Parts of Speech Table
This is a summary of the 8 parts of
speech*.
part of speech
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function or "job"
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example words
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example sentences
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Verb
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action or state
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(to) be, have, do, like, work,
sing, can, must
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Noun
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thing or person
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pen, dog, work, music, town,
London, teacher, John
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This is my dog. He lives in
my house. We live in London.
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Adjective
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describes a noun
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a/an, the, 2, some, good, big,
red, well, interesting
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I have two dogs. My dogs are
big. I like big dogs.
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Adverb
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describes a verb, adjective or
adverb
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quickly, silently, well, badly,
very, really
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My dog eats quickly. When
he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
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Pronoun
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replaces a noun
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I, you, he, she, some
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Tara is Indian. She is
beautiful.
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Preposition
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links a noun to another word
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to, at, after, on, but
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We went to school on
Monday.
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Conjunction
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joins clauses or sentences or
words
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and, but, when
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I like dogs and I like
cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
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Interjection
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short exclamation, sometimes
inserted into a sentence
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oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
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Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't
know.
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* 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
Parts of Speech Examples
Here are some sentences made with
different English parts of speech:
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pronoun
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verb
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preposition
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adjective
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noun
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adverb
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She
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ran
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to
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the
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station
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quickly.
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pron.
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verb
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adj.
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noun
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conjunction
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pron.
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verb
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pron.
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She
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likes
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big
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snakes
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but
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I
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hate
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them.
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Here is a sentence that contains
every part of speech:
interjection
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pron.
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conj.
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adj.
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noun
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verb
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prep.
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noun
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adverb
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Well,
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she
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and
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young
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John
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walk
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to
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school
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slowly.
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Words with More than One Job
Many words in English can have more
than one job, or be more than one part of speech. For example, "work"
can be a verb and a noun; "but" can be a conjunction and a
preposition; "well" can be an adjective, an adverb and an
interjection. In addition, many nouns can act as adjectives.
To analyze the part of speech, ask yourself: "What job is this word doing in this sentence?"
In the table below you can see a few examples. Of course, there are more, even for some of the words in the table. In fact, if you look in a good dictionary you will see that the word "but" has six jobs to do:
To analyze the part of speech, ask yourself: "What job is this word doing in this sentence?"
In the table below you can see a few examples. Of course, there are more, even for some of the words in the table. In fact, if you look in a good dictionary you will see that the word "but" has six jobs to do:
- verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjuction!
word
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part of speech
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example
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work
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noun
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My work is easy.
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verb
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I work in London.
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but
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conjunction
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John came but Mary didn't come.
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preposition
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Everyone came but Mary.
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well
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adjective
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Are you well?
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adverb
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She speaks well.
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interjection
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Well! That's expensive!
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afternoon
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noun
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We ate in the afternoon.
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noun acting as adjective
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We had afternoon tea.
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