Part of Speech What is it? Examples Sentence Examples
1. Nouns name a person, place, thing, or idea teacher, Robert, college, California, phone, cat, success, loyalty Robert lives in a small apartment in California with his wife and two cats.
2. Pronouns take a noun's place he, it, you, they, I He teaches college courses.
3. Adjectives describe a noun or pronoun smart, cute, expensive, black, incredible His black cat only eats expensive food. The cat is cute, but it is picky.
4. Verbs describe an action or a state teach, eat, talk, achieve – be, feel, think, believe His wife works as a teacher, too. She loves her job.
5. Adverbs describe a verb, adjective, or adverb clearly, happily, here, well, intelligently, always They always go to work together. This is a very useful arrangement.
6. Prepositions show a relationship of place, time, location, or direction between words in, on, over, at, to On Saturdays, they go to the beach.
7. Conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses and, so, because, but, if, when Robert and his wife are happy because their life is perfect.
8. Interjections tell emotion or surprise yay, oh no, oops Yeah, life is good for Robert, his wife, and their two cats. Cheerio!
To easily understand more grammar explanations later, it is necessary to list one other type of word:
9. Articles introduce nouns a, an, the Robert's friend has a cat and an apartment, too. The cat often sleeps at Robert's place