English PoS
Interjection
Definition: A word that expresses strong feelings and/or emotions.
Examples: Yahoo!, WOW, YES!, Hoova!, OMG!
Conjunction
Definition: A word that connects words, phrases, and clauses.
Examples: and, or, but, nor
Preposition
Definition: A word that relates a noun or pronoun to another part of the sentence.
Examples: in, through, on, between, above, below, around
Noun
Definition: A person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples: Jake, Nash, New York, Alabama, dog, love, hate
Verb
Definition: A word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing.
Examples: run, walk, jump, sing, drink, cry, give, make, teach
Pronoun
Definition: A word that stands in for a noun.
Examples: he, she, it, them, they, we, who, your, yours, her, his
Adjective
Definition: A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Examples: good, bad, big, small, happy, sad, open, closed, old, new
Adverb
Definition: A word that can modify or describe a verb, adjective, another adverb, or an entire sentence.
Examples: slowly, always, boldly, carefully, here
FANBOYS
Acronym for coordinating conjunctions:
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So