Learn all the components(part of speech)in English in details e.g noun, verb, adverb, pronoun, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection

 To speak and write English well, it helps to know the building blocks of the language. These are called the Parts of Speech (or components of English). Let’s go step by step, but I’ll keep it clear and practical.



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🧩 The 8 Main Parts of Speech in English


1. Noun → Names of people, places, things, or ideas


book, car, Aminu, Lagos, love

πŸ‘‰ Example: The dog is sleeping.



πŸ“Œ Types of nouns:


Proper noun (specific name): Nigeria, John, Coca-Cola


Common noun (general name): city, boy, drink


Abstract noun (ideas/feelings): love, freedom, wisdom


Collective noun (group): team, flock, family




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2. Pronoun → Replaces a noun to avoid repetition


I, you, he, she, it, we, they, mine, yours

πŸ‘‰ Example: John is tall. He plays football.




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3. Verb → Action or state of being


run, eat, sleep, is, am, are, was, were

πŸ‘‰ Example: She runs fast.

πŸ‘‰ Example: They are happy.



πŸ“Œ Verbs are key because they change with tenses:


Present: eat


Past: ate


Past participle: eaten




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4. Adjective → Describes a noun


big, small, beautiful, red, three, hungry

πŸ‘‰ Example: The red car is fast.




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5. Adverb → Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb


Often ends in -ly: quickly, slowly, happily


Also: very, well, never, always

πŸ‘‰ Example: She sings beautifully.

πŸ‘‰ Example: He is very tall.




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6. Preposition → Shows relationship (place, time, direction)


in, on, at, by, to, under, over, with, from

πŸ‘‰ Example: The pen is on the table.

πŸ‘‰ Example: We met at the park.




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7. Conjunction → Joins words, phrases, or sentences


and, but, or, because, although, so

πŸ‘‰ Example: I like tea and coffee.

πŸ‘‰ Example: She is sad because she lost her book.




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8. Interjection → Short words showing strong emotion


Oh!, Wow!, Ouch!, Hurray!, Hey!

πŸ‘‰ Example: Wow! That’s amazing.




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✨ Quick Summary Trick


Think of this sentence:

"Oh! She and I quickly ate three delicious mangoes on the table."


Oh! → interjection


She, I → pronouns


ate → verb


quickly → adverb


three, delicious → adjectives


mangoes → noun


on → preposition


and → conjunction




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πŸ“Œ Practice idea: Every day, take one short sentence and try to identify the parts of speech in it.

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