Before I begin discussing the parts of speech, I want to explain what they are and their importance. The English language consists of thousands and thousands of words. Every word, though, can be boiled down to 8 basic parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Of course, many words can be more than one of these, but I will get in to that later.
So what's the significance? It is important to know how words function in a sentence to make sure you have complete sentences, that you use a variety of words in your writing, and that you use this information to express yourself as clearly as possible. Now is a future employer going to give you a sentence and ask you to state which part of speech each word is? He or she could if you want to be a writer or a journalist, or even an English teacher, but not likely. However, you could very well be asked by future teachers and professors to use more colorful adjectives and to make sure you are consistent with verb tense in an essay. If you have no clue what adjectives and verbs are, you will not be able to do as your teacher wants.
My hope with this blog is to make learning and distinguishing the parts of speech as easy and painless as possible. Let's get started!
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