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Parts of Speech Table* Part of speech Function or "job" Example words Example sentences Verb action or state (nonaction) have, do, be, is, like, work, sing, run, confuse EnglishClub.com is a web site. I like EnglishClub.com. Noun thing or person pen, dog, music, town, house, London confusion This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London. Adjective describes a noun good, big, red, a/an, the, bad, small, confusing My dog is big. I like big dogs. Adverb describes a verb, adjective or adverb quickly, really, well, badly, very, confusingly My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, they, me, us Tara is Indian. She is beautiful. Preposition links a noun to another word to, at, after, on, in, of, for, from, with We went to school on Monday. Conjunction joins clauses or sentences or words and, but, or, when, because I like dogs, and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs, but I don't like cats. Interjection short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence oh!, ouch!, hi!, well Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know. *EnglishClub.com uses the traditional categorization of 8 parts of speech. Some grammar sources categorize English into 9 or 10 parts of speech (including articles separately, for example). Examples of other categorizations are: Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech: o Main/lexical verbs (work, like, run) o Helping/auxiliary verbs (be, have, do) Articles (a/an, the), or determiners, may be treated as a separate part of speech, instead of being categorized under adjectives