Parts of Speech Table
Parts of Speech Table
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.
You can also see these parts of speech examples
part of
speech
function or "job"
example words
Verb
action or state
Noun
thing or person
Adjective
describes a noun
Adverb
describes a verb,
adjective or adverb
quickly, silently,
well, badly, very,
really
Pronoun
replaces a noun
Preposition
links a noun to
another word
Conjunction
joins clauses or
sentences or words
Interjection
short exclamation,
sometimes inserted
into a sentence
example sentences
* Some grammar sources categorize English into 9 or 10 parts of speech. At EnglishClub, we use the
traditional categorization of 8 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:
verb
noun verb
Stop!
John
John
works.
pronoun verb
She
noun
loves animals.
noun verb
Tara
noun
noun
is
working.
verb adjective noun
Animals like
adverb
kind
noun verb
Tara
ran
to
the
likes big
English.
adverb
station quickly.
snakes but
hate them.
adjective noun
speaks good
people.
she
and
young John
walk to
adverb
school slowly.
word
part of speech
example
work
noun
My work is easy.
verb
I work in London.
conjunction
preposition
adjective
adverb
interjection
but
well
afternoon noun