A part of speech is a category of words that share a similar grammatical function in a sentence. In other words, it tells us how a word is used—whether it names something, describes it, shows action, or connects ideas.
Common Parts of Speech:
1. Noun – Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Example: dog, city, honesty
2. Verb – Shows an action, occurrence, or state of being.
Example: run, decide, is
3. Adjective – Describes or modifies a noun.
Example: beautiful, nervous, protective
4. Adverb – Describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Example: quickly, very, well
5. Pronoun – Replaces a noun.
Example: he, she, it, they
6. Preposition – Shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words.
Example: in, on, under, with
7. Conjunction – Connects words, phrases, or clauses.
Example: and, but, because
8. Interjection – Expresses strong emotion or sudden reaction.
Example: Wow! Oh no! Hurray!