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 speech
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function or "job"
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example words
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example sentences
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action or state
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(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing,
can, must
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EnglishClub.com is a
website. I like EnglishClub.com.
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thing or person
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pen, dog, work, music, town, London,
teacher, John
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This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
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describes a noun
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a/an, the, 2, some, good, big, red,
well, interesting
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I have two dogs. My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
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describes a verb, adjective or adverb
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quickly, silently, well, badly, very,
really
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My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry,
he eats really quickly.
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replaces a noun
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I, you, he, she, some
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Tara is Indian. She is
beautiful.
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links a noun to another word
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to, at, after, on, but
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We went to school on Monday.
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joins clauses or sentences or words
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and, but, when
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I like dogs and I
like cats. I like cats and dogs.
I like dogs but I
don't like cats.
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short exclamation, sometimes inserted
into a sentence
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oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
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Ouch!
That hurts! Hi!
How are you? Well,
I don't know.
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