DIFFERENT PARTS OF

SPEECH
EC-L2-GR9
INSTRUCTOR MISS SHARON SEYMOUR
TRAINEE KARESHA MCKENZIE
WHAT ARE
PARTS OF
SPEECH
• There are eight parts of speech in
the English language: noun,

pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb,

preposition, conjunction, and

interjection. The part of

speech indicates how the word

functions in meaning as well as

grammatically within the sentence .

ADJECTIVES ADVERBS

an adjective is a word that modifies a

An adverb is a word or an expression that
noun or noun phrase or describes its
referent. Adjectives are one of the modifies a verb, adjective, determiner,
main parts of speech of the English
clause, preposition, or sentence.
language, although historically they
were classed together with nouns. EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
They live in a beautiful house.
Ben is an adorable baby. She spoke softly.
CONJUNCTION INTERJECTION

A conjunction is a word that is used to An interjection is a part of speech that

connect words, phrases, and clauses demonstrates the emotion or feeling of the

author. These words or phrases can stand

EXAMPLES
alone, or be placed before or after a sentence.
I have two goldfish and a cat.
EXAMPLES
Neither the black dress nor the gray one
Ah! What a relief!
looks right on me.
Wow! The movie is awesome.
NOUNS PREPOSITION

Prepositions and postpositions, together are

A noun is a word that functions as the name words that can be used to describe a location
of a specific object or set of objects. or place.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
She sat at the beach.
My name is karesha mckenzie. The cat is under the table.

I live in Jamaica .
PRONOUN VERBS

In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a • A verb is a kind of word (part of speech) that

word that substitutes for a noun or noun tells about an action or a state. It is the main

phrase. part of a sentence.

EXAMPLES • EXAMPLES

I am a girl. • The dog ran across the yard.

• She accepted the job offer.

We went to the ball ground yesterday.
 REFERENCE

• https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech.html