Part of Speech

Part of Speech

by Jocelyn Atienza -
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The fundamental classifications of words according to their purpose in a sentence are called parts of speech. In English, there are eight conventional parts of speech:

A noun is a name for a person, location, object, or concept.
For instance, London, happiness, and cats


A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
For instance, he, she, it, and they

Verb: Defines an action or a condition.
For instance, run, is, and think

An adjective is a word that describes or alters a noun or pronoun.
For instance, blue, quick, and joyful

Adverbs are used to describe or alter verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
For instance: swiftly, extremely, well

A preposition indicates how a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the phrase are related.
For instance, in, on, at, and by

Connecting words, phrases, or clauses is known as conjunction.
For instance, and, but, because

Interjection: Shows shock or intense emotion.
For instance: wow! Oh! Oh no!