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

Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:

o Lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
o Auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)

Determiners may be treated as a separate part of speech, instead of being categorized

under Adjectives