Parts of Speech Table

This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find

more detail if you click on each part of speech.
You can also see these parts of speech examples
part of
speech
function
or "job"
example
words
example sentences
Verb action or
state
(to) be,
have, do,
like,
work,
sing, can,
must
nglish!lub is a web
site. "like nglish!lub.
Noun thing or
person
pen, dog,
work,
music,
town,
#ondon,
teacher,
$ohn
This is my dog. %e lives
in my house. &e live
inLondon.
Adjectie describes a
noun
a'an,
the, (,
some,
good,
big, red,
well,
interestin
g
" have two dogs. )y
dogs are big. "
like big dogs.
Aderb describes a
verb,
ad*ective
or adverb
+uickly,
silently,
well,
badly,
very,
)y dog eats !uickl".
&hen he
is er" hungry, he
eatsreall" +uickly.
really
Pronoun replaces a
noun
", you,
he, she,
some
Tara is "ndian. She is
beautiful.
Prepositio
n
links a
noun to
another
word
to, at,
after, on,
but
&e
went to school on)ond
ay.
#onjunctio
n
*oins
clauses or
sentences
or words
and, but,
when
" like dogs and " like
cats. " like
cats and dogs. " like
dogs but " don,t like
cats.
$nterjectio
n
short
e-clamatio
n,
sometimes
inserted
into a
sentence
oh.,
ouch.,
hi., well
%uch. That hurts. &i.
%ow are you/ 'ell, "
don,t know.
* 0ome grammar sources categori1e nglish
into ( or )* parts of speech. 2t nglish!lub, we use the
traditional categori1ation of + parts of speech. -amples of
other categori1ations are3
4erbs may be treated as two different parts of speech3
o Lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
o Auxiliar" Verbs (be, have, must)
,eterminers may be treated as a separate part of
speech, instead of being categori1ed under 2d*ectives
Parts of Speech -xamples
%ere are some sentences made with different nglish parts of
speech3
erb
0top.

noun erb
$ohn works.

noun erb erb
$ohn is working.

pronou
n
erb noun
0he love
s
animals
.

noun er
b
adjecti
e
noun
2nimal
s
like kind people
.

nou
n
erb noun ader
b
Tara speak
s
nglis
h
well.

nou
n
erb adjecti
e
noun
Tara speak
s
good nglis
h.

pronoun erb preposition adjectie noun aderb
0he ran to the station +uickly.

pron. erb adj. noun conjunctio
n
pron. erb pron.
0he likes big snakes but " hate them.
%ere is a sentence that contains every part of speech3
interjecti pro con adj. nou er pre nou ader
on n. j. n b p. n b
&ell, she and youn
g
$ohn wal
k
to scho
ol
slowly
.
'ords with /ore than
%ne 0ob
)any words in nglish can have more than one *ob, or be
more than one part of speech. 5or e-ample, 6work6 can be a
verb and a noun7 6but6 can be a con*unction and a
preposition7 6well6 can be an ad*ective, an adverb and an
inter*ection. "n addition, many nouns can act as ad*ectives.
To analy1e the part of speech, ask yourself3 6&hat job is this
word doing in this sentence/6
"n the table below you can see a few e-amples. 8f course,
there are more, even for some of the words in the table. "n
fact, if you look in a good dictionary you will see that the
word 6but6 has si- *obs to do3
verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and
con*uction.
word part of speech example
work noun )y work is easy.
verb " work in #ondon.
but con*unction $ohn came but )ary didn,t
come.
preposition veryone came but )ary.
well ad*ective 2re you well/
adverb 0he speaks well.
inter*ection 'ell. That,s e-pensive.
afternoon noun &e ate in the afternoon.
noun acting as
ad*ective
&e had afternoon tea.
Source: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_1.htm