Parts of Speech Table

This is a summary of the 9 parts of speech of English.

part of speech function or "job" example words example sentences

Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, like, EnglishClub is a web site. I like EnglishClub.
work, sing, can, must

Noun thing or person pen, dog, job, music, This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live
town, London, teacher, in London.
John

Adjective describes a noun good, big, red, smart, My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
interesting

Article/Determiner limits or "determines" a noun a/an, the, 2, some, many I have two dogs and some rabbits.

Adverb describes a verb, adjective or quickly, silently, well, My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry,
adverb badly, very, really he eats really quickly.

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

Preposition links a noun to another word to, at, after, on, down, of, We went to school on Monday.
off, in, over, up

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

Interjection short exclamation, sometimes oh!, ouch!, hi! Ouch! That hurts!
inserted into a sentence
Hi! How are you?

Well, I don't know.

I. Identify the different parts of speech according to the underlined word.

1. He is thirty seven years old. 8. Jane wears a brown coat in winter.

o Article o Article
o Adverb o Noun
o Adjective o Adjective
o Pronoun o Pronoun
2. John is sometimes late for work. 9. Oh! She has beautiful eyes.
o Adjective o Interjection
o Preposition o Noun
o Pronoun o Adjective
o Verb o Pronoun
3. The book is under the chair. 10. He plays the piano beautifully.
o Adjective o Conjunction
o Conjunction o Adjective
o Verb o Adverb
o Preposition o Noun
4. Bob and Mark are very young. 11. The doctor works in the hospital.
o Noun o Conjunction
o Adjective o Adjective
o Preposition o Article
o Verb o Noun
5. I am always happy on Fridays! 12. There is a bank next to the supermarket.
o Interjection o Pronoun
o Pronoun o Adjective
o Preposition o Article
o Adverb o Preposition
6. She likes pizza but not with ham. 13. Sara lives in Australia.
o Conjunction o Pronoun
o Pronoun o Verb
o Preposition o Adverb
o Adverb o Preposition
7. John works at an office downtown.
o Article
o Adverb
o Adjective
o Pronoun