Components of Grammar

Components of Grammar

A set of rules used to govern a set of language is called grammar. English has become one of the most widely used languages of this world, so it has become important for all of us to study grammar. Grammar has passed through many stages of development and what we use today is called modern grammar. English grammar is composed of many components and this article would help you to understand the various components of grammar. There are traditional eight parts of speech and most of them are explained in this article. The most important parts of grammar are Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions and Interjections. Let us discuss these parts in brief.

Nouns- These are words that are used to name persons, places or things. Noun is derived from a Latin word and these are the only expressions that tell us about a person, place, animal or thing. These can be of various types such as common nouns, proper nouns, collective nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns etc. Examples of nouns are Ram, Bobby, Mumbai, Car, Sky, Moon, Mahatma Gandhi, Lamp, Cow, Buffalo, Computer, Boys, and Girls etc.

Pronouns- These are words that are used in place of Nouns. There are various types of pronouns like personal pronouns, subjective pronouns, objective, prepositional and dummy pronouns. Examples are he, she, they, them, these, their, her, him etc.

Verbs- These are doing words. They convey an action, occurrence or state of being. These words explain and tell about the action which is being performed in the sentence. These are further divided into finite verbs and non finite verbs. Examples are playing, singing, throwing, riding, washing, enjoying, watching etc.

Adverbs- These are words which modifies the meaning of verb, adverb or another adverb. It provides information about the time, place, manner and frequency about the action words in the sentences. Examples are quickly, quietly, never, tomorrow, today, sadly, often, incredibly, briefly etc.

Adjectives- These are words that are used to describe a noun. These can be further divided into attributive, predicative, absolute and nominal. Examples are angry, fast, beautiful, busy, shy, caring, little, huge, good, bad etc.

Conjunctions- These are words that joins two sentences together. These are further divided into coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions. Examples are so, and, but, before, since, which etc.

Interjections- These are words that expresses sudden expressions or feelings. These words are usually followed by a punctuation mark. These can be phrases or simple sentences. Examples are Alas, Hurray, Bravo etc.