HOW TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENTENCE ELEMENTS AND PARTS OF SPEECH

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HOW TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENTENCE ELEMENTS

AND PARTS OF SPEECH

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SENTENCE ELEMENTS Subject (S); Verb (V); Object (O); Complement

(C); Attribute (Attr) and Adverb (Adv)

PARTS OF SPEECH

+ Changeable: N, V, Adj and Adv

+ Unchangeable: Pronoun, Conjunction, Preposition and Interjection

In the dictionary, V symbolizes verb to show

actions or states

Look (v) 1 see with eyes 2 seem (appearance), etc

In a sentence a verb may play the role of the

main verb (conjugated/finite verb):

Ex: He looks ill today

A verb may play the role of a subject:

Ex: Look is a verb

A verb may play the role of complement:

Ex: He goal is look forward to seeing her

A verb may play the role of an attribute:

Ex: His goal- looking forward to seeing her

seems impossible

A verb may play the role of an adverb:

Ex: He comes here to look forward to seeing her

A noun, in a dictionary, indicates things, people, conceptions, ideas, etc

Book (n)

In the sentence a noun may play the role of a

subject:

Ex: Books contains knowledge and experience

A noun may play the role of an object:

Ex: He wants a book

A noun may play the role of an attribute:

Ex: He wants his friend, a book.

A noun may play the role of an adverb Ex: The money is kept in a book

In a dictionary an adjective indicates characters, quality, etc Adj symbolizes an adjective

Beautiful (adj)

In a sentence an adjective may play the role of a subject:

Ex: The beautiful come to Da Nang today

An adjective may play the role of an object

Ex: We need the good

An adjective may play the role of an attribute Ex: His friends, the beautiful, will attend the

beauty contest

An adjective may play the role of an adverb

Ex: He looks for the best quality in the beautiful

In a dictionary, an adverb indicate the way, the manner, etc of verbs, adjectives, etc

Adv symbolizes an adverb

Well (adv)

In a sentence an adverb may play the role of a subject

Ex: Well is the way we are in need of

An adverb may play the role of an object

Ex: We need well, the way we do

An adverb may play the role of an attribute Ex: We need the way we do, well

An adverb may play the role of an adverb Ex: The task is done well

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