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 function or "job" example words example sentences

speech

Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, EnglishClub.com is a web

like, work, sing, site. I like EnglishClub.com.
can, must

Noun thing or person pen, dog, work, This is my dog. He lives in

music, town, my house. We live in
London, teacher, London.
John

Adjective describes a noun a/an, the, 69, My dog is big. I like big
some, good, big, dogs.
red, well,
interesting

Adverb describes a verb, quickly, silently, My dog eats quickly. When

adjective or adverb well, badly, very, he is very hungry, he eats
really really quickly.

Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, Tara is Indian. She is

some beautiful.

Preposition links a noun to to, at, after, on, We went to school on

another word but Monday.

Conjunction joins clauses or and, but, when I like dogs and I like cats. I
sentences or words like cats and dogs. I like
dogs but I don't like cats.

Interjection short exclamation, oh!, ouch!, hi!, Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How
sometimes inserted well are you? Well, I don't know.
into a sentence