Parts of Speech Examples
Here are some examples of sentences made with different English parts of speech:
verb
Stop!

noun
verb
John
works.

noun
verb
verb
John
is
working.

pronoun
verb
noun
She
loves
animals.

noun
verb
noun
adverb
Tara
speaks
English
well.

noun
verb
adjective
noun
Tara
speaks
good
English.

pronoun
verb
preposition
determiner
noun
adverb
She
ran
to
the
station
quickly.

pron.
verb
adj.
noun
conjunction
pron.
verb
pron.
She
likes
big
snakes
but
I
hate
them.

Here is a sentence that contains every part of speech:
interjection
pron.
conj.
det.
adj.
noun
verb
prep.
noun
adverb
Well,
she
and
my
young
John
walk
to
school
slowly.

Words with More Than One Job
Many words in English can have more than one job, or be more than one part of speech. For example, "work" can be a verb and a noun; "but" can be a conjunction and a preposition; "well" can be an adjective, an adverb and an interjection. In addition, many nouns can act as adjectives.

  • verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjunction!
word
part of speech
example
work
noun
My work is easy.
verb
work in London.
but
conjunction
John came but Mary didn't come.
preposition
Everyone came but Mary.
well
adjective
Are you well?
adverb
She speaks well.
interjection
Well! That's expensive!
afternoon
noun
We ate in the afternoon.
noun acting as adjective
We had afternoon tea.


part of speech


part of speech


We can categorize English words into 9 basic types called "parts of speech" or "word classes". It's quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentences.

part of speech
function or "job"
example words
example sentences
Verb
action or state
(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
the1knowledge is a web site. I like the1knowledge.
Noun
thing or person
pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John
This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
Adjective
describes a noun
good, big, red, well, interesting
My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
Determiner
limits or "determines" a noun
a/an, the, 2, some, many
I have two dogs and some rabbits.
Adverb
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.
Pronoun
replaces a noun
I, you, he, she, some
Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
Preposition
links a noun to another word
to, at, after, on, but
We went to school on Monday.
Conjunction
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.
Interjection
short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.

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