This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.
part of speech
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function or "job"
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example words
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example sentences
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action or state
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(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
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EnglishClub.com is a web site. I like EnglishClub.com.
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thing or person
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pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John
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This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live inLondon.
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describes a noun
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a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, red, well, interesting
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My dog is big. I like bigdogs.
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describes a verb, adjective or adverb
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quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really
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My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eatsreally quickly.
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replaces a noun
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I, you, he, she, some
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Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
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links a noun to another word
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to, at, after, on, but
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We went to school onMonday.
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joins clauses or sentences or words
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and, but, when
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I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
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short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence
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oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
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Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.
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* Some grammar sources categorize English into 9 or 10 parts of speech. At EnglishClub.com, we use the traditional categorization of 8 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:
- Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:
- Lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
- Auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)
- Determiners may be treated as a separate part of speech, instead of being categorized under Adjectives
Courtesy : EnglishClub.com via Mr. Ridho Rojabi
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