Parts of Speech in English

English sentences are prepared up of words. Each word is a part of speech. Here’s a fast analysis of the key parts of speech.

Category	Definition	Examples
Noun	A place, quality, thing, person or act	park, kindness, chair, student
Verb	Existence word or An action	Run, go, drink, run study, feel, run
Adjective	A word that defines a noun	a sunny day a happy person
Adverb	A word that defines the adjective, or adverb, a verb,	English well. He drives carefully. She speaks
Conjuction	A word that links words, or clauses, phrases,	Mary and John coffee or tea I like you but I cannot go out with you.
Preposition	A word that defines a relationship between a noun and verb, or adverb	on, above, below, within, at, beside, into,
Interjection	A word that defines a sudden exclamation	Ah! Oh!
Pronoun	A word that changes a noun or noun phrases	She is an intelligent woman. I admire Lili. Where is Ali? He is at the clinic.

Parts of speech in English