part of sentence and Speech

PART OF SENTENCES

Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what or whom the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject.

Examples:

1. Ayu sleeps.

Ayu as a subject and sleeps as a predicate

To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb and then make a question by placing "who?" or "what?" before it. (NOTE: the answer is the subject)

Example:

1.. Ayu sleeps at 9 pm.

Analysis:

The subject of the sentence à Ayu

(who or what being talked about)

The predicate à sleeps at 9 pm

(what is being said about the subject)

PARTS OF SPEECH

Traditional grammar classifies words based on nine parts of speech. The nine parts of speech are;

1. verb            6. preposition

2. noun               7. conjunction

3. pronoun         8. interjection

4. adjective     9. article

5. adverb

PART OF SPEECH	BASIC FUNCTION	EXAMPLES
1. Noun	names a person, place, or thing	Indonesia, Soekarno
2. Pronoun	takes the place of a noun	I, you, he, she, it, ours, them. Who.
3. Verb	identifies action or state of being	sing, dance, believe, be
4. Adjective	modifies a noun	lazy, funny, hot.
5. Adverb	modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb	softly, lazily, often
6. Preposition	shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence	up, over, against, by, for

7. Conjunction	joins words, phrases, and clauses	and, but, or, yet
8. Interjection	expresses emotion	ah, whoops,ouh
9. Article	expresses emotion	a, an, the