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Thisisasummaryofthe9partsofspeech*.Youcanfindmoredetailifyou
clickoneachpartofspeech.
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Youcanalsoseethesepartsofspeechexamples
partof
speech
functionor"job"
examplewords
examplesentences
Verb
actionorstate
(to)be,have,do,
like,work,sing,
can,must
EnglishClubisawebsite.Ilike
EnglishClub.
Noun
thingorperson
pen,dog,work,
music,town,
London,teacher,
John
Thisismydog.Helivesinmy
house.WeliveinLondon.
Adjective
describesanoun
good,big,red,well, Mydogsarebig.Ilikebig
interesting
dogs.
Determiner limitsor
"determines"anoun
a/an,the,2,some,
many
Ihavetwodogsandsome
rabbits.
Adverb
describesaverb,
adjectiveoradverb
quickly,silently,
well,badly,very,
really
Mydogeatsquickly.Whenhe
isveryhungry,heeatsreally
quickly.
Pronoun
replacesanoun
I,you,he,she,
some
TaraisIndian.Sheisbeautiful.
Preposition linksanounto
anotherword
to,at,after,on,but WewenttoschoolonMonday.
Conjunction joinsclausesor
sentencesorwords
and,but,when
Interjection shortexclamation,
sometimesinserted
intoasentence
oh!,ouch!,hi!,well Ouch!Thathurts!Hi!Howare
you?Well,Idon'tknow.
IlikedogsandIlikecats.Ilike
catsanddogs.IlikedogsbutI
don'tlikecats.
*SomegrammarsourcestraditionallycategorizeEnglishinto8partsof
speech.Othersay10.AtEnglishClub,weusethemorerecent
categorizationof9partsofspeech.Examplesofothercategorizationsare:
Verbsmaybetreatedastwodifferentpartsofspeech:
lexicalVerbs(work,like,run)
auxiliaryVerbs(be,have,must)
Determinersmaybetreatedasadjectives,insteadofbeinga
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