\u00a0 While the latter of the two helps visualize the action of the subject, the former expresses the being, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identity or existence.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verbs change their form and different endings are added to them. These endings show the verb\u2019s relationship to time, known as verb tense.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How it\u2019s used:<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian and his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife<\/span> <b><i>are<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span> <b><i>enjoying<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their first date in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nPronoun<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she, them, his<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pronoun is the substitute word used to replace a noun in the sentence. Properly, the pronoun is used after a noun has been applied in the previous sentence. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/pronoun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pronouns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be classified into 9 different types, including possessive pronouns used to express ownership, personal pronouns used to refer to a person or object, demonstrative pronouns used to point to the noun, reflexive pronouns used to emphasize another pronoun or a noun and relative pronoun introduce a subordinate clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian and<\/span> <b><i>his<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really enjoying<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their first date in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nAdjective<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pretty, big, yellow<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An adjective is the modifier of the sentence, it describes the noun or the pronoun. An adjective essentially gives more information about the subject of the sentence. It answers questions like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what kind, how many, etc. Adjectives in English have endings to express superlative or comparative. For superlative, there is always an article &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the in front of the adjective. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjectives don\u2019t change or agree with the noun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian and his<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enjoying their<\/span> <b><i>first<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">date in Paris.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nAdverb<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quickly, greatly<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to an adjective, an adverb is used to modify or describe the verb, the adjective or the adverb in the sentence. An adverb usually describes the time, the condition or the state. It often ends in -ly. However, there are some adverbs that don\u2019t end in -ly, like also, never, often, again, too, well, soon and very. The words why, where, when and how are known as interrogative adverbs when used in a question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian and his<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife are<\/span> <b><i>really<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enjoying their first date in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nPreposition<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by, about, with, until<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between the noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. The relationship that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aims.edu\/student\/online-writing-lab\/grammar\/parts-of-speech.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preposition <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creates can be directional, spatial or temporal. Pronouns linked with nouns or pronouns create word groups known as prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases usually <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">function as an adverb or as an adjective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian and his<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enjoying their first date<\/span> <b><i>in<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nConjunction\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but, or, while<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A conjunction is a word used for linking the words, c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lauses or c<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phrases <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the sentence together. It also indicates the relationship between the elements in the sentence. A conjunction can be classified into four groups <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinating conjunctions, Subordinating conjunctions, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conjunctive adverbs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Correlative conjunctions. Coordinating conjunction is connecting independent clauses<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sentences<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or words with similar meanings. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Subordinating conjunctions are connecting the subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence known as an independent clause. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because, rather than, before, if, even though, once,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conjunctive adverbs also known as transitional words are connecting the sentence to another <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instead, additionally, moreover, also<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Corelative conjunctions combine the coordinating conjunction with another word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh my!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian <\/span><b><i>and<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enjoying their first date<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nInterjection<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wow, oh, ah, alas<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An interjection is an independent word added to the sentence to express emotion. An interjection is not grammatically related to the sentence, it can either come before or after the main sentence, it stands alone and usually ends with an exclamation point. Interjections are often used in informal writing and can rarely be found in academic writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it\u2019s used: <\/strong><b><i>Oh my<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brian and his<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wife are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enjoying their first date<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><br \/>\nConclusion<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding the 8 parts of speech is beneficial for analyzing the meaning of each word. By learning the 8 parts of speech, you can easily identify a grammatical problem in the sentence, and see whether there is a run-on sentence, a misused pronoun or a problem of the verb agreement. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about English grammar with our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cudoo.com\/learn-english-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online English courses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available for language levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To learn how to run, you have to learn how to walk first. The same goes for learning English. To speak the language proficiently, you\u2019ll have to master the grammar and the set of rules that go with it. 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