“Parts of speech” are the basic
types of words that English has. Most grammar books say that there are eight
parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions,
prepositions and interjections. We will add one more type: articles.
It is important to be able to
recognize and identify the different types of words in English, so that you can
understand grammar explanations and use the right word form in the right place.
Here is a brief explanation of what the parts of speech are:
Noun
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A noun is a naming word. It names
a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
Examples: cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival |
Verb
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A verb is a word which describes
an action (doing something) or a state (being something).
Examples: walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want |
Adjective
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An adjective is a word that
describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.
Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important |
Adverb
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An adverb is a word which usually
describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you
when or where something happened.
Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere |
Pronoun
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A pronoun is used instead of a
noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they |
Conjunction
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A conjunction joins two words,
phrases or sentences together.
Examples: but, so, and, because, or |
Preposition
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A preposition usually comes before
a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the
sentence.
Examples: on, in, by, with, under, through, at |
Interjection
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An interjection is an unusual kind
of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express
emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks.
Examples: Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha! |
Article
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An article is used to introduce a
noun.
Examples: the, a, an |
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