Learn 8 Parts of Speech in English Grammar!

The parts of speech explain how a word is used in a sentence. There are 8 parts of speech (also known as word classes): nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.

8 Parts of Speech in English

NOUN

• A noun names a person, place, things or idea.
• Examples: dog, cat, horse, student, teacher, apple, Mary and etc.

ADVERB

• An adverb tells how often, how, when, where. It can describe a verb, an adjective or an adverb.
• Examples: loudly, always, never, late, soon etc.

VERB

• A verb is a word or group of words that describes an action, experience.
• Examples: realize, walk, see, look, sing, sit, listen and etc.

ADJECTIVE

• An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.
• Examples: red, tall, fat, long, short, blue, beautiful, sour, bitter and etc.

PREPOSITION

• A preposition is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction in a sentence.
• Examples: at, in, on, about, to, for, from and etc.

CONJUNCTION

• Conjunctions join words or groups of words in a sentence.
• Examples:  and, because, yet, therefore, moreover, since, or, so, until, but and etc…

PRONOUN

• Pronouns replace the name of a person, place, thing or idea in a sentence.
• Examples: he, she, it, we, they, him, her, this, that and etc.

INTERJECTION

• Interjections express strong emotion and are often followed by an exclamation point.
• Examples: Bravo! Well! Aha! Hooray! Yeah! Oops! Phew!

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