Quick English - What are sentences made of? (Parts of Speech)
How much do you know about languages? Did you know that every day in the world, more than 6000 languages are spoken? The majority of us consider other languages far away from our own and yet there is something that they all have in common: sentence components (or parts).
We all speak at least one language fluently, but we don't always pay attention or realize that sentences are formed by components. When we do learn a second language it becomes easier and we tend to notice things more as the learning process goes by. Let us look at the main components to get a clearer picture on this matter.
A noun identifies places, things, or people.
Examples: tree, mother, glass - they're all noun as they name things.
In addition, all proper names are nouns. London, Philadelphia, Mary, Steve, Luke etc. are all nouns.
A verb can be described as a 'doing-word'; a verb can indicate an action or a state of being.
Examples: drive, eat, sleep, etc.
Verbs also express states of being: This pie tastes very sweet. In this case there is no action; the verb 'tastes' expresses the state of being of the pie.
An adjective is used to assign properties to nouns.
Ex. The beautiful garden
The great party
Adjectives are also used to compare things.
Ex. I am getting bigger and stronger than ever before.
An adverb is used to modify verbs or adjectives; it can also add information about place, manner and time, telling how things are done.
Ex. Joe rarely eats vegetables
They quickly opened the door
The keys are over there