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Part of Speech
A word is a “part of speech” only when it is used in a sentence. It can be classified in 8 types.
Part of speech
Function
Example words
1.Noun (বিশেষ্য)
thing or person
pen, dog, town, London, teacher, John
2.Pronoun (সর্বনাম)
replaces a noun
I, you, he, she, some, myself
3.Adjective (বিশেষণ)
describes a noun/pronoun
good, big, red, well, interesting, famous, ugly, ill
4.Adverb (ভাব বিশেষণ)
describes verb/adjective/adverb
quickly, silently, well, very, really, here, there, today.
5.Verb (ক্রিয়া )
action or state
be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must., study, play, dream
6.Preposition (পদান্বয়ী অব্যয়)
links a noun to another word
to, at, after, on, for, with, by, in
from, between, among, within
7.Conjunction (সমুচ্চয়ী অব্যয়)
joins clauses/sentences/words
and, but, when, though, if, so, or, yet, till, until, otherwise.
8.Interjection (বিস্ময় সূচক )
short exclamation
oh!, alas!, hi!, fie! Hurrah!
Parts of Speech Exercise
Read the following sentences and underline the word or words that belong to the part of speech specified in the bracket.
An example is given below.
Question: She must have reached home. (verb)
Answer: She must have reached home.
1. She went to the market and bought some eggs. (verb)
2. I want to go now. (adverb)
3. What are you doing there? (adverb)
4. There is a mouse underneath the piano. (preposition)
5. Masons build houses. (noun)
6. John is my best friend. (proper noun)
7. She looked up but didn’t see anything. (adverb)
8. My family live in different parts of India. (collective noun)
9. That was a difficult question. (adjective)
10. She was very impressed with her results. (adverb)
11. Although she is poor, she is happy. (conjunction)
12. Have we bought enough chairs? (adjective)
13. The policeman didn’t run fast enough to catch the thief. (adverb)
Part of speech:
1. Remember to drive safely.
2. Don’t talk like that.
3. Sally and Tom are coming back soon.
4. This is a pretty vase.
5. Let’s do it.
6. The cat is on the table.
7. Oh, I didn’t know that.
8. Do you want to go out or stay home?
9. New York is a big city.
10. I want the blue ball.
11. We finished it yesterday.
12. What am I going to do without you?
13. He will come.
14. Wow, those are great news!
15. We have pens, pencil, notebooks and markers.
1. Let’s play another round.
a) noun b) pronoun c) preposition d) adverb
2. I am in the process of collecting material.
a) Verb b) Adjective c) Adverb d) Noun
3. Lovely comes here regularly.
a) noun b) pronoun c) adjective d) adverb
4. This is the go of the world. ‘Go’
a) verb b) noun c) adverb d) adjective
5. This is my village.
a) adverb b) noun c) conjunction d) adjective
6. Handle with care.
a) noun b) adjective c) pronoun d) verb
7. It needs to be done with care.
a) noun b) adjective c) pronoun d) verb
8. We have rights and responsibilities.
a) Adjective b) Verb c) Adverb d) Noun
9. One should do one’s duty.
a) Noun b) Pronoun c) Adjective d) Adverb
10. He was a rather disagreeable man.
a) Noun b) Adverb c) Adjective d) Preposition
11. Still waters run deep.
a) Noun b) Pronoun c) Adjective d) Adverb
12. I bought a very beautiful golden ring.
a) adverb b) noun c) adjective d) noun adjective
13. We have a legendary past to be proud of.
a) Adverb b) Noun c) Pronoun d) Adjective
14. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
a) Gerund b) Verbalnoun c) Participle d) Adjective
15. Sweet are the uses of adversity.
a) noun b) adjective c) adverb d) verb
16. A teacher is popular among his students.
a) noun b) adjective c) adverb d) verb
17. It is wrong to wrong anyone.
a) verb b) adverb c) noun d) adjective
18. Depression is often hereditary.
a) Adverb b) Noun c) Adjective d) Verb
19. He gave me a beautiful diamond ring.
a) appositive b) adjective c) adverb d) noun
20. This is a book of the English language.
a) Adjective b) Noun c) Verb d) Adverb
21. I am a university student.
a) Adverb b) Pronoun c) Adjective d) Noun
22. I walk because walking is good exercise.
a) adjective b) verb c) gerund d) adverb
23. Mind your own business.
a) verb b) noun c) adjective d) adverb
24. Try to better your condition.
a) Adjective b) Adverb c) Noun d) Verb
25. Can you smell gas?
a) noun b) adjective c) verb d) adverb
26. Please do not look back.
a) Pronoun b) Noun c) Adverb d) Adjective
27. The programme was telecast live.
a) Noun b) Verb c) Adjective d) Adverb
28. I know better.
a) adjective b) noun c) adverb d) preposition
29. The boy writes well.
a) adjective b) noun c) adverb d) preposition
30. Down went the Titanic.
a) adjective b) noun c) adverb d) preposition
31. Please, come again
a) verb b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
32. He is little known.
a) verb b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
33. Akbar still works in that office.
a) verb b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
34. He has already finished his homework.
a) verb b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
35. After the storm comes the calm.
a) Preposition b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
36. None but the brave deserves the fair.
a) Preposition b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
37. He was only a yard off me.
a) Preposition b) Adverb c) conjunction d) pronoun
38. This mutton has too much fat on it.
a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb
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