Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Noun is a part of speech that names people, things and phenomena. It answers questions Who? What?

E.g. people: Eugene, Amy;

things: table, pen;

phenomena: thunder, wind.

Verb is a part of speech that expresses action or state. E.g. action: work; state: have.

Adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun. It answers question: What kind? E.g. beautiful, bright, yellow.

Adverb is a part of speech that modifies verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or the whole sentence. It answers questions: How? Where? When? Why? How long? How often? etc.

E.g. She runs fast. (How? The adverb modifies the verb.)

She is very beautiful. (How? The adverb modifies the adjective.)

I do not feel very well. (How? The adverb "very" modifies the adverb "well".)

Fortunately, I had car insurance. (The adverb "fortunately" modifies the whole sentence.)

Pronoun is a part of speech that substitutes a noun (or adjective). It answers questions: What? Who? What kind? Whose?

E.g. He, she, it, who, that, this, her, their etc.

Preposition is a part of speech that shows relationships between words.

E.g. on, in, between, at, towards, etc.

Conjunction is a part of speech that connects words and parts of a sentence.

E.g. And, or, but, so, while, etc.

Article is a part of speech that defines a noun.

E.g. a(an), the.

Numeral is a part of speech that names numbers.

E.g. one, first, one hundred and fifty, etc.

Interjection is a part of speech that expresses emotions without naming them.

E.g. Oops! Ugh! Ouch!