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This is a summary of the 9 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.
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part of speech |
function or "job" |
example words |
example sentences |
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action or state |
(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must |
EnglishClub is a website. I like EnglishClub. |
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thing or person |
pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John |
This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London. |
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describes a noun |
good, big, red, well, interesting |
My dogs are big. I like big dogs. |
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limits or "determines" a noun |
a/an, the, 2, some, many |
I have two dogs and some rabbits. |
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describes a verb, adjective or adverb |
quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really |
My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. |
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replaces a noun |
I, you, he, she, some |
Tara is Indian. She is beautiful. |
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links a noun to another word |
to, at, after, on, but |
We went to school on Monday. |
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joins clauses or sentences or words |
and, but, when |
I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats. |
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short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence |
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well |
Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know. |