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Parts of Speech
In grammar, a part of speech (also called lexical categories, grammatical categories or word classes) is a
linguistic category of words. In English there are eight parts of speech.
1. Verb
2. Noun
A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events, ideas and feelings. A
noun functions as a subject or object of a verb and can be modified by an adjective.
3. Adjective
4. Adverb
5. Pronoun
6. Preposition
Prepositions are used before nouns to form a phrase that shows where, when, how and why
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Active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. In passive
voice sentences, the subject is acted upon by the verb. Check out the examples below. Need more
explanation? Check out the YourDictionary Active vs. Passive Voice infographic for an easy-to-
understand visual explanation.
The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night. (active)
Every night the office is vacuumed and dusted by the cleaning crew. (passive)
Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale. (active)
For the bake sale, two dozen cookies will be baked by Susan. (passive)