English PoS

type

Interjection

A word that expresses strong feeling and/or emotions such as 'wow', 'yes', 'OMG'.

Conjunction

A word that connects words, phrases, and clauses, e.g., 'and', 'but', 'or'.

Preposition

A word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence, e.g., 'in', 'through', 'on'.

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea, e.g., 'Jake', 'New York', 'dog', 'love'.

Verb

A word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing, e.g., 'run', 'walk', 'sing'.

Pronoun

A word that stands in for a noun, e.g., 'he', 'she', 'they'.

Adjective

A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, e.g., 'good', 'happy', 'small'.

Adverb

A word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, another adverb, or an entire sentence, e.g., 'slowly', 'always', 'carefully'.

FANBOYS

A mnemonic for coordinating conjunctions: 'for', 'and', 'nor', 'but', 'or', 'yet', 'so'.