Parts of Speech: 8 Parts of Speech in English (with Useful Examples)

Parts of Speech! A part of speech is a category of words that have similar grammatical properties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similarly—they play similar roles within the grammatical structure of sentences.

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Parts of Speech in English

Commonly listed English parts of speech are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection (08 parts of speech).

Many English words can belong to more than one part of speech. Words like neigh, break, outlaw, laser, microwave, and telephone might all be either verbs or nouns.

This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech.

Parts of Speech Table

Parts of speech	Functions	Example words	Example sentences
Noun	a word or lexical item denoting any abstract or concrete entity	a person (police officer, Michael), place (coastline, London), thing (necktie, television), idea (happiness), or quality (bravery)	The cat sat on the mat.
Verb	a word denoting an action (walk), occurrence (happen), or state of being (be)	an action (walk), occurrence (happen), or state of being (be)	That idea is interesting Tell me something interesting.
Adjective	a modifier of a noun or pronoun	big, brave	That’s an interesting idea
Adverb	a modifier of an adjective, verb, or other adverbs	very, quite	Frankly, I don’t believe you
Pronoun	a substitute for a noun or noun phrase	them, he	That reminds me of something.
Preposition	a word that relates a noun to another word or phrase in the sentence and aids in syntactic context	in, of	The cat is in the box
Conjunction	syntactic connector; links words, phrases, or clauses	and, but	He is not only handsome but also brilliant.
Interjection	an emotional greeting or exclamation	Hurrah, Alas, well	Well, that’s great

Parts of Speech in English

Parts of Speech Table

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