Simple English for IELTS, TOEFL, NPTE, PT

How can we make a sentence? Basically, a simple sentence is composed of different words that work together to bring out one single thought. This means that every single word in the sentence play a vital role in providing meaning to the sentence. Hence, we call these elements in the sentence the parts of speech.

The parts of speech are words that have specific functions in a sentence. In the English language, we have eight different parts of speech. Let us discuss each part and provide examples for better learning.

1. NOUNS

Nouns are name of people, things, animals, phenomena, and events. It can function differently in the sentence like subject and object. Nouns can be word, phrases or clauses.

Examples:

• Mary is known to be the prettiest girl in the class.
• I have to go to the hospital and visit my sick aunt.
• What I don’t understand is his insensitivity.

2. PRONOUNS

These are used to substitute names of nouns in a sentence. We use pronouns to avoid redundancy in the sentence.

Examples:

• Raymond is such a hardworking gentleman. He always does his best in everything.
• The dog is waggling its tail. It is a happy dog.
• Everyone in the class has agreed to participate.

3. VERBS

Verbs are words that express a movement, occurrence of an event or just a condition. There are action verbs that show an action and state verbs that show a state of a noun.

Examples:

• She is my friend.
• My aunt eats breakfast every morning.
• I like him so much.

4. ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words that are used to describe nouns.

Examples:

• I bought a red car for my old friend.
• The flowers are very pretty.
• This dress will look elegant on me.

5. ADVERBS

Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs and even the meaning of the whole sentence.

Examples:

• I run fast.
• She is much prettier than her older sister.
• The thief slowly opened the bag. 

 

6. CONJUNCTIONS

These are words that connect grammatically alike words, phrases and clauses. Conjunctions can be coordinating, correlative and subordinating.

Examples:

• My sister and I enjoy going to the mountains in spring.
• Both Raymond and Jing are working as managers in the hotel.
• Joel was playing the piano while Denver was singing on stage.

7. PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are used to link words in any part of the sentence. Prepositions can be time, place, movement or direction.

Examples:

• My youngest brother was born on October 20th.
• Their family moved to a new apartment building. They are currently living on the 16th floor.
• We went around town and found a nice cafe down this street.

8. INTERJECTIONS

These are words that are used express an emotion or sentiment.

Examples:

• Wow! I found my lost wallet in my closet.
• Hi! What’s up mother?
• Ouch! You are stepping on my foot!

These parts of speech are the secret in making effective and strong sentences. They have different uses and one must be very good at it.