🌟 Advanced Hacks to Identify Parts of Speech – Detailed Guide

 🌟 Advanced Hacks to Identify Parts of

Speech – Detailed Guide

1. Noun (Person, Place, Thing, Idea)

Advanced Clues:

1. Often after articles → the boy, a dog, an idea

2. Often after prepositions → in the room, on the table, by him

3. Usually subject or object of a verb → Rahim eats mangoes. (Rahim, mangoes)

4. Can be plural or singular → look for -s/-es endings (books, cars)

5. Possessive nouns end with ’s → Rahim’s book

6. Abstract nouns often end in -ness, -tion, -ity, -ment → happiness, education,

activity, development

7. Collective nouns indicate groups → team, class, flock

2. Pronoun (Replaces Nouns)

Advanced Clues:

1. Replaces a noun → he, she, it, they, this, those

2. Can show possession → my, his, their, her

3. Often subject or object in the sentence → She loves him.

4. Reflexive pronouns end in -self/-selves → myself, themselves

5. Relative pronouns introduce clauses → who, which, that

3. Verb (Action or State)

Advanced Clues:

1. Every sentence has at least one main verb

2. Look for helping verbs → is, am, are, have, will, shall

3. Action verbs → show physical or mental action (run, think, write)

4. Linking verbs → show state of being (is, seem, become, appear)

5. Infinitive verbs usually follow to → to eat, to go, to learn

6. Gerunds end with -ing and act as nouns (Swimming is fun.)

7. Past participles often used in perfect tenses → have eaten, has gone

4. Adjective (Describes Nouns/Pronouns)

Advanced Clues:

1. Usually before the noun → red car, tall boy

2. Sometimes after linking verbs → The sky is blue.

3. Answer questions → Which one? What kind? How many?

4. Some adjectives can appear after nouns (mostly in titles or phrases) → Attorney

General

5. Comparative/superlative forms → taller, tallest, more beautiful

6. Possessive adjectives → my, his, their (can be tricky: they are adjectives, not

pronouns)

5. Adverb (Describes Verb, Adjective, or Adverb)

Advanced Clues:

1. Many end with -ly → quickly, slowly, silently

2. Answer questions → How? When? Where? To what extent? Why?

3. Can modify verbs → He runs fast.

4. Can modify adjectives → She is very tall.

5. Can modify adverbs → He runs quite fast.

6. Position hints: start, middle, or end of sentence

7. Time adverbs → yesterday, tomorrow, now

8. Frequency adverbs → always, often, never, rarely

6. Preposition (Shows Relation)

Advanced Clues:

1. Always followed by a noun or pronoun → object of preposition

2. Shows place, time, direction, cause, manner → in, on, at, under, by, with, for

3. Can start prepositional phrases → in the morning, on the table, by the river

4. Don’t confuse with adverbs → He went in. (adverb) vs in the room (preposition)

7. Conjunction (Joins Words/Phrases/Clauses)

Advanced Clues:

1. Coordinating conjunctions → and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet

2. Subordinating conjunctions → because, although, since, while, if

3. Often connect clauses or phrases

4. Can hint sentence type → If you study, you’ll pass. (conditional clause)

8. Interjection (Expresses Emotion)

Advanced Clues:

1. Usually standalone at sentence start

2. Often followed by ! or , → Wow!, Oh,

3. Express strong emotion → surprise, joy, pain, sadness

9. Extra Contextual Hacks

● After prepositions → nouns/pronouns → in the room, with him

● After articles → nouns → a book, the table

● After linking verbs → adjectives → She is happy, He looks tired

● Before nouns → adjectives → a red car

● Before “to” in infinitives → often adjectives/adverbs → happy to help, ready to

eat

● Infinitives = verb → to run, to sing

● Gerunds = noun → Running is fun

● Possessive nouns/adjectives → Rahim’s bag, my book

● Comparatives = adjective/adverb → faster, better, more interesting

● Adverbs of frequency/time → usually with verbs → He often eats, She will come

tomorrow

📝 Condensed Cheat Sheet – Quick

Identification

Part of

Speech

Quick Clues / Hacks

Noun After article/preposition, subject/object, ends -ness/-tion/-ment, plural -s,

possessive 's

Pronoun Replaces noun, subject/object, possessive (my/his/their), reflexive

-self/-selves

Verb Action/state, after subject, helping verbs before main, infinitive “to+verb”,

gerund -ing

Adjective Before noun, after linking verb, answers which/what/how many,

comparative/superlative

Adverb Modifies verb/adjective/adverb, answers how/when/where/extent, often

-ly, frequency/time clues

Preposition Shows relation, followed by noun/pronoun, prepositional phrases,

place/time/direction

Conjunction Joins words/phrases/clauses, coordinating (and/but/or), subordinating

(because/if/although)

Interjection Expresses emotion, usually at sentence start, often followed by !,

standalone

💡 Pro Tips for Speed Reading Sentences

1. Verb first → then subject → then modifiers

2. Look for position clues: before noun = adjective, after verb = adverb

3. Preposition always has an object (noun/pronoun)

4. “To + verb” = infinitive (verb), otherwise “to” = preposition

5. Reflexive pronoun = pronoun, not adjective

6. Articles (a, an, the) almost always indicate a noun follows