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PartsofSpeechTable|EnglishClub

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Thisisasummaryofthe9partsofspeech*.Youcanfindmoredetailifyou
clickoneachpartofspeech.
EnglishClubLanguageTip

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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