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.

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

(to) be, have, do,

EnglishClub.com is a web site. I
Verb action or state like, work, sing,
like EnglishClub.com.
can, must

pen, dog, work,

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

a/an, the, 69, some,

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

quickly, silently, My dog eats quickly. When he

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

I, you, he, she,

Pronoun replaces a noun Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
some

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

I like dogs and I like cats. I like

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

short exclamation,
Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are
Interjection sometimes inserted oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
you? Well, I don't know.
into a sentence