15/04/2014
STUDY CENTRE (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
Reminder on: Parts of Speech
Just like the Human body containing different parts such as the eye, ear, nose, e.t.c which help its functionality, so also is the English Language having different components that makes it speech accurate and pass meaning.
The English Words are classified into Eight(8) parts of speech which are listed below:
1.) The Noun: This refers to a naming word. It can also be describes as the name of anything, animal, place or thing. e.g Firstouch Educoncept, First Breeders Inc., Eleven32, 89concepts.com, Sharpaly.com, Dog, Lagos, Book, e.t.c
2.) The Pronoun: This is used in place of a noun e.g We, I , Us, They, It, e.t.c
3.) The Adjective: This qualifies(describes) a noun or a pronoun; e.g fat, small, great, e.t.c.
4.) The Verb: This as a part of speech expresses the action; e.g go, dance, like, comment, e.t.c
5.) The Adverb: This modifies (describes) the verb e.g slowly, kindly, e.t.c
6.) The Preposition: This shows the relationship between two or more things e.g under, above, on, in, over, e.t.c
7.) The Conjunction: This joins one word or one sentence to another; e.g and, as well as, e.t.c
8.) The Interjection and Exclamation: This expresses suddenness or surprise; e.g Ah! Whoa! e.t.c
Take time out to answer few questions:
(A) Which of the following words is NOT a form of the “to be”?
i) was ii) beed iii) been iv) is
(B) Consider the following sentences. Of the words which contain the word “plant”, which sentence does not use “plant” as a verb?
i)I’m planting some flowers in my garden.
ii)I’m going to plant a bomb in the subway.
iii)I watered my plants today.
iv)I planted two seeds yesterday.
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