Parts of Speech

The word 'He' is a pronoun used to refer to a male person without naming them directly. Pronouns are used to make sentences less repetitive. It acts as the subject of the sentence.

The word 'sat' is an action verb in the past tense. It tells us what the subject, Humpty Dumpty, did. Verbs are the core of the predicate in a sentence.

The word 'on' indicates the spatial relationship between the subject 'Humpty Dumpty' and the 'wall.' It functions as a preposition by connecting the verb to a noun phrase.

The word 'fellow' refers to a person, making it a noun. In this sentence, it acts as a subject complement following the linking verb 'is' and the adjective 'busy.'

The word 'is' is a linking verb that connects the subject 'He' to the adjective 'busy.' It describes a state of being rather than a physical action.

The word 'wrote' is the past tense of the verb 'write,' which expresses a physical action. It describes what the subject 'girl' did in the sentence.

The word 'letter' is a noun because it names a specific object. It serves as the direct object of the action verb 'wrote' in this sentence.

The word 'big' is an adjective because it modifies the noun 'town' by describing its size. Adjectives provide additional details about the nouns they accompany.

The word 'is' is a verb, specifically a linking verb, that connects the subject 'Calcutta' to its description. It indicates the existence or state of the subject.

The word 'town' is a noun as it names a type of place. It is the head of the noun phrase 'a big town' and is described by the adjective 'big.'

The word 'are' is a verb that links the compound subject 'Iron and copper' to the predicate 'useful metals.' It is the plural form of the verb 'to be.'

The word 'town' is a noun because it identifies a place. It follows the adjective 'big' and functions as the predicate nominative in this sentence structure.

The word 'useful' is an adjective because it describes a quality of the noun 'metals.' It provides descriptive information about the subjects 'iron' and 'copper.'

The word 'copper' is a noun because it is the name of a specific metal. It serves as one of the subjects in the compound subject 'Iron and copper.'

The word 'and' is a coordinating conjunction used to link 'iron' and 'copper.' It joins two words of the same grammatical category to form a compound subject.