Parts of Speech Table
This is a summary of the 8 parts of
speech
part of
speech
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function
or "job"
|
example
words
|
example
sentences
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action or state
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(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
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English is my
favourite subject. I like English.
|
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thing or person
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pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher,
John
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This is my dog. He lives in my house.
We live in London.
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describes a noun
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a/an, the, 2, some, good, big, red, well,
interesting
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I have two dogs. My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
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describes a verb, adjective or adverb
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quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really
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My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
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replaces a noun
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I, you, he, she, some
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Tara is Spanish. She is beautiful.
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links a noun to another word
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to, at, after, on, but
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We went to
school on Monday.
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joins clauses or sentences or words
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and, but, when
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I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
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short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a
sentence
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oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
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Ouch! That
hurts! Hi! How are
you? Well, I don't
know.
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