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Parts of Speech Examples



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 speechfunction or "job"example wordsexample sentences
Verbaction or state(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, mustEnglishClub is a web site. I likeEnglishClub.
Nounthing or personpen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, JohnThis is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
Adjectivedescribes a nouna/an, the, 2, some, good, big, red, well, interestingI have two dogs. My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
Adverbdescribes a verb, adjective or adverbquickly, silently, well, badly, very, reallyMy dog eatsquickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
Pronounreplaces a nounI, you, he, she, someTara is Indian. Sheis beautiful.
Prepositionlinks a noun to another wordto, at, after, on, butWe went to schoolon Monday.
Conjunctionjoins clauses or sentences or wordsand, but, whenI like dogs and I like cats. I like catsand dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
Interjectionshort exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentenceoh!, ouch!, hi!, wellOuch! 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, we use the traditional categorization of 8parts 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
Here are some sentences made with different English parts of speech:
verb
Stop!
   
nounverb
Johnworks.
   
nounverbverb
Johnisworking.
 
pronounverbnoun
Shelovesanimals.
   
nounverbadjectivenoun
Animalslikekindpeople.
 
nounverbnounadverb
TaraspeaksEnglishwell.
   
nounverbadjectivenoun
TaraspeaksgoodEnglish.
 
pronounverbprepositionadjectivenounadverb
Sherantothestationquickly.
 
pron.verbadj.nounconjunctionpron.verbpron.
ShelikesbigsnakesbutIhatethem.
Here is a sentence that contains every part of speech:
interjectionpron.conj.adj.nounverbprep.nounadverb
Well,sheandyoungJohnwalktoschoolslowly.

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