Basic English Language Skills
Developed for Oxbridge Academy
CHAPTER 2:
PARTS OF SPEECH
Parts of speech are used to construct meaningful sentences.
Language is made up of many different combinations of words and 
sentences that we use to communicate with one another. 
Different types of words have different roles to play within sentences, and 
different types of sentences perform different functions.
In this chapter, we’ll be showing you how different types of words (called 
parts of speech) are used to construct meaningful sentences.