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This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.
| part of speech |
function or "job" |
example words |
example sentences |
| Verb |
action or state |
(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must |
EnglishClub.com is a web site. I like EnglishClub.com. |
| Noun |
thing or person |
pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John |
This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London. |
| Adjective |
describes a noun |
a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, red, well, interesting |
My dog is big. I like big dogs. |
| Adverb |
describes a verb, adjective or adverb |
quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really |
My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. |
| Pronoun |
replaces a noun |
I, you, he, she, some |
Tara is Indian. She is beautiful. |
| Preposition |
links a noun to another word |
to, at, after, on, but |
We went to school on Monday. |
| Conjunction |
joins clauses or sentences or words |
and, but, when |
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 |
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well |
Ouch! 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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