These categories classify words based on their function within a sentence
Here's an example sentence demonstrating the eight parts of speech:
"Wow! The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, and the cat is playing happily."
Here's a breakdown of each part of speech in the sentence:
Nouns: fox, dog, cat
Pronouns: None in this example
Verbs: jumps, is, playing
Adjectives: quick, brown, lazy, happy
Adverbs: happily (modifies the verb "playing")
Prepositions: of, over
Conjunctions: and
Interjections: wow