{"id":6621,"date":"2021-04-23T07:32:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T07:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2021-04-18T19:34:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T19:34:44","slug":"parts-of-speech-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/parts-of-speech-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of speech in English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parts of speech in English<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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INDEX OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n

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  • Parts of the sentence<\/li>\n
  • Prepositive phrases<\/li>\n
  • Basic sentence structure<\/li>\n
  • Functional types<\/li>\n
  • Words with more than one function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    In this article we will try to teach you what are parts of speech in English? In this regard, we must classify\u00a0English words into 9 basic types called “parts of speech” or “classes of words<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0”\u00a0<\/strong>It is very important that you know how to recognize the parts of the speech.\u00a0This will help you analyze sentences and understand them.\u00a0It will also help you to correctly construct sentences.<\/p>\n

    Parts of a sentence\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The basic parts of a sentence in English are<\/strong> the subject, the verb, and (often, but not always) the object. The subject is usually a noun, a word that names a person, place or thing. A verb (or predicate) generally follows the subject and identifies an action or state of being. An object receives the action and generally follows the verb.<\/p>\n

    Prepositive phrases<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Like adjectives and adverbs, prepositional phrases add meaning to nouns and verbs in sentences.\u00a0A prepositional phrase has two basic parts<\/strong>\u00a0: a preposition plus a noun or a pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition.<\/p>\n

    Basic sentence structure<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>There are four basic sentence structures in English:<\/em><\/p>\n

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    • A\u00a0simple sentence<\/strong>\u00a0is a sentence with a single independent clause (also called a main clause) – Judy laughed.<\/li>\n
    • Compound<\/strong>\u00a0sentence contains at least two independent clauses: Judy laughed and Jimmy cried.<\/li>\n
    • A\u00a0complex sentence<\/strong>\u00a0contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause: Jimmy cried when Judy laughed.<\/li>\n
    • Compound complex<\/strong>\u00a0sentence contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause: Judy laughed and Jimmy cried as the clowns ran past their seats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Four functional types of sentences<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      \u00a0<\/strong>There are four main types of sentences that can be distinguished by their function and purpose:<\/p>\n

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      • A\u00a0declarative sentence<\/strong>\u00a0makes a declaration:\u00a0babies cry<\/em>\u00a0.\u00a0(los bebes lloran).<\/li>\n
      • An\u00a0interrogative sentence<\/strong>\u00a0asks a question:\u00a0Why do babies cry?\u00a0<\/em>(\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 lloran los bebes?)<\/li>\n
      • An\u00a0imperative sentence<\/strong>\u00a0gives instructions or expresses a request or demand:\u00a0Please, shut up<\/em> (Por favor, callate).<\/li>\n
      • An\u00a0exclamatory sentence<\/strong> expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation: Shut up! (\u00a1C\u00e1llate!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Parts of the speech:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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        Part of speech<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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        Function or job<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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        Example words<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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        Example sentences<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

        Verb<\/td>\nAction or status<\/td>\n(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must<\/td>\nEnglishClub is a web site.\u00a0I like EnglishClub.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Name<\/td>\nThing or person<\/td>\npen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John<\/td>\nThis is my dog.\u00a0I have lives in my house.\u00a0We live in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Adjective<\/td>\ndescribe a noun<\/td>\ngood, big, red, well, interesting<\/td>\nMy dogs are big.\u00a0I like big dogs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Determined<\/td>\nlimits or “determines” a noun<\/td>\na \/ an the 2 some many<\/td>\nI have two dogs and some rabbits.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Adverb<\/td>\nlimits or “determines” a noun<\/td>\nquickly, silently, well, badly, very, really<\/td>\nMy dog \u200b\u200beats quickly.\u00a0When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Pronoun<\/td>\nreplace a noun<\/td>\nI, you, he, she, some<\/td>\nTara is Indian.\u00a0She is beautiful.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Preposition<\/td>\nlink a noun to another word<\/td>\nto, at, after, on, but<\/td>\nWe went to school on Monday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Conjunction<\/td>\njoin clauses or sentences or words<\/td>\nand, but, when<\/td>\nI like dogs and cats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        Interjection<\/td>\nshort exclamation, sometimes inserted in a sentence<\/td>\noh !, ouch !, hi !, well<\/td>\nOuch!\u00a0That hurts!\u00a0Hi!\u00a0How are you?\u00a0Well, I don’t know.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Some grammar sources\u00a0traditionally classify English into 8 parts of speech<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Others say 10. Examples of other categorizations are:<\/p>\n

        Verbs can be treated as two different parts of speech:<\/p>\n

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        • Lexical verbs<\/strong>\u00a0(work, like, run)<\/li>\n
        • Auxiliary<\/strong>\u00a0verbs\u00a0(be, have, must)<\/li>\n
        • The\u00a0determinants<\/strong>\u00a0can be treated as adjectives, instead of being a separate part of the speech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Examples of parts of speech<\/h4>\n

          Here are some examples of sentences made with different parts of speech in English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          Stop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          John<\/td>\nWorks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          John<\/td>\nIs<\/td>\nWorking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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          pronoun<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          She<\/td>\nLoves<\/td>\nAnimals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          Tara<\/td>\nSpeaks<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\nWell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verb<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          adjective<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          Name<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          Tara<\/td>\nSpeaks<\/td>\nGood<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
          \n

          pronombre<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verbo<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          preposici\u00f3n<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          determinado<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          nombre<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          adverbio<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          she<\/td>\nran<\/td>\nto<\/td>\nthe<\/td>\nstation<\/td>\nquickly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          ella<\/td>\ncorri\u00f3<\/td>\na<\/td>\nla<\/td>\nestaci\u00f3n<\/td>\nr\u00e1pidamente<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

           <\/p>\n

          \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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          Pronombre<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verbo<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          adjetivo<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          Nombre<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          conjunci\u00f3n<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          pronombre<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          verbo<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          Pronombre<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          She<\/td>\nlikes<\/td>\nbig<\/td>\nsnakes<\/td>\nbut<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nhate<\/td>\nthem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          A ella<\/td>\nLes gustan<\/td>\ngrandes<\/td>\nLas serpientes<\/td>\npero<\/td>\nyo<\/td>\nodio<\/td>\nlas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

          Words with more than one function<\/strong><\/h2>\n

          Many English words can have more than one function<\/strong>\u00a0or be more than one part of speech.\u00a0For example,\u00a0<\/span>to work<\/em> “trabajar” can be a verb and a noun; <\/span>but<\/em> “pero” can be a conjunction and a preposition; well “bien” can be an adjective, an adverb and an interjection. Also, many nouns can act as adjectives.<\/span><\/h2>\n

          To analyze the part of speech, ask yourself: \u201cWhat function does this word play in this sentence?<\/p>\n

          In the following table you can see some examples<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Of course, there is more, even for some of the words in the table.\u00a0In fact, if you look in a good dictionary, you will see that the word “but” has six tasks to do:<\/p>\n

          verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjunction<\/strong><\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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          word<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          part of speech<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

          		\n

          example<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

          work<\/td>\nnoun<\/td>\nMy\u00a0work<\/strong>\u00a0is easy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          work<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nI work<\/strong>\u00a0in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          but<\/td>\nconjunction<\/td>\nJohn came\u00a0but<\/strong>\u00a0Mary didn’t eat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          but<\/td>\npreposition<\/td>\nEveryone came\u00a0but<\/strong>\u00a0Mary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          well<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nAre you\u00a0well<\/strong>\u00a0?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          well<\/td>\nadverb<\/td>\nShe speaks\u00a0well<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          well<\/td>\ninterjection<\/td>\nWell<\/strong>\u00a0!\u00a0That’s expensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          afternoon<\/td>\nnoun<\/td>\nWe ate in the\u00a0afternoon<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          afternoon<\/td>\nnoun acting as adjective<\/td>\nWe had\u00a0afternoon<\/strong>\u00a0tea.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

          Remember!\u00a0It is vitally important to obtain an official degree with which to indicate your level of English, here we leave you the\u00a0closest calls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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          \n 5\/5 - (1 vote) <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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