Parts of Speech Grammar

Noun

Denotes a thing, person, idea, place

Ex: Book, teacher, Julia, USA, pride, teams, beef

Italy is a country

I want to have a car

Verb

Denotes action, state of being

Ex: to be (is/was), swim, guess, eat, sleep, do, can, will, refuse

I am tired. She was late,

I can play the piano

Adjective

Describes a noun, acts as a determiner

Ex: big, small, happy, easy, famous, yellow, galore, splendid

The island is small

College is expensive

It’s only several episodes

Adverb

Describes a verb, adjective

Ex: Slowly. quietly, very, never, always tomorrow, early, far

The cake was too sweet

I study carefully

This is exactly my point

Pronoun

Replaces a noun

Ex: You, I, she, it, we, him, this, each, both, neither, something, everything

It is summer. I am young

She took their money

What is love? Who is she?

Preposition

Replaces a noun

Ex: At, in, on, for, with, after, between, about, under, by, behind, during, above, next to, around

We go to school at SU

The room is above us

I stand next to Jason

Conjunction

Joins words, sentences, clauses

Ex: And, but, or, because, unless, if/then, while, lest, although

Kevin and Joe are friends, but they often fight, because such is life

Interjection

Denotes a short exclamation, strong feeling, emotion

Ex: Wow, ouch, oops, bingo, hey, um, phew

Ouch, that hurts!

Ugh! That guy again…

Numeral

Describes a numeric quantity

Ex: One, seven, hundred, thousand, twenty third, a millionth

I have 3 classes

My raise is only 2 percent

Particle

Adds context/specifies to another word

Ex: A/an (form “one”), the (from “this”), to (in “to swim”), not (negation), do (emphasis), well, now (filler)

This is an archipelago

The sun rises in the eat

She is not hungry