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Unit 10: Parts of Speech and Common Errors in English
In the above sentences, the verbs ‘appear’ means ‘come into sight’, ‘grow’ means ‘increase notes
in size’, ‘turn’ means ‘move into a direction’. Therefore, the need an adverb, and not
adjective.
2. Use an adjective, not an adverb after verbs such as ‘feel’, ‘sound’, ‘taste’, ‘smell’, to show a
quality experienced by one of the physical senses.
This cloth feels smooth (not smoothly)
These pipes sound nice (not nicely)
This orange tastes sour (not sourly)
That rose smells sweet (not sweetly)
self assessment
Complete the sentences with one of the words given in brackets:
11. The student could ………………… get passing marks. (hardly, hard)
12. She could ………………… raise her arms. (hard, hardly)
13. The child can ………………… lift the school bag. (hardly, hard)
14. She studies ………………… into the night. (lately, late)
15. The airbus arrived ten minutes ………………… . (late, lately)
16. The examinations will be held ………………… in April this time. (late, lately)
17. I reached home very ………………… last night. (late, lately)
18. Join the course which will help you the ………………… . (mostly, most)
19. It was my elder brother who guided me the …………… to get this position. (most, mostly)
20. In computer course, the students are ………… girls from renowned schools. (mostly, most)
10.3 summary
l The parts of speech explain the ways words can be used in various contexts. Every word
in the English language functions as at least one part of speech; many words can serve, at
different times, as two or more parts of speech, depending on the context.
l Noun is a word or phrase that names a person, place, thing, quality, or act (Ram, India, table,
love, school ). A noun may be used as the subject of a verb, the object of a verb, an identifying
noun, the object of a preposition, or an appositive.
l Pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun and refers to a person, place, thing, idea, or
act that was mentioned previously or that can be inferred from the context of the sentence
(he, she, it, that ).
l Adjective is a word or combination of words that modifies a noun (red, beautiful, best,
permanent).
l Verb is a word or phrase that expresses action, existence, or occurrence (throw, be, happen ).
l Adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (sweetly, persistently,
much ).
l Preposition is a word or phrase that shows the relationship of a noun to another noun (at,
by, in, to, from, with )
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