The Different Parts of Speech

Function or Job Examples Sentences

Noun Thing or person Pencil, cat, work, This is my cat.

notebook They live in Madrid.

Verb Action or state Get, come, cut, open I like apple.

like Come in Please.

Adverb Describe a verb, Silently, badly, really My cat eats quickly.

advective or adverb

Adjective Describes a noun Small, big, good, well, We like big cake.
blue I have three pencils.

Pronoun Replaces a noun I, you, he, she, it He is very clever.

Preposition Links a noun to At, in, of, on, after, She was hiding under
another word under the table.

Conjunction Joins clauses or But, and while, when I am very hungry, but
sentences the fridge is empty.

Interjection Short exclamation Oh!, hi1, ouch!, Wow! Wow! What a

beautiful car!