Step-by-step explanation:
Understanding parts of speech is essential for determining the correct definition of a word when using the dictionary. 1. ... Nouns can function in different roles within a sentence; for example, a noun can be a subject, ... pronouns introduce a subordinate clause; and demonstrative pronouns identify, point to, or refer to nouns
Pronouns: Words that take the place of a noun or another pronoun (I, you, me, he, she, it, we, who, they).
English has 9 parts of speech:
part of speechfunction or "job"example wordsexample sentences
Verbaction or state(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, mustEnglishClub is a web site. I like EnglishClub.
Nounthing or personpen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, JohnThis is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
Adjectivedescribes a noungood, big, red, well, interestingMy dogs are big. I like big dogs.
Determinerlimits or "determines" a nouna/an, the, 2, some, manyI have two dogs and some rabbits.
Adverbdescribes a verb, adjective or adverbquickly, silently, well, badly, very, reallyMy dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
Pronounreplaces a nounI, you, he, she, someTara is Indian. She is beautiful.
Prepositionlinks a noun to another wordto, at, after, on, butWe went to school on Monday.
Conjunctionjoins clauses or sentences or wordsand, but, whenI like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
Interjectionshort exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentenceoh!, ouch!, hi!, wellOuch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.
