Summary about Parts of Speech

Parts of speech are the basic types of words that English has. Most grammar books say that there are eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.

Noun:A word or phrase that names a person, place, thing, quality, or act. A noun may be used as the subject of a verb, the object of a verb, an identifying noun, the object of a preposition, or an appositive

For example:Words:boy,river,Bruce,horse,London, etc
Sentence: Bruce lives in London.

Verb: It's a word that usually denotes an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.Verbs can be transitive, requiring an object, or intransitive, requiring only a subject.

For example : Words: do, like, work, sing, can, etc.
Sentence: I like english class

Adjective: It's a word that modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's referent.

For example: Words: big, red, well, interesting, etc
Sentence: The english class is interesting

Adverb: It's any word that modifies any other part of language: verbs, adjectives, clauses, sentences and other adverbs, except for nouns.
Adverbs typically answer questions such as how?, when?, where?, why? and to what extent?. They often end in -ly.

For example: Words: slowly, obstinately, much,quickly, etc
Sentence: She eats quickly

Pronoun: It's a word that substitutes for a noun and refers to a person, place, thing, idea, or act that was mentioned previously or that can be inferred from the context of the sentence.

For example: Words: he, she, it, that
Sentence: Dave is a guitarist, he is very beautiful

Conjunction: It's a word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences.

For example: Words: and, but, or, because, etc
Sentence: I like dogs and cats but I don't like spiders

Preposition: It's a word or phrase that shows the relationship of a noun to another noun.

For example: Words: at, by, in, to, from,on, etc
Sentence: The book is on the table

Interjection: It's a word, phrase, or sound used as an exclamation and capable of standing by itself.
For example: words: oh!, ouch!, hi!, my goodness!
Sentence: Ouch! That hurts!