To define a part of speech, it is necessary to know what is a part of speech. It words which have morphological and syntactic features. Distinguish independent and auxiliary parts of speech.
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Instruction
1. Ask a question to a word. The word answers questions who that? This noun. For example, mom, mountain, grass. Nouns call objects.
2. Distinguish an adjective from a noun. It the words designating signs of objects. For example, new, woolen, mother's. Adjectives answer what questions, what, what, what, whose whose whose whose.
3. Distinguish words which replace nouns and adjectives. It pronouns. They point to objects and faces or their signs, but do not call them. For example, I, we, you, who, mine, what, this, anybody, any, everyone, someone, etc.
4. Ask a question how many. This question is answered by cardinal numbers and define quantity of objects. For example, one, forty, etc. Ordinal numerals answer questions, which which which which. For example, the fifth, sixth.
5. Look whether action and a state designates a word. If yes, that is a verb. For example, I read. Verbs define time, the person and number. An exception – an infinitive, an unchangeable uncertain form of a verb. For expression of temporary property use participles. They are also necessary for expression of sign of the subject depending on a certain action. Participles combine in themselves signs of a verb and adjective. For example, sleeping, playing. Adverbial participles differ from a verb. It are formed from a verb, but has no time, do not change on persons, childbirth and numbers. For example, talking, having put.
6. Also there is a non-inflected part of speech – an adverb. For example, here, here, long, three together, on foot, etc. They designate signs of actions or signs of signs.