PART OF SPEECH

PART OF SPEECH

There are eight parts of speech

1. Noun
2. pronoun
3. verb
4. Adverb
5. Adjective
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection

1. Noun: This is a part of speech which is word used to name a person, place or thing or idea e.g. James, Ngozi, Nasarawa.
2. Pronoun:This is a part of speech which is  used in place of a noun to avoid repetition e.g. she, he etc. There are different types of pronoun, personal, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal, indefinite, relative, interrogative and demonstrative.
3. Adjective: This is a word used to modify or add more meaning to a noun and pronoun e.g. Mary is a pretty girl. Adjective have three degrees of comparison, positive, comparative and superlative.

Positive                Comparative                 Superlative

Fat                        fatter                        fattest

Good                     better                       best

Intelligent             more intelligent      most intelligent

4. Verb: This is a word that express action or otherwise helps to make a statement. It is also known as doing word e.g. play, talk, walk.
5. Adverb: This is a word that modifies or qualifies a verb, adjectives e.g. carefully, happily, foolishly.
6. Propositions: A preposition is a word used to show the relation of a noun to some other in sentence e.g. about, at, but, bedside, between etc.
7. Conjunction: A conjunction is a word that joins words or group of words. It could be coordinating conjunction, correlative or subordinate conjunction.
8. And, but, or, not, for (coordinating).
9. Either …. Or, not, only ……. But, whether, or (correlative)

iii.              Subordinating conjunction: after, although, as, if, when, where.

8. Interjection: This is a word that expresses emotion and grammatical relation to other words in the sentence. It is also known as exclamation or expressing feeling e.g. Ah!, Oh!, Hurray! Hal, Mummy!, what a pity!

There can be more than one of such symbol after expression, depending on the degree of the emotion being expressed. The following expressions exemplify the use of interjection: Excellent, How mindful interjection does not only have to come at the end of all expression in all cases, it can indeed, be used after a word within a larger expression. E.g.

1. Alas! The boy has died.
2. Save, O, lord! the hand of my enemies.

Interjection can be used to express various emotions, joy, sorrow, surprise, grief, etc.

Direct and indirect speech: Direct speech – is a speech in which we quote the exact words of the speaker e.g. “The exams ended two days ago”, said the lecturer.

“Are you free now?” asked Marian.

Indirect Speech– Also known as reported speech is a speech in which we paraphrase the words of the speaker. It usually begins in the past tense with such forms as he said that, he told me that, he asked if, he asked me to etc. Mary asked if I was free then.