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PILLARS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
There are eight pillars of English Grammar. These pillars are called parts of speech.
These parts explain how a word is used in a sentence.
The parts of speech are :
Noun Pronoun Verb
Refers to the words or Refers to the words that Refers to the words or
phrases that represent a are used instead of a noun group of words that
person, a place, a thing, or noun phrase in a describe an action,
a quality or an idea. sentence. experience or express a
E.g.: dog, cat, elephant, E.g.: he, I, its, me, my, she, state of being.
school, work, town, that, this, those, etc. E.g.: run, sit, stand, go,
Manali, teacher, etc. have, get, promise, invite,
play, learn, etc.
Adjective Adverb
Refers to the words that Refers to the words that
describe a noun or describe a verb, an
pronoun. adjective, another adverb,
E.g.: angry, brave, careful, or a whole sentence.
healthy, little, old, E.g.: badly, fully, carefully,
generous, tall, some, good, hardly, nearly, hungrily,
big, etc. never, etc.
Preposition Conjunction Interjection
Refers to the words that Refers to the words that Refers to the words or
are used before a noun, connect words, phrases or phrases that are used to
pronoun or gerund to clauses in a sentence. express a strong feeling or
show place, time, E.g.: and, or, so, after, emotion.
direction, etc. since, before, either, E.g.: ahem!, aha!, gosh!,
E.g.: above, except, from, neither, etc. aw!, great!, hey!, hi!,
in, near, of, before, since, hooray!, etc.
etc.