English Grammar Class #05 (Part-1)

Dear Friends!


Today we are going to discuss about the Parts of Speech. Keeping in view the length of this Class, we have divided this class into two equal parts. Each part will cover four Parts of Speech.

Before going to the main topic, let's discuss briefly: What role is played by Parts of Speech in a language? Let's try to understand this point. Have you ever heard about a post mortem of a dead body? A post mortem is performed on a dead body to examine the exact cause of a death. Likewise, when we become experts in Parts of Speech, it helps us to examine each and every word to know its proper place and meaning in a grammatically accurate sentence. This is what makes a language scientific.

Now let's focus on the main topic. We will begin with a Noun.

1.Noun-------- used as a name of anything I.e person, place or thing or a gender.

For example:

I) Martha travelled to Canada three years ago with her two young boys.

In the above example:

'Martha' is the name of a person
'Canada' is the name of a place
'years' is the name of a thing, and
'boys' is the name of a gender.



2. Pronoun------- is used in the place of a Noun to avoid Noun's unnecessary and awkward repetition in a sentence.

Consider the following example.

-Safina travelled to Russia last year to see her aunt Sarah. Safina stayed with Sarah for two weeks. Sarah loved Safina so much. Safina and Sarah adored each other.

You can notice that there is an awkward and unnecessary repetition of the nouns 'Safina' and 'Sarah'. To avoid this unnecessary and awkward repetition of the two nouns, we can rewrite the above paragraph in this way:

-Safina travelled to Russia last year to see aunt Sarah. She stayed with her aunt for two weeks. Her aunt loved her so much. They adored each other.

You can observe that the Pronouns 'She', 'her' and 'they' is used to avoid the unnecessary and awkward repetition of the nouns 'Safina' and 'Sarah'.

I, We, You, He, His, She, Her, They etc. are all Pronouns.


3. Adjective--------used to tell the quality, quantity, vice and virtue of a Noun or a Pronoun.

For example:

-Strong, broad etc. ( Quality)
-Little, more, many or a number etc. (Quantity)
-Honest, good (Virtue)
-Dishonest, bad (Vice)

Let's have a look at the following sentences.

I). His strong character was admired by everyone. ( 'strong character' defines a quality)

II). There are twenty five students in this class. ( 'twenty five' defines a quantity)

III). Honest people leave noble example. ('Honest people' and 'noble example' define virtue)

IV). Bad thoughts beget evil actions. ('Bad thoughts' and ' evil actions' define vice).


4. Verb---------- used to express an action or state of a Noun or a Pronoun.

For example:

-They are running hard to catch the train.

In the above example, 'are' is a Verb of state and defining an action of 'running' which is also a Verb.

Note: All the auxiliary verbs (is, am, are, was, were, have, had, can, could, will, would etc.) are Verbs of state.

All the main Verbs (write, fight, run, wrote, drive, loved, worked etc.) are verbs of the action.


We hope today's class has provided you with a valuable tutorial on the first four Parts of Speech. If you have any difficulty in understanding them properly, you can ask for our help by messaging us into the inbox of our page English Speaking Club


Best of luck.