CLASS 10 TH BEAUTY AND WELLNESS - WRITING SKILL : PART OF SPEECH UNIT 1 SESSION 6

 Writing Skills: Parts of Speech 

1. Parts of Speech

Parts of speech are the categories of words according to their role in a sentence.

Main Parts of Speech:

1. Noun – Name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

Example: teacher, Delhi, book, happiness

2. Pronoun – Replaces a noun.

Example: he, she, it, they

3. Verb – Shows action or state of being.

Example: run, speak, is, are

4. Adjective – Describes a noun or pronoun.

Example: beautiful, tall, red

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

Example: quickly, very, slowly

6. Preposition – Shows the relation of a noun/pronoun with other words.

Example: in, on, at, under

7. Conjunction – Connects words, phrases, or sentences.

Example: and, but, or, because

8. Interjection – Expresses strong feeling.

Example: Wow! Oh! Alas!

2. Using Capital Letters

- At the beginning of a sentence.

- For names of persons, places, countries, languages, and religions.

- For titles of books, films, newspapers.

For abbreviations and proper nouns.

❓ Questions & Answers

Q1. What are parts of speech?

👉 Parts of speech are the categories of words based on their function in a sentence.

Q2. Give two examples of nouns.

👉 Teacher, Delhi

Q3. What is the use of a verb?

👉 A verb shows an action or state of being.

Example: She runs fast.

Q4. Name two types of conjunctions.

👉 Coordinating: and, but

Subordinating: because, although

Q5. When should capital letters be used?

👉 At the beginning of a sentence, for names of persons, places, languages, religions, titles, and abbreviations.

Q6. Give two examples of interjections.

👉 Wow! Oh!