8 Parts of Speech are different categories or types of words that have specific roles and functions in a sentence. Understanding the parts of speech helps us identify and use words correctly in our writing and communication. Here is a list of the main parts of speech in English:
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Verb
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
8 Parts of Speech
- Noun:
Definition: A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. e.g. John, dog, happiness, team, family.
- Common nouns (e.g., dog, city, book)
- proper nouns (e.g., John, London, Harry Potter)
- abstract nouns (e.g., love, happiness)
- collective nouns (e.g., team, family)
- countable nouns (e.g. Dog, Cat, Book, Chair, Table) and uncountable nouns ( e.g. Water, Rice, Milk, Sugar, Coffee )
- Pronoun:
Definition: A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition. e.g. you, his, these, which.
Types of Pronouns:
- Personal pronouns (e.g., I, you, he, she),
- possessive pronouns (e.g., mine, yours, his, hers),
- demonstrative pronouns (e.g., this, that, these, those),
- relative pronouns (e.g., who, whom, which),
- reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, yourself),
- interrogative pronouns (e.g., who, what, which).
- Verb:
Definition: A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being. e.g. eat, run, should, seem, sleep.
Types of Verbs:
- Action verbs (e.g., run, eat, dance),
- Linking verbs (e.g., is, seem, become)
- Helping verbs (e.g., can, will, should)
- Transitive verbs (e.g., throw, write)
- Intransitive verbs (e.g., sleep, walk)
- Adjective:
Definition: An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. e.g. happy, that, your, beautiful.
Types of Adjective:
- Descriptive adjectives (e.g., happy, tall, blue)
- Demonstrative adjectives (e.g., this, that, these)
- Possessive adjectives (e.g., my, your, his)
- Comparative adjectives (e.g., bigger, more beautiful)
- Superlative adjectives (e.g., tallest, most beautiful)
- Adverb:
Definition: An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. e.g. quickly, now, here, often.
Types of Adverbs:
- Adverbs of manner (e.g., quickly, slowly)
- Adverbs of time (e.g., yesterday, now)
- Adverbs of place (e.g., here, there)
- Adverbs of frequency (e.g., often, rarely)
- Adverbs of degree (e.g., very, extremely)
- Preposition:
Definition: A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. e.g. in, on, in front of.
Types of Preposition:
- Simple prepositions (e.g., in, on, at),
- Compound prepositions (e.g., in front of, instead of),
- Phrasal prepositions (e.g., according to, because of).
- Conjunction:
Definition: A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses. e.g. and, because, although, while.
Types of conjunctions:
- Coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or),
- Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, although, while),
- Correlative conjunctions (e.g., either…or, neither…nor).
- Interjection:
Definition: An interjection is a word or phrase used to express strong emotions or sudden reactions. e.g. Wow, oh, oops, hurray, ah, ouch, hey.
- Exclamatory interjections ( e.g. Wow!, Ouch!, Yay!, Oh no!, Alas! )
- Greeting interjections ( e.g. Hello!, Hey!, Hi!, Howdy! )
- Farewell interjections ( e.g. Goodbye!, Bye!, Farewell!, See you later! )
- Expressive interjections ( e.g. Hurray!, Oops!, Eww!, Phew!, Yikes! )
- Approval interjections ( e.g. Yes!, Indeed!, Bravo!, Well done! )
- Disapproval interjections ( e.g. No way!, Ugh!, Bleh!, Yuck! )
Understanding the definitions and types of each part of speech helps in analyzing sentence structure, determining word usage, and constructing grammatically correct and meaningful sentences.

8 parts of speech with examples