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2. Parts of Speech
2.1. Example

Example

Consider the word ‘love’ and how it is used in the following sentences. You will see that ‘love’
the root word changes format in order to portray a different part of speech (Lutrin and Pincus,
2020:46–47). Love is only one of many words that can be used in various different sentences
or contexts to portray a different meaning or idea.

Sentence Part of Speech Explanation

The new series, Love, starring Noun (Proper) In this context, Love is the
Gillian Jacobs will start tonight. name of a TV series and is
therefore capitalised.

Love means being kind to Noun (Abstract) In this sentence, love is

others. portrayed as a noun, referring
to the emotion people
experience.

I love my partner. Verb In this context, love is the

action being done.

He has a lovely home. Adjective In this sentence, the suffix ‘ly’ is

added to describe the noun in
this sentence.

She lovingly took her mother’s Adverb In this sentence, the suffix ‘ing’
hand. is added to describe the
manner in which the action
‘took’ was done.

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