Parts of Speech Table
Parts of Speech Table
This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part
of speech.
* Some grammar sources categorize English into 9 or 10 parts of speech. At EnglishClub, we use
the traditional categorization of 8 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:
noun - A noun is a type of word that represents a person, thing, or place, like
mother, apple, or valley.
verb - A verb is a type of word that describes an action or a state of being, like
wiggle, walk, run, jump, be, do, have, or think.
pronoun - A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. Some pronouns are: I, me, she,
hers, he, him, it, you, they, them, etc.
adjective - An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun). Some
adjectives are: big, cold, blue, and silly. One special type of adjective is an
article, a word that introduces a noun and also limits or clarifies it; in English,
the indefinite articles are a and an, the definite article is the.
adverb - An adverb is a word that tells "how," "when," "where," or "how
much". Some adverbs are: easily, warmly, quickly, mainly, freely, often, and
unfortunately.
preposition - A preposition shows how something is related to another word. It
shows the spatial (space), temporal (time), or logical relationship of an object to
the rest of the sentence. The words above, near, at, by, after, with and from are
prepositions.
conjunction - A conjunction is a word that joins other words, phrases, clauses
or sentences. Some conjunctions are: and, as, because, but, or, since, so, until,
and while.
interjection - An interjection is a word that expresses emotion. An interjection
often starts a sentence but it can be contained within a sentence or can stand
alone. Some interjections are oh, wow, ugh, hurray, eh, and ah.