ILLUSTRATING PARTS OF SPEECH WITH A WORD

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

ILLUSTRATING PARTS OF SPEECH WITH A WORD

Noun: This serves as a name: This round is over.

Verb: It describes an action: The ship will round the cape.

Adjective: It describes nouns and pronouns: This table is round .

Adverb: It describes verbs: I will move round .

Preposition: It shows relationship between two or more persons, things or phenomena: He works round the clock.

Now, tell the class of “like” in the sentences below:

1. He had a car like mine.
2. They change cars like they change clothes.
3. Marry your like.
4. I responded in like manner.
5. The smell was dusty like.
6. Don’t you like grammar?
   GAB