What Are the Parts of Speech? (with Examples)





The term parts of
speech refer to the eight word categories. They are:





Adjective






Adverb


Conjunction


Interjection


Noun


Preposition


Pronoun


Verb


These categories are
often referred to as "The Eight Parts of Speech." (They are sometimes
called word classes.)


In a sentence, every
word or phrase can be classified as one of these parts of speech depending on
its function in the sentence. Remember, in English, a word which performs a
particular function in one sentence might perform a different function in another.
Let's take the word well for example.


You need to dig a
well. (noun)


You look well.
(adjective)


You dance well.
(adverb)


Well, I agree.
(interjection)


My eyes will well up.
(verb)


The Parts of Speech
(Quick Overview)


Below is a brief
explanation for each part of speech with an example.





















Part of SpeechBasic Function
Adjectivemodifies a noun or a pronoun
Examples: 

happy, red, enormous

Example in a sentence:

That is an enormous fish.
(The adjective enormous modifies the noun fish.)
Adverbmodifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Examples: 

happily, loosely, often

Example in a sentence:

They walked smartly to the counter.
(The adverb smartly modifies the verb walked.)
Conjunctionjoins words, phrases, and clauses
Examples: 

and, but, or

Example in a sentence:

A large bass still eluded Mark and Lee.
(The conjunction and joins the nouns Mark and Lee.)
Interjectionexpresses emotion
Examples:

indeed, well, oops

Example in a sentence:

Ouch, that hurt.
(The interjection Ouch expresses pain.)
Nounnames a person, place, or thing
Examples: 

man, city, dancing

Example in a sentence:

Take me to your leader.
(The noun leader names a person.)
Prepositionshows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence
Examples: at, in, near, on, with

Example in a sentence:

Sarah sang with Jeremy.
(The preposition with shows the relationship between Jeremysang, and Sarah.)
Pronounreplaces a noun
Examples: 

I, me, you, he, she, we, us, they

Example in a sentence:

Joanne is smart. She is also funny.
(The pronoun She replaces the noun Joanne.)
Verbidentifies an action or state of being
Examples: 

work, play, think, guess, write, exist, be

Example in a sentence:

Tony works down the pit now. He was unemployed.
(The verb works expresses an action. The verb was expresses a state of being.)


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