Parts of speech table.

Parts of Speech Table

This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech.

Verb :
Action or state .Ex: (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must...
Ex: I like EnglishClub.com.

Noun :
Thing or person . Ex: pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher...
Ex:John This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.

Adjective
Describes a noun. Ex: a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, red, well, interesting...
Ex: My dog is big. I like big dogs.

Adverb
Describes a verb, adjective or adverb. Ex: quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really...
Ex: My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.

Pronoun:
Replaces a noun. Ex: I, you, he, she, some...
Ex: Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.

Preposition :
Links a noun to another word . Ex: to, at, after, on, but ...
Ex: We went to school on Monday.

Conjunction:
Joins clauses or sentences or words. Ex: and, but, when...
Ex: I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.

Interjection :
Short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence. Ex: oh!, ouch!, hi!, well Ouch!
Ex: That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.

* Some grammar sources categorize English into 9 or 10 parts of speech. At EnglishClub.com, we use the traditional categorization of 8 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:

Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:
Lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
Auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)
Determiners may be treated as a separate part of speech, instead of being categorized under Adjectives.

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