Parts of Speech — Important Questions

Interjection

Step 1: Look at 'Hurrah!' in the sentence. Notice the exclamation mark (!) after it. Step 2: Ask yourself: does this word express a sudden feeling or emotion? Yes – 'Hurrah' expresses sudden joy or excitement. Step 3: A word that expresses some sudden feeling is called an Interjection. Interjections are usually followed by an exclamation mark. Step 4: 'Hurrah' is not the name of anything (not a Noun), does not describe a verb (not an Adverb), and does not join words or sentences (not a Conjunction). Step 5: So 'Hurrah' is an Interjection.

Verb

Step 1: Identify the word 'won' in the sentence. Step 2: Ask: what does 'won' do in this sentence? It tells us what the Indian team did – it shows their action. Step 3: A Verb is a word used to say what a person or thing does. It shows doing, being, or possessing. Step 4: 'Won' clearly shows a doing action – the team performed the action of winning. Step 5: So 'won' is a Verb. 'Noun' is wrong because 'won' is not the name of anything. 'Adjective' describes a noun. 'Adverb' describes a verb – 'won' itself is the verb, not a word describing one.

myself

Step 1: Recall the definition – a Pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. Step 2: In this sentence, 'I', 'you', and 'myself' are all pronouns. 'I' refers to the speaker, 'you' refers to the listener, and 'myself' also refers to the speaker. Step 3: Among the given options, only 'myself' is a pronoun. Step 4: 'News' is a Noun (name of a thing). 'Gave' is a Verb (action word). 'The' is an Article (a type of adjective). Step 5: So the correct answer is 'myself', which is a pronoun referring to the speaker.

Conjunction

Step 1: Look at the word 'or' in the sentence. Step 2: Ask: what job does 'or' do here? It joins two parts of the sentence – 'Do not go near the bull' and 'it may hurt you'. Step 3: A Conjunction is a word used to join words, groups of words, or sentences. Step 4: 'Or' is joining two clauses together, so it is a Conjunction. Step 5: 'Preposition' shows relationship between nouns. 'Interjection' expresses sudden feeling. 'Adverb' describes a verb. None of these match the job 'or' is doing here.