Parts of Speech

In grammar, a part of speech (also called lexical categories, grammatical categories or word classes) is a
linguistic category of words. In English there are eight parts of speech.
A list of parts of speech
A list of parts of speech in English grammar include the following:
1. Verb
A verb is used to show an action or a state of being
go, write, exist, be
2. Noun
A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events, ideas and feelings. A noun
functions as a subject or object of a verb and can be modified by an adjective.
John, lion, table, freedom, love ...
3. Adjective
Adjectives are used to describe or specify a noun or pronoun
good, beautiful, nice, my ...
4. Adverb
An adverb is used to modify a verb, adjective and other adverbs.
completely, never, there ...
5. Pronoun
A pronoun is used in the place of a noun or phrase.
I, you, he, she, it ...
6. Preposition
Prepositions are used before nouns to form a phrase that shows where, when, how and why
in, above, to, for, at ...

7. Conjunction
Conjunctions join clauses or sentences or words
and, but, when ...
8. Interjection
Interjections are used to show surprise or emotion.
oh!, Good Lord
Examples of parts of speech
Here are some examples of parts of speech:
My (adjective) friend (noun) speaks (verb) English (noun) fluently (adverb).
Oh! (interjection) I ( pronoun) went (verb) to (preposition) school (noun) and (conjunction) I ( pronoun)
met (verb) Fred (noun).

Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words

You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at something. ____________
We left for the mountain just before six in the morning. ____________
We first went to the store to buy a few things. ____________
We had a breakfast at a caf near the rail station. ____________
My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack. ____________
I helped him carry it. ____________
The weather was very cold. ____________
My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!" ____________
We didn't spend the night there. ____________
We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We were very hungry. ____________




You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at something. pronoun
We left for the mountain just before six in the morning. verb
We first went to the store to buy a few things. preposition
We had a breakfast at a caf near the rail station. noun
My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack. adjective
I helped him carry it. pronoun
The weather was very cold. adverb
My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!" interjection
We didn't spend the night there. adverb
We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We were very hungry. conjunction