0 8 Parts of SPEECH and Examples


8 Parts of Speech

Noun - A word which is a person, place, thing or idea.
Example: book, horse, Peter, strength, car,

Pronoun - A word that is used to take the place of a noun.
Example: I, they, their, ourselves, itself,

Adjective - A word that is used to describe a noun  or pronoun.
Example: purple, French, few, this, huge

Verb - A word that indicates an action, being or state or being.
Example: play, run, think, study, smell,

Adverb – A word that is used to describe a verb which tells how, where, or when something is done.
Example: carefully, often, very, intelligently,

Preposition – A word used indicating the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word.
Example: in, until, of, from, after, under,

Conjunction – A word that is used to join words or groups of words.
Example: and, or, but, neither, because,

Interjection – A single word used to express strong emotion.
Example: Wow! Ah! Oh! No!