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Parts of Speech Table

part of speech function or "job" example words example
sentences

Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, EnglishClub is a
like, work, sing, web site. I like
can, must EnglishClub.

Noun thing or person pen, dog, work, This is my dog. He
music, town, lives in my house.
London, teacher, We live in London.
John

Adjective describes a noun good, big, red, My dogs are big. I
well, interesting like big dogs.

Article limits or a/an, the, 2, some, I have two dogs

"determines" a many and some rabbits.
noun

Adverb describes a verb, quickly, silently, My dog eats
adjective or well, badly, very, quickly. When he
adverb really is very hungry, he
eats really quickly.

Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, Tara is Indian. She

some is beautiful.

Preposition links a noun to to, at, after, on, We went to school
another word but on Monday.

Conjunction joins clauses or and, but, when I like dogs and I
sentences or like cats. I like cats
words and dogs. I like
dogs but I don't
like cats.

Interjection short exclamation, oh!, ouch!, hi!, Ouch! That hurts!
sometimes well Hi! How are you?

inserted into a Well, I don't know.
sentence