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"job" words senten
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Verb action (to) be, English
or state have, Club.co
do, like, m is a
work, web
sing, site.
can, Ilike En
must glishClu
b.com.

Noun thing or pen, This is

person dog, my dog
work, . He
music, lives in
town, myhou
London, se. We
teacher, live
John in Lond
on.
Adjective describe a/an, My dog
sa the, 69, is big. I
noun some, like big 
good, dogs.
big,
red,
well,
interesti
ng

Adverb describe quickly, My dog

sa silently, eats qu
verb, well, ickly.
adjectiv badly, When
e or very, he
adverb really isvery 
hungry,
he
eats re
allyquic
kly.
Pronoun replaces I, you, Tara is
a noun he, she, Indian. 
some She is
beautifu
l.
Prepositionlinks a to, at, We
noun to after, went to
another on, but  school 
word on Mon
day.

Conjunction
joins and, I like
clauses but, dogs an
or when d I like
sentenc cats. I
es or like
words cats an
d dogs.
I like
dogs bu
t I don't
like
cats.

Interjectionshort oh!, Ouch!

exclama ouch!, That
tion, hi!, well hurts! H
someti i! How
mes are
inserted you? W
into a ell, I
sentenc don't
e know.
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part of speech function or "job" example words example sentences

Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, EnglishClub.com is a

like, work, sing, can, web site.
must Ilike EnglishClub.com
.
Noun thing or person pen, dog, work, This is my dog. He
music, town, London, lives in myhouse. We
teacher, John live in London.

Adjective describes a noun a/an, the, 69, some, My dog is big. I

good, big, red, well, like big dogs.
interesting

Adverb describes a verb, quickly, silently, well, My dog eats quickly.

adjective or adverb badly, very, really When he
isvery hungry, he
eats reallyquickly.

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

beautiful.

Preposition links a noun to to, at, after, on, but We

another word went to school on Mo
nday.
Conjunction joins clauses or and, but, when I like dogs and I like
sentences or words cats. I like
cats and dogs. I like
dogs but I don't like
cats.
Interjection short exclamation, oh!, ouch!, hi!, well Ouch! That hurts! Hi!
sometimes inserted How are you? Well, I
into a sentence don't know.