8 Main Parts of Speech in English
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Noun – Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples: teacher, city, book, honesty -
Pronoun – Replaces a noun.
Examples: he, she, it, they, who -
Verb – Shows action or a state of being.
Examples: run, eat, is, become -
Adjective – Describes or modifies a noun/pronoun.
Examples: beautiful, tall, red, smart -
Adverb – Describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Usually answers how, when, where, or to what extent.
Examples: quickly, very, often, here -
Preposition – Shows relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word in the sentence.
Examples: in, on, at, under, between -
Conjunction – Joins words, phrases, or clauses.
Examples: and, but, because, although -
Interjection – Shows strong emotion or sudden feeling.
Examples: wow, oh!, hey, ala